Stories from Friday, November 16, 2018

McCOOK, Neb. — The highs and lows of McCook volleyball both earned great honors from Southwest Conference coaches this fall. Senior Jayceea Hanson soared with the league’s best and broke through for 329 kills in 33 Bison matches. Rival leaders recognized Hanson’s talent and named the 6’ senior to this year’s all-SWC first team...

Robert E. Dike, Sr. Feb. 23, 1945 - Nov. 15, 2018 McCOOK, Neb. — Robert E. Dike, Sr., age 73, lifelong resident of McCook, passed away Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at Community Hospital in McCook. Robert was born to George and Ruth (Davis) Dike on Feb. 23, 1945, in McCook. He was one of four children...

If you have ever had to pack up a loved one’s home, especially if you lived in that home with them, you will understand the difficulty in letting go of memories by letting go of stuff. When it gets too difficult, out come the totes and in goes everything you just can’t deal with at the time. Fast forward a few years and those totes sit untouched. Were those things really that important?...

65th anniversary The family of Eugene and Beverly Witt of Danbury, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 65th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. They were married in 1953 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, west of Oberlin, Kan. ...

Brouillette, Rinehart Brooke Alexis Brouillette and Donnie Jene Rinehart of McCook, Neb., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Travis Brouillette of St. Paul, Neb., and Angela Stanczyk of Grand Island, Neb. Grandparents are Monte and Colleen Brouillette, Beverly and Ivan Stueven and Leon and Jane Stanczyk...

60th anniversary The family of Richard and Dolores Christner of Palisade, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. They were married in Culbertson, Neb. They owned and operated the family farm in Hayes County, Neb. Richard was born in 1934 and grew up on the farm and married Dolores Matson, who was born in 1938 in Culbertson, where she grew up. Cards of congratulations will reach them at P.O. Box 206, Palisade, NE 69040...

McCOOK, Neb. — In a surprise presentation Thursday afternoon, Dollar General donated $15,000 to three McCook Public Schools. McCook Elementary, McCook Junior High and McCook Senior High each received $5,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation...

ATWOOD, Kan. — An all-Northwest Kansas League football line would not be complete without Decatur Community’s Reegon Witt this fall. Coaches made that official this week when they named Witt first team on both the NWKL’s offensive and defensive lines...

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – The McCook Community College Lady Indians basketball team overcame a halftime deficit Thursday and responded to beat William Penn University JV 86-65. “I thought we competed all night and overcame some difficult shooting throughout the game,” MCC coach Kellen Fernetti said. “This was an all-out team effort tonight on the road in a tough environment.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — A glance at all McCook High varsity volleyball leaders during their 2018 season: Ace serves — Robin Grigg 23, Bri Janousek 22, Kassidy Michaelis 14, Charity Malleck 12, Tiara Matson 10. Serving percentage — Harley Cribbs 100%, Michaelis 96.9, Janousek 95.7, Grigg 94.9, Malleck 93.1...

HAIGLER, Neb. — The fifth annual Haigler Gun & Craft Show is Saturday and Sunday, at the Cornerstone Center for Community Service, 251 East Norman Street. A full house of vendors is expected. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday; public invited to attend...

McCOOK, Neb. — Andy Long of the McCook Economic Development Corp. will speak to Red Willow County Commissioners about a grant at their regular meeting Monday. Long is slated to address the board at 9:45 a.m. about the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska grant...

McCOOK, Neb. — From gifts of grain worth thousands of dollars to pocket change. During the 2018 Big Give McCook, donations ranged everywhere from 30 cents to thousands of dollars with every denomination contributed in between. While the final totals are still being tabulated, preliminary results show 650 donations totaling just over $94,000. according to Community Chest organizers Lisa Felker and Melissa Stritt...

Depending on where you look, you’ll find different definitions for habits and addictions because there is no one definition for either that everyone agrees on. As a Sociology professor, I had to arrive at a definition for each that I could use without fail because it was a definition I believed in and I managed to do that early in my teaching career...