Stories from Wednesday, September 27, 2017

COZAD, Neb. — Staying in their teens was not the score Cozad or Cambridge wanted to settle as McCook’s volleyball team toppled both triangular foes on Tuesday. Not even mixed reviews could deter the Bison from dropping a boom on those host Haymakers 25-8, 25-16; and then taking two more from Cambridge 25-17, 25-14...

COZAD, Neb. -- Cambridge dropped a pair of matches at Tuesday’s Cozad Triangular...

Richard “Dick” Calvin Trainer May 9, 1930 – Sept. 21, 2017 LONGMONT, Colo. — Richard “Dick” Calvin Trainer, 87, of Longmont, died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, at his home. He was born May 9, 1930, to Charles and May Trainer in Bartley, Neb. He grew up in McCook, Neb. He married his wife, Carolyn, the love of his life, on Dec. 26, 1950...

George “Demby” Harper March 2, 1936 - Aug. 21, 2017 BENKELMAN, Neb. — George “Demby” Harper was born March 2, 1936, to George William and Idabelle Smith Harper in Benkelman. He was the oldest of five children who grew up on the family farm southeast of Benkelman. ...

Kenneth Reiners Aug. 2, 1934 - Sept. 23, 2017 KEARNEY, Neb. — Kenneth J. Reiners, 83, of Kearney, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at his residence. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at St. James Catholic Church in Kearney. The Rev. Joe Hannappel will officiate. Interment will be in the Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, at the church with a prayer vigil at 6 p.m...

BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Dundy County-Stratton fired a 468 team score to finish second at its home invite Tuesday at the Benkelman Golf Course. The Tigers were led by Madison Haines’ 103 and Caytlynn Summers’ 106, which placed second and third overall, respectively...

McCOOK, Neb. - A roofing project at Hillcrest Nursing Home will be funded through the Hillcrest Foundation. The roofing membrane on the northwest side of the building has seen better days, been patched several times already and needs to be replaced, said Hillcrest Board of Trustees president, Randy Dean. He told the board at its regular meeting Tuesday morning that the Hillcrest Foundation has offered to pay for repairs...

McCOOK, Neb. — The biggest obstacle Nebraska businesses are facing today isn’t the Internet or rural residents refusing to shop locally for the majority of their needs. It’s lack of an adequate workforce, at least according to state chamber of commerce officials...

“Chester,” Andrea O’Dea’s happy new adoptee from the McCook Humane Society, is excited about a rummage sale whose proceeds will benefit the humane society and its animal shelter. A supporter of the shelter has donated a large collection of books — many of them marked “First Edition.” One such book is “An American Tragedy,” copyright 1925; the 1951 film “A Place in the Sun,” is based on the novel. ...

Low commodity prices and weak farm incomes are a drag on the rural economy, according to a survey of bankers conducted on a regular basis by a team led by Creighton University economics Ernie Goss. Some 2.1 percent more farm loans were in default over last year, more than half of the bankers said they had restructured farm loans and nearly 20 percent have increased their collateral requirements...

WALLACE, Neb. — The Maywood Hayes-Center Wolves regained their winning ways with a tough 25-17, 21-25, 25-20 victory over Wallace Tuesday evening. Junior Jayden Widener’s 12 kills powered the Wolves while three teammates put together 10 ace blocks against Wallace hitters...

Senior Cassidy Redl might just cry if her McCook golf career suddenly went like that one day on snow skis. “I was going backwards and wasn’t stopping. I thought there might be a tree behind me,” she recalled while laughing not crying. “That was it. I was done. I like to water ski. I’d much rather fall in water.”...

McCook Community College basketball begins this weekend and both the men and women are teaming up to stage a “Midnight Madness” Saturday session to tip off the season with fans. It starts at 6:45 p.m. Saturday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...