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Friehe no-hits Holdrege
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
McCook High School senior Lisa Friehe, ranked by the Omaha World Herald as one of the state's top softball pitchers, treated the hometown fans to a no-hitter Thursday night. Friehe struck out eight and walked one as the McCook Bison routed the Holdrege Dusters 13-0 in a four-inning run-rule game in front of a big crowd at Jaycees Sports Complex...
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Marjorie L.Stephens
(Obituary ~ 09/05/03)
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. -- Marjorie L. Stephens, 80, died Tuesday (Sept. 2, 2003) at the home of her great nephew in Highlands Ranch, Colo. She was born June 29, 1923, to Lloyd and Nellie (Davis) Stephens in Holbrook. She grew up in the Holbrook and Cambridge area. She graduated from Cambridge High School...
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Philip 'Jiggs' Pate
(Obituary ~ 09/05/03)
SCOTTSBLUFF -- Philip "Jiggs" Pate, 84, died Thursday (Sept. 4, 2003) at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Scottsbluff. He was born April 7, 1919, to Delbert and Drusilla (Traphagen) Pate in McCook. He was raised on a farm northeast of McCook and attended school in Red Willow Consolidated School. He then lived in McCook. In 1940, he joined the Navy and served in the military during World War II. After his discharge in 1946, he returned to McCook...
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Speak Out
(Opinion ~ 09/05/03)
California primer There are three classes of folks in California: The very rich, the poor and the very poor. The poor are paying all the taxes, but they don't make that much money. The very poor are mostly undocumented aliens who are being paid under the table by the very rich...
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Conference Center is a worthy project
(Editorial ~ 09/05/03)
You have to give the Conference Center Task Force credit. Many months after the committee's formation, and many weeks after their last public report, the task force members burst into the news again with their proposal to create the "Frank and Maxine Morrison Arts and Conference Center" in the 400 block of Norris Avenue in downtown McCook...
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Duct tape and 15-passenger vans
(Column ~ 09/05/03)
Since we live in a world of 1.783-children families, let's get all the questions out of the way with a column about what it's like to have five children ... make that five small children ... five, small, very active children. The basics: two kids are more work than one child. Consequently, three kids are more work than two and four are more work than three. And five kids? This means you are in a entirely different world...
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Cole anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 09/05/03)
The family of Gerald and Gladys Cole of Loomis is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary, Sept. 6. Children of the couple are Ron and Jean Perkins of Danbury, Jim and Sandy Cole of Hayes Center and Terry and Judy Elson of North Platte. The couple has seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at Route 3 Box 131, Curtis, NE 69025...
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McCook man escapes injury in Iraq accident
(Local News ~ 09/05/03)
A McCook man, serving in Iraq, escaped serious injury after a truck he was driving lost control and crashed into two vehicles on a main supply route in southern Iraq. Spc. Steve Towery, son of Mike and Diane Towery of McCook, said in an e-mail he was shaken following the accident, however he and the four other people traveling in the vehicle were unhurt...
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Senate committee approves funding for landing system
(Local News ~ 09/05/03)
WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Senate Appropriations Committee has included nearly $1 million in funding for McCook Municipal Airport in the fiscal year 2004 Transportation Appropriations bill, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson announced today. The funding, requested by Nelson, will be used for an Instrument Landing System at the airport...
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Community Chorus rehearsals begin Sunday
(Local News ~ 09/05/03)
The McCook Community Chorus is gearing up for the 2003 Choral Celebration of Christmas. Area singers are invited to join the chorus, which features choral masterworks in a wide arrange of styles, including songs from Vivaldi and Amy Grant and Michael W. ...
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Ingredients needed for ice cream social
(Local News ~ 09/05/03)
With McCook's annual Heritage Days celebration just around the corner its time to start thinking about the traditional homemade ice cream social in Norris Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. In order to make the event a success, the McCook Chamber of Commerce is asking for a donation of several items, including:...
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Bison boys tennis sweeps Hastings
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
The McCook High School boys tennis team opened the home portion of its schedule Thursday at Bison Courts by sweeping all nine varsity matches from Hastings. The McCook junior varsity team split 12 matches with the Tigers. Winning varsity singles matches against Hastings were:...
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McCook boys cross country squad third at Cozad meet
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
COZAD -- The McCook High School boys cross country team opened the season Thursday with a third-place finish at the Cozad Invitational. Kearney swept the team titles. The Bearcat boys swept the top five individual places and added a seventh-place effort to score 10 points...
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Bison varsity spikers tumble to Hastings
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
HASTINGS -- The McCook High School volleyball team opened the season Thursday with a 15-7, 15-7 loss at Hastings. Despite the score, Bison head coach Krystal Weber said she was pleasantly surprised by her team's efforts against district foe Hastings...
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Morell second at Sidney Invite
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
SIDNEY -- McCook High School junior Katherine Morell was the second-place medalist at the Sidney Invitational Thursday. Morell, who won the McCook Invite title last week with an 80, fired at 80 at Sidney. She placed second behind Scottsbluff's Brittany Pepler, who fired a 78...
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McCook JV volleyball drops opener
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
HASTINGS -- The McCook High School junior varsity volleyball team lost at Hastings 15-4, 15-0 in its season opener Thursday night. Angela Abercrombie was 10-for-11 in attacks with four kills and a hitting proficiency of .273. "Other than that, we really got served off the floor by Hastings," said McCook assistant coach George Briggs. "And, when we did get the ball in the hands of our servers, we served the ball out of bounds with five service errors in 15 attempts...
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McCook 9th football team rips Colby
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
The McCook High School ninth grade football team pounded Colby, Kan., 40-6 Thursday night in its season- and home-opener at Weiland Field. Craig Fritz scored four touchdowns for the Bison on runs of 20, 11 and 45 yards and a punt return of 80 yards...
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The in crowd
(Local News ~ 09/05/03)
McCook High School junior varsity softball players, from left, Erica Kinne, Kari Fortin, Lindsey Lawson and Kala Smalley sit in the front row at the Jaycees Sports Complex to watch the Bison varsity play Holdrege. The varsity won 13-0 in four innings and the JV won 10-0 in five innings. The varsity squad hosts the McCook Invitational Saturday...
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The first of many, many Friday nights
(Features ~ 09/05/03)
Believe it or not, another football season is upon us here. I'm not a big fan of Hank Williams Jr. -- he once "christened" the stage at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson and stopped his show early -- but he did utter "are you ready for some football?"...
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McCook soph spikers fall to Hastings
(Column ~ 09/05/03)
HASTINGS -- The McCook High School sophomore volleyball team, coached by George Briggs, MHS assistant, lost its first match of the season at Hastings Thursday 15-8, 15-11. McCook's leading server was Alex Achilles, who was 10-for-12 with 7 points. Top setters were Angela Lichtenwaldt, 10-for-11 1 assist, and Julie Howard 17-for-22 with 5 assists. Jessica Fritsch was the top hitter. She was 8-for-8 with 6 kills...
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Speak Out
(Opinion ~ 09/05/03)
California primer There are three classes of folks in California: The very rich, the poor and the very poor. The poor are paying all the taxes, but they don't make that much money. The very poor are mostly undocumented aliens who are being paid under the table by the very rich...
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Conference Center is a worthy project
(Column ~ 09/05/03)
You have to give the Conference Center Task Force credit. Many months after the committee's formation, and many weeks after their last public report, the task force members burst into the news again with their proposal to create the "Frank and Maxine Morrison Arts and Conference Center" in the 400 block of Norris Avenue in downtown McCook...
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Guerrero birth
(Births ~ 09/05/03)
Jeremy and Stephanie Guerrero of McCook announce the birth of their daughter, Kaylee Belle, June 29, 2003. She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 21 inches long. She has two brothers, Keean, 6, and Kaden, 3. Grandparents are Gary and Pam Hartwell of McCook, Henry Guerrero of McCook and Doug and Laura Callihan of Abilene, Kan. Great-grandparents are Victor and Mary Ellen Monzon, Walter Warburton of McCook, the late Thelma Warburton and the late Dorothy Hartwell of McCook...
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Duct tape and 15-passenger vans
(Features ~ 09/05/03)
Since we live in a world of 1.783-children families, let's get all the questions out of the way with a column about what it's like to have five children ... make that five small children ... five, small, very active children. The basics: two kids are more work than one child. Consequently, three kids are more work than two and four are more work than three. And five kids? This means you are in a entirely different world...
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McCook soph spikers fall to Hastings
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/03)
HASTINGS -- The McCook High School sophomore volleyball team, coached by George Briggs, MHS assistant, lost its first match of the season at Hastings Thursday 15-8, 15-11. McCook's leading server was Alex Achilles, who was 10-for-12 with 7 points. Top setters were Angela Lichtenwaldt, 10-for-11 1 assist, and Julie Howard 17-for-22 with 5 assists. Jessica Fritsch was the top hitter. She was 8-for-8 with 6 kills...
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