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Introducing

?Introducing Allyson Whitney Quintana, who was born Feb. 5, 2009. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 and one-half ounces and was 19 and one-half inches long. Her parents are Shaun and Sara Quntana of Colorado Springs, Colo. Grandparents are Dan and Mary Timm of Colorado Springs, formerly of Atwood, and Sharon Quintana of Monte Vista, Colo., and the late Frank Quintana.

Card Shower

?The family of Amelia Banister wishes to honor her with a card shower in celebration of her 99th birthday July 4. Cards will reach her at P.O. Box 77, McDonald, KS 67745.

Holliman graduates from HCC

?Dalton Holliman of McDonald was among the graduates of Hutchinson Community College, who earned an associate of science degree May 8.
Dalton is the son of Don and Nikki Holliman.

Wolters earns semester honors

?Laura Wolters, daughter of Mark and Brenda Wolters of Atwood, was in the top 10 percent of their class within her college and earned semester honors from K-State.

Ginther Stables shines
at FQHR horse show

?Five horses, sired by Ginther Stables' buckskin stallion Premium Buck or his offspring, scored well and took home several awards in the Foundation Quarter Horse Registry show and Working Horse Futurities at Broken Bow, Neb., last weekend.
J.R. and Carrol Ginther and Roger and Mary Bennett of McCook, Neb., took the all-around working horses to the Nebraska show.
Rhondo Skip, a three-year-old gelding, owned by the Ginthers, placed first in the working horse futurity reining class and third place in the three-year-old gelding halter class.
Pat's LTL Diamond yearling stallion, owned by Dr. Dan Naiman of Hutchinson won first place open yearling stallion and first in the yearling halter futurity and was named reserve champion stallion of the show. This horse was purchased from the Ginther Stables at the Salina weaning colt sale last October at an over-all, record-setting high price sale.
Lena's Premium Buck, also owned by Naiman and purchased from the Ginthers, won first in the handy ranch horse futurity and second place in the two-year-old ranch horse pleasure futurity. He was selected grand champion gelding of the show. This horse was purchased at the 2007 Salina sale.
MR Cisco Buck, owned by the Bennetts and purchased from the Ginthers, was grand champion stallion at the show.

Death Notices

AGNES BURK – ?Agnes Marie Burk, 88, of Bird City died June 29, 2009 at Emory Midtown Hospital in Atlanta, Ga.
A concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, July 3 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church northwest of Atwood. Celebrants will be Father Daniel Scheetz, Father Roger Meitl and Father Stephen Folorunso.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her memory. A parish vigil/rosary will be said at 7 p.m., Thursday at the church.
Immediate survivors include her children, Elmer C. Burk II of Tucson, Ariz., Nancy Williamson of Augusta, Calif., Cherle Smith of Othello, Wash., Robert Burk of San Rafael, Calif., and Denis Burk of Atwood.
Williams Funeral Home of Atwood is in charge of the arrangements.

ERMA MCDOUGAL – ?Erma S. McDougal, 91, of Atwood died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood.
A funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Atwood with Pastor Tim Llewellyn of Oakley officiating. Interment will take place at the Atwood Fairview Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her name to the Redeemer Lutheran Church or The Lutheran Hour.
Survivors include a son, James of Atwood; daughters, Joyce and husband, Dennis Sis, of Ogallala, Neb., Joan McDougal of Phoenix, Ariz., Janice and husband, Fred Pianalto of Carlton, Minn., Jeri and husband, Eldon Pickett, of Lawrence, Kan.; sisters, Lorraine Baxter of Denver and Loretta Arnold of Sammamish, Wash.; 10 grandsons; five granddaughters; 26 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Williams Funeral Home of Atwood is in charge of the arrangements.

Area students named
to CCC honor rolls

?Three Rawlins County students were among 115 Colby Community College students who were listed on the spring semester honor rolls.
Joshua Memmelaar and Melissa Rall were named to the President’s Honor Roll with a perfect 4.0 Grade Point Average.
Marilyn Horinek was listed on the Dean’s Honor Roll.

Pochop named to Dean's list

?Lincoln Pochop, son of Gerard and Anita Pochop of Atwood, was among students to earn the Dean’s Academic Excellence Award in the College of Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska, Kearney.
Pochop is a 2008 graduate of Cheylin High School.

Weiser graduates from
Kansas City University

?Marcus Henry Weiser graduated from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine. The ceremony was held at Weaver Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., on May l6.
Marcus is currently in the Family Medicine Residency program at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, where he resides with his wife, Meghan, and 18 month-old daughter, Lillie.
Marcus is the grandson of Henry and Eldean Cahoj of McDonald. His parents are Brenda and Mickey Weiser of Grinnell

Kastens earns PhD

?Jude H. Kastens was awarded a PhD in Mathematics by the University of Kansas in July 2008, after successfully defending his dissertation on Statistical Cross Validation and Floodplain Mapping. He was hooded at the KU Commencement Doctoral Hooding Ceremony May 16.
Jude and his wife, Tracey, were married in 1999. Their children are Marlowe, 7, Quincy, 5, and Elliot, 3. The family resides in Lawrence.

Death Notice

FRANCES ERICKSON – ??Funeral services were held June 23 at Federated Church in McDonald for Frances E. Greene Erickson, 92, of McDonald, who died June 19 at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. Pastor Mark Adams and Pastor Paul Fischbach officiated.
Interment was in the Benkelman Cemetery in Benkelman, Neb.
Survivors include sons, Glenn Erickson and wife, Earlene, of Ft. Morgan, Colo., Wayne Erickson and wife, Kandy, of Brush, Colo., and Rick Erickson and wife, Judy, of Ft.. Morgan; a daughter, Kay and husband, Gail Miller, of McDonald; 17 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.
A memorial has been established in her name to be designated at a later date.
Williams Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.