Stories from Monday, August 14, 2017

Quinnley Marie Taylor Feb. 16, 2009 - Aug. 11, 2017 OBERLIN, Kan. — Quinnley Marie Taylor, beloved daughter of Scott and Denise (Carter) Taylor, passed away into the arms of Jesus on Aug. 11, 2017, at Decatur Health Systems in Oberlin at the age of 8. She was born Feb. 16, 2009, at Norton County Hospital in Norton...

Robert William Tiller Jan 20, 1930 - Aug. 10, 2017 McCOOK, Neb. — Robert William Tiller, 87, of McCook, left this world on Aug. 10, 2017, while visiting family near Fort Collins, Colo. Bob was born on a farm south of Bartley, Neb., on Jan 20, 1930. He grew up as a farm kid, graduated high school in Curtis, Neb., and promptly joined the U.S. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With a new season on the horizon, the McCook Bison boys cross country team will have a couple familiar faces returning to lead the pack...

McCOOK, Neb. — Did anyone really think downward spirals would have anything to do with McCook Bison football? Of course not. National trends never had a chance once the Bison kicked off their 2017 football practices. Numbers are up as more than 80 players arrived before 8 a.m. on Saturday for the annual team photo shoot and first pre-season scrimmage at Weiland Field...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Area Community Choir will begin rehearsals on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 1:30 p.m. in the McCook Methodist Church. Anyone who loves to sing is encouraged to attend. The Christmas concert is traditionally on the first Sunday of Dec...

GREELEY, Colo. — A 2016 Chase County High School graduate is recovering from injuries he suffered in a one-vehicle rollover accident near Sterling, Colo., on July 16. Regan Gittlein of rural Wauneta remains hospitalized in intensive care in the Greeley, Colo., hospital after sustaining fractured vertebrae in his neck, fractures in the thoracic area of his back, broken ribs, broken sternum, kidney damage and contusions to his lungs...

Note: Recently I had the misfortune to suffer a broken hip. I never realized how helpless a broken limb, like a hip, can make a person. In the past when I heard of someone who suffered this fate I felt sorry for that person, but never realized all that he or she was going through in pain, discomfort, and restrictions of more activities than I ever imagined. ...

Change is the natural order of things, but that might be difficult for Baby Boomers, who are finding themselves supplanted as the largest living American generation by the Millennials. Boomers, ages 53-69, have long influenced everything from marketing to politics, thanks to simple demographics, the fact there are nearly 75 million of them. But millennials, ages 20-36, now outnumber them at 75.4 million...

Present circumstance requires bluntness: I’ve had enough of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s bull crap! I’ve had enough of the unethical sham he calls an investigation, which is based entirely on a bogus story. I’ve had enough of the DNC-induced “Russia” narrative and its media-propagated, GOP-exacerbated lies! I’ve had enough of the maelstrom of malicious “leaks,” attributed to Bush / Obama holdovers within the “intelligence” community. ...

Since my last article, I have received a few more questions about the R-Line and wanted to give some additional facts about the project, as well as further explain my position. There are two groups in the Sandhills, one is opposing wind development and the other is opposing the R-Line, both are small but enthusiastic...

Ervain John Friehe June 25, 1924 - Aug. 13, 2017 LOVELAND, Colo. — Ervain John Friehe, 93, died Sunday (Aug. 13, 2017), at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Services are pending with Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook.