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Introducing

Introducing Summer Rae Sperry, who was born December 28, 2007. She weighed 6 lbs. 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. Her parents are Nathaniel and Adrienne Sperry of Thornton, Colo. Grandparents are Lloyd and Danice Sperry of Ludell and Randy and Debbie Ramsey of Thornton. Great-grandmothers are Janice Blalack of Atwood and Gay Ramsey of Colby.

Introducing

Introducing Landon Lied Haberman, who was born at 5:54 p.m., Saturday, April 12, 2008 at WakeMed Cary Hospital in Cary, N.C. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 200 and one-half inches long. Parents are Brandon and Tionna Haberman. Grandparents are Charles and Connie Peckham of Atwood and the late Randy "Scott" Pitner and Don and Rosanne Haberman of Topeka. Great-grandmothers are Bessie Peterson of Atwood and Irene Peckham of Ottawa.

Introducing

Introducing Ainsley Mae Moses, who was born May 6, 2008 at Citizens Medical Center in Colby. She weighed 7 pounds and was 18 and one-half inches long. She has a sister, Avery, 2 and one-half, to welcome her home. Parents are Ken and Michelle Moses of Atwood. Grandparents are Leta Moses of Colby and the late Emery Moses and the late Eliott and Sue Glad. Great-grandmother is Arlene Glad of Atwood.

80th birthday

Dolores Benda will be celebrating her 80th birthday. Her children will honor her with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 25 at the PDC community room. Greetings will reach her at 906 Logan, Apt. 108, Atwood, KS 67730.

Engagement announcement

Rev. and Mrs. David Bacon of Onaway, Mich., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Lynn Bacon, to Douglas Beamgard. Douglas is the son of Richard and Cheryl Beamgard of Northville, Mich. Grandmothers of the future bridegroom are Joan Tongish of McDonald and June Beamgard of Atwood. The couple plan an oct. 4 wedding in Plymouth, Mich.

County students named Pete Henry Foundation scholarship recipients

Sixteen Cheylin and Rawlins County High School seniors have been named winners of Pete Henry Foundation scholarships.
Henry, a Brewster area farmer, founded a fund in 2000 to award academic and technical training scholarships. His dream was to assist local students to further their education. When he died in 2002 at the age of 92, he was still making all of the management decisions for his farm.
Scholarship recipients for 2008 are:
Renewable $1,500 each semester for eight semesters — Sara A. Miller and Laura Wolters of RCHS.
Vocational/Technical School or College $2,000— Blanca Ponce of Cheylin and Shelby Wright of RCHS.
College or University $2,000 — Colleen Shrader of Cheylin.
College or University $1,500 — Kaedra Dixson of Cheylin and Andrew Vrbas of Rawlins County.
College or University $1,000 — Macy Migchelbrink, Rachel Mullen and Melissa Rall of RCHS and Lincoln Pochop of Cheylin.
College or University $750 — Mindy Antholz of Cheylin and Sydney Carlson, Jessie Curtin, Harrison Kogl and Bailey Philpott of RCHS.
A total of 162 scholarships were awarded this year.

Johnson to begin career as LPN

Loucinda Faith Johnson of Plainville will receive her certificate of practical nursing from North Central Kansas Technical College in Hays. She will be honored at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 17, during a pinning ceremony and graduation at 3 p.m., in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fort Hays State University.
Loucinda and her husband, Clay Johnson, live in Plainville, where she is employed by the Rooks County Health Center as a CNA/Ward Clerk. She looks forward to beginning her career as an LPN there.
Loucinda is the daughter of the late Marcia Smith of Goodland, the late J.R. Smith of Atwood and the daughter-in-law of Dwayne and Demis Johnson of Atwood.

Death Notices

FRANK POCHOP – A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 13 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church for Frank L. Pochop, 91, who died May 8 at the Rawlins County Health Center. Fr. Galen Long was celebrant. Interment was in the St. John’s Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Elizabeth; sons, Anthony and wife, Annette, of Anderson, Calif., Gerard and wife, Anita, of Atwood, Kevin of Atwood and Michael and wife, Deb, of Atwood; daughters, Cynthia and husband, Bob Helmick, of Fayetteville, N.C., and Becky and husband, Mike Lundquist, of Clyde; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Angie Demmer of Denver, Colo.; and sisters-in-law, Jean Pochop and Lucy Pochop, both of Atwood.
A memorial has been established in his name, to be designated at a later date.
Williams Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

HENRY WOLFRAM – Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 17 at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin for former Herndon resident Henry M. Wolfram, 88, who died May 11 at Presbyterian Manor in Arkansas City. The Rev. Royce Leitner will officiate. Interment will be in Oberlin Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m., to 8 p.m., Friday and from 8 a.m., until service time Saturday.
Survivors include his son, Larry Wolfram and wife, Sandra, of Liberal, and daughter, Connie and husband, Curtis Meixner, of Arkansas City.
Memorials may be given in his name to the Henry Wolfram Memorial Fund.

Rawlins County
Jr.-Sr. High School
Honor Roll

2007-2008
3rd Nine Weeks
All “A” Honor Roll

Seniors – Sydney Carlson, Angela Hatfield, Sara Miller, Melissa Rall, Laura Wolters
Juniors – Mark Bohme, Keegan Peckham
Sophomores – Jill Bergling, Kevin Wolters
Eighth Grade – Blake Bergling, Abbey Wolters
Seventh Grade – Dakota Dunker

“A-B” Honor Roll

Seniors – John Binning, Jessie Curtin, Harrison Kogl, Heidi Vrbas
Juniors –Drew Basgall, Kelly Basnett, Erica Brown, Mark Bohme, Marcus Cahoj, Samantha Leitner
Sophomores – Emily Chessmore, Wendy Fields, Tia Hadley, Dagan Holliman, Max Kisner, Valentine Solko
Freshmen – Keaton Argabright, Mariah Jones, Ashleigh Peterson, Rebecca Reuther, Jessica Riener, Megan Van Laeys
Eighth Grade – Summer Fields, Alex Helms, Damion Kogl, Jack Kanak, Haley McCain,
Marcus Portschy, Sarah Reunitz, Kaelea Stoney, Sydney Studer, Kathryn Terry
Seventh Grade – Taylor Leitner, Diahonia Olson, Nicole Oelschlager, Cade Sharp, Tyler Sattler

Rawlins County
Elementary School
Honor Roll
Sixth Grade

3rd Nine Weeks
2007 - 2008

“A” Honor Roll

Aubrey Dunker, Keshia Green, Brody Malsom, Miranda Rucker, Isabella Skolout, Tina Zorn

“A-B” Honor Roll

Katelyn Brown, Halie Doty, Emily Fields,
Cameron Ginther, Bryce Henry, Mallory Horinek, Brock Indermuhle, Susannah Jones, Nicolette Nemeth, Brooke Paslay, James Peterson, Tori Sramek, Dylan Tiemeyer, Jacob Williams