Stories from Monday, July 31, 2017

Concerning a recent Opinion article entitled Smith Needs 'Nebraska Common Sense," the article was worthy of the Gazette's trash bin, while the author was truly guilty, albeit however innocent, of idiotic, silly chattering about Adrian Smith and "poll-parroting" the "fake news" of the Democratic Party and its faithful trumpeters, the Media, who constantly spin or twist the news to fit their own "play book."...

David McCullough is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize as well as the Presidential Freedom Medal. His first book was the Johnstown Flood, published in 1968. He narrated numerous TV documentaries such as the Civil War by Ken Burns. Biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams earned McCullough the Pulitzer Price. ABC used them for a miniseries...

Doyle V. Styles Nov. 27, 1944 - July 30, 2017 OBERLIN, Kan. — Doyle V. Styles, 72, died Sunday (July 30, 2017), at Decatur Health Systems in Oberlin. He was born Nov. 27, 1944, in Colby, Kan., to Olie Francis and Helen Ethel (Nelson) Styles. He grew up in Atwood, Kan. He worked as supervisor for a core drilling company in the mountains and later moved to Oberlin where he worked for Oberlin Fertilizer until retiring in 2007...

Tensions are increasing between the U.S. and Russia and the military is assuring us they can defend us from the threat of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Welcome to the 1950s. Is it time to dig out the old 16 mm “duck and cover” movies baby boomers were shown in grade school?...

Ken Martin has been a resident of McCook for a number of years. Now living at Hillcrest, Ken has found an outlet for extra spare time and has turned out a number of interesting monologues (for the family, says Ken). Recently he has put a collection of these writings together, under the title of “A Good Day for Woolgathering on a Summer’s Day”, an unpublished manuscript, which Ken agreed to share with me and my readers. ...

Cookie Nichols of Oklahoma bursts into laughter as she tries to keep up the “high-precision” boot-stompin’ hand-jive the Kitt Family — each member carrying his/her own folding chair — executes during Wauneta’s Harvest Festival parade Saturday morning. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook rancher John Thomas “Tom” Kiplinger died Saturday at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, after a fall in his rural home about two weeks ago. Tom’s funeral will be on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds in McCook, inside the big indoor roping arena for which he provided funding in 2003...

“Jagaja,” and “High Up,” below are just two of the Nebraska bands that performed at Saturday’s Prairie Roots Festival in Barnett Park, one of this summer’s stops on the Hear Nebraska Good Living tour. Festivities included a volleyball tournament, inflatable obstacle course courtesy of the Nebraska National Guard and food and Nebraska craft beers as well as other attractions...

Class B Senior State Tournament Bower-Shankland Field, Alliance Double elimination July 29-August 2 all times CDT Saturday’s games Game 1: Nebraska City 11, Blair 0 Game 2: Omaha Roncalli 4, McCook 3 Game 3: Wahoo 16, O’Neill 3 Game 4: Gering 2, Alliance 1...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Cambridge and Arapahoe athletes captured five Cornhusker State Games gold medals according to the most recent on-line results. One Arapahoe athlete delivered three championships as Desteny Miller delivered an awesome performance against other top 15-18 age female swimmers...

The Rebels Pink 18U fastpitch team won Lexington and McCook tournament titles while placing fifth overall in their first season of ASA Class A softball this summer.