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McCook Bison doubles teams reach state tennis quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 05/21/04)
Serbousek-Tauscher at No. 1, Brooks-Rawlings at No. 2 tripped up in third matches at Lincoln LINCOLN -- Both of McCook High School's doubles teams lost in the quarterfinals of the Nebraska Class B state tournament Thursday at Lincoln. The semifinals and finals will be played today...
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NBA analysts assault viewers with 'playoffspeak'
(Sports Column ~ 05/21/04)
Greetings to all. With some of the more exciting NBA Conference semifinals series in recent memory drawing to a close, it is my assumption that the majority of NBA playoff viewers are becoming weary and tired from the onslaught of "playoffspeak." Traditionally great words such as decisive and pivotal have meandered their way into every facet of playoff basketball...
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Friday's Sports Shorts 5/21/04
(Community Sports ~ 05/21/04)
Heritage Hills site for five holes in one Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook has had a "rash" of holes in one over the past few week -- four in Men's League play and and one from Karmon Nelson. Nelson was a standout high school player in McCook. She graduated in 2002...
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Bernard A. Corder
(Obituary ~ 05/21/04)
Sept. 14, 1919-May 20, 2004 CAMBRIDGE -- Bernard Allen Corder, 84, died Thursday (May 20, 2004) at Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. He was born Sept. 14, 1919, to Donald and Lottie (Decker) Corder in north of Cambridge. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1939...
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Loy R. Hodson
(Obituary ~ 05/21/04)
April 27, 1947-May 21, 2004 Loy Raymond Hodson, 57, died today (May 21, 2004) at Community Hospital of McCook . He was born April 27, 1947, to Donald and Maxine (Leitner) Hodson in McCook. He grew up on a farm south of McCook and graduated from the Herndon High School in Herndon in 1966...
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Charlotte A. Wyss
(Obituary ~ 05/21/04)
July 21, 1928-May 19, 2004 Charlotte A. Wyss, 75, of Stratton, died Wednesday (May 19, 2004) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born July 21, 1928, to Elmer and Nova (Danielson) Dailey on the family's farm north of Stratton. She attended school near her home.She attended and graduated from Stratton High School. After high school, she attended college for two years before returning to the Stratton area where she taught school for a short time...
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Lydia Sinner
(Obituary ~ 05/21/04)
Sept. 28, 1905-May 6, 2004 NORTHGLENN, Colo. -- Lydia Sinner, 98, died Thursday (May 6, 2004) at the Northglenn Nursing Home in Northglenn, Colo. She was born Sept. 28, 1905, to Mannuel and Marie Katherina (Schneider) Sinner in Culbertson. She grew up in Culbertson where she received her education...
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Eugene Samuel Hall
(Obituary ~ 05/21/04)
Feb. 12, 1912-May 14, 2004 Eugene Samuel Hall died May 14, 2004, in Cave City, Ark., at the age of 92. He was born Feb. 12, 1912, in Bennett, the son of the late James Samuel and Mary Edith (Gochnaur) Hall. At the age of eight his family moved to a farm where he grew up in Frontier County. He attended Havanna School and Red Willow where he graduated from high school...
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Air service funding continues
(Local News ~ 05/21/04)
Daily airline service between McCook and Denver will continue as the result of action taken Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. In its decision, the transportation agency authorized an Essential Air Service subsidy of $1,502,651 per year for McCook. That essential air subsidy -- which is the largest for any community in the nation -- will allow Great Lakes Airlines to provide three flights daily from McCook to Denver, and three flights daily from Denver to McCook...
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Great golf courses close at hand
(Editorial ~ 05/21/04)
If you want to golf on championship golf courses -- with glimmering green fairways and slippery quick greens -- it's no longer necessary to travel great distances to exotic locations. Because, following a series of golf construction projects, Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas now boast a bevy of courses that compare favorably in quality with courses throughout the nation...
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Rules of garage-saling
(Column ~ 05/21/04)
Conducting a garage sale seems fairly simple. Gather some junk ... I mean valuable items, slap some prices on aforementioned items, put an ad in the paper, hang a few signs, plop down in your favorite lawn chair and wait for the money to start rolling in...
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Seniors celebrate new center
(Local News ~ 05/21/04)
Without the help of the volunteers the newly re-opened Heritage Senior Center would not exist, a group of more than 100 well-wishers were told at the grand re-opening of the facility. Norma Phillips of the West Central Area Agency on Aging in North Platte told the audience the facility should be especially appreciative of the volunteers who conducted the fund raising efforts, as well as the city...
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Thinking about this and that
(Column ~ 05/21/04)
From time to time, I write a column that looks at several different issues rather than just one. A lot of things happen around us that perhaps wouldn't warrant a full column but makes us stop and think just the same. This is one of those columns. Just some random thoughts about things that influence me for better or worse. Perhaps you've thought about them as well. Here goes...
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Dignitaries ready to wish plant the best
(Editorial ~ 05/21/04)
If you can, take time Monday morning to join state and national dignitaries in celebrating the grand opening of the outstanding new ethanol production facility which overlooks the Republican River Valley east of Trenton. Although the plant has been open less than two months, it is already apparent that the state-of-the-art facility will have a huge impact on the economy of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas. ...
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Miss Lake Mac
(Local News ~ 05/21/04)
Former McCook resident Erin Kochenderfer is Miss Lake McConaughy for the Miss Nebraska Scholarship Pageant, set for June 9, 10 and 12 in North Platte, the official preliminary to the Miss America Scholarship Pageant. A senior at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, her talent is a vocal, "You Don't Own Me," and her platform is "Mentoring." She is the daughter of Douglas and Kathleen Kochenderfer. (Brown Harano Studios)...
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