Stories from Friday, August 5, 2016

Strasburg, Shelton, Kylea Renee Shelton and Nathan Leon Strasburg of Phillipsburg, Kan., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride to be are Jeff Shelton of Glen Elder, Kan., and Janell Shelton of Minden, Neb. Grandparents are Jerry and Judy Shaffer of Mankato, Kan., and Frank and Thelma Shelton of Jewell, Kan...

50th anniversary The family of Marvin and Marlene Witte of Hendley, Neb., are hosting a reception and card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday, Aug. 16. A reception for the couple will be Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, at the Congregational Church in Cambridge, Neb. ...

Kennedy, Schiffelein Sarah Kennedy and Thatcher Schiffelbein of Scottsdale, Ariz., announce their marriage and upcoming wedding. Father of the bride to be is Thomas Leeper of Wayne, Penn. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Linda Schiffelbein of McCook, Neb., and the late Michael Schiffelbein...

90th birthday The family of Dorothy Barger of Culbertson is requesting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 13. her family includes her husband, Don Barger; children, Jim and Cathy Barger of Trenton, Neb., Sharen Kennedy of Sumner, Neb., Jerry and Jani Barger of Culbertson; 10 grandkids, 25 great-grandkids, and three great-great-grandkids. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 72160 RD 377, Culbertson, NE 69024...

65th anniversary The family of Paul and Delores Schneider of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary Tuesday, Aug. 9. Paul was born at Imperial, Neb., in the home of his aunt and uncle and grew up at Funk, Neb. ...

Everyone who has worked for the railroad knows that danger lies just around the corner even in today's work environment. It was even more true 100 years ago when all the safety practices in place now did not exist. January 1916 did not start off well for the railroad community when two car inspectors, Samuel Simons and Oliver Charlet were crushed while inspecting a car on one of the Coal Chute Tracks in the McCook yard when "the breaking of the coupling on a car of coal that was being hauled up the steep incline to the coal chute when half way up, letting the heavily loaded car run down, and an automatic switch turned it on to the track on which the empty cars were the two unfortunate men were inspecting". ...

The grandson of a McCook couple has been named "2016 Kinnelon Male Athlete of the Year" by the New Jersey newspaper, Suburban Trends....

No matter what their golfing handicap is -- from 1 to 26 -- golfers will have an equal shot to come out as winners in the Heritage Hills Member-Guest Tournament Saturday and Sunday on McCook's 18-hole links-style course on the western edge of town....

As part of the "Hear Nebraska" Music Event, Bolles Canyon skate park in McCook will be Sunday's site for a skate and bike exhibition event for all ages....

Getting a head start on the 2016 high school football season, the McCook Bison coaches huddled Thursday evening in the Heritage Hills clubhouse....

With Donald Trump's runaway mouth and Hillary Clinton's character questions, the future isn't looking good for America's two-party system, let alone the country's fate in general. A new GenForward Poll at the University of Chicago is bad news for both parties, regardless of demographics...

It's been said that we are a story our brain tells itself. And our brains are habitual liars. We feel like the most compelling thing we can tell someone else is that we know what we saw. And those who are experts on the functioning of the brain say no you don't. You have a distorted and constructed memory of a distorted and constructed perception, both of which are subservient to whatever narrative your brain is operating under...

According to the "Tuff Trux" announcer Stan McEvoy, popular local racer Don Relaford of Oberlin has aimed for perfection with his 1978 Dodge every year of the competition during the Decatur County Fair in Oberlin. Finally, Thursday evening, Relaford made it through the first round without the Dodge dying, and the crowd went wild! "Can you see it?" McEvoy shouted. ...

OBERLIN, Kan. -- At the polls Tuesday, Decatur County voters approved a tax levy increase to support their hospital in Oberlin. Tuesday's primary election saw 682 voters in favor of and 309 against an increase from 6 to 13 mills in the Decatur County Hospital's property tax levy...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Board of Education will be asked to accept the resignation of the school nurse and begin discussions on contract negotiations for the superintendent, at its regular meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Someday, when they're old and gray, Andrew and Alix Ambriz can call their grandchildren to their sides, and, with nostalgic gleams in their eyes, tell the young ones about Grandma's and Grandpa's 63-day honeymoon in McCook, Nebraska...

Stephen Marak of Salina, Kan., left, and Andrew Juenemann of Oberlin sandwich Catherine Marak between them on the octopus carnival ride, above, at the Decatur County Fair in Oberlin Thursday evening. Kiley Chishan and Kyla Frickey, below, both of Norton, take "selfies" on each trip round-and-round. The popular home-owned carnival starts up tonight and Saturday evening at 7 p.m...