Stories from Thursday, July 28, 2016

CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Neb. -- Results of the Red Willow County Fair/Nebraska State Rodeo Association two-night rodeo July 23 and 24 are: Barebacks: 1. Wesley Cole, 79 points, $480.48; 2/3. Rowdy Moon, Corey Evans, 77, $300.30 each; 4. Dillon Tiede, 76, $120.12...

Cynics will find some way to connect the release of the man who tried to killed the Republican Party's icon Ronald Reagan and the Democratic Party's national convention but it's only the latest twist in a process that started 35 years ago. John W. Hinckley Jr., 61, who shot the president and three others outside the Washington Hilton Hotel on March 30, 1981, no longer poses a danger to himself or others, according to a 103-page court order issued by U.S. ...

I sure am glad my girls have me around to make fun of. I mean, ya gotta have some dufus in the house that is butt of all the jokes. We have the 9 year old and the old dad too, but the 9 year old just gets offended and pouts when they laugh at her, and the dad has no idea he's getting made fun of because either he can't physically hear them or if he does, he doesn't realize they're talking about him...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Reached at his apartment in Lincoln -- where he is attending summer classes at the University of Nebraska -- Gavin Harsh shared the good news for the fourth straight year: "Once again," he said, "the McCook Optimists are joining with me to bring another drive-in movie to McCook."...

McCOOK, Neb. -- MNB's Hot Summer Nights Concert tonight has been moved to the city auditorium because of predicted rain. Doors open for the free concert at 6 p.m.. Balcony and floor seating will be available. McCook musicians Oscar and Stephanie Montes open the show at 6:30 followed by The Innocence at 7 p.m....

McCOOK, Neb. -- Whenever he hears about farm-related fatalities -- like death of a 72-year old man who suffocated in a grain bin in Polk County Tuesday -- it reinforces an important aspect to living in farm country, "It always hits home when there are farm-related injuries and fatalities," said Tim Zehnder, Director of Fire Science, Mid-Plains Community College. ...

In a previous column, I mentioned that early McCook had a female doctor. Unfortunately, I let that factoid slip from my mind until I was browsing through the wedding announcements from the McCook Republican, June 1916. There it was the marriage of Elizabeth Mason and Harrison L. Hohl, held in Omaha at the Lowe Avenue Presbyterian church...