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Area swimmers compete at Indianola
(Community Sports ~ 06/25/04)
INDIANOLA -- Swimmers from Benkelman (BE), Bird City (BI), Imperial (IM), Indianola (IN) and McCook (MC) all gathered at the Indianola pool on Tuesday evening. The meet was originally scheduled for the previous Saturday, but was postponed due to weather...
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Communities need a good place to meet
(Editorial ~ 06/25/04)
No matter how large or small, America's towns and cities need gathering places for community celebrations and special events. In recognition of that fact, many places have already created community centers, including, in recent years, an ABC lineup of area towns: Arapahoe, Benkelman and Cambridge...
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A social event
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/25/04)
**Dear Editor, It is time to start harvesting the fresh produce that gardeners and farmers are growing this year. McCook Main Street Farmers Market is a social event where you meet friends and neighbors while you shop the vendors. This event is not only a growers' market, but open to baked products such as breads, cookies, cakes, rolls, fruit pies and more...
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Life on the road before TV
(Column ~ 06/25/04)
Summer is officially here, which means one thing: road trips. An annual tradition, many families will load up their vehicles this summer for a trip to grandmas, a visit to an amusement park, a drive around the block just to get out of the house. As my family wrapped up its first major road trip of the season, I reflected on the evolution of the family road trip, starting with the amount of stuff taken along...
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Wheat harvest
(Local News ~ 06/25/04)
John Palic unloads wheat into a truck belonging to Marion Brunswick. Palic said the field produced far beyond his expectations considering the dry planting conditions last winter. The wheat is coming in between 55-60 pounds a bushel with a moisture content of 13.5 and a protein content of 13.7...
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Husker Nation Tour
(Local News ~ 06/25/04)
Matt Davison, a former University of Nebraska football player who now works as an analyst on Cornhusker games for Pinnacle Broadcasting, signs the sweater of McCook High School sophomore volleyball player Morgan Pearson. Davison was the master of ceremonies for the Husker Nation Tour stop Friday morning at the Coppermill Restaurant in McCook. ...
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Cook: Houghtelling should be a key player for Husker volleyball in '04
(College Sports ~ 06/25/04)
Cambridge sophomore recovering from knee surgery; will move outside Christina Houghtelling will be a key player for a young University of Nebraska volleyball team that has NCAA championship aspirations, said head coach John Cook. Cook, who has posted a remarkable four-year record of 124 wins, nine losses (including a 28-5 mark in 2003), was in McCook Friday morning at the Coppermill Restaurant as part of the Husker Nation 2004 Tour...
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Rinne birth
(Births ~ 06/25/04)
TECUMSEH -- Kristopher and Keta Rinne of Tecumseh announce the birth of their daughter, Klarissa Dawn, May 18, 2004. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Wes and Kathy Newtson of Benkelman and Gerald and Susan Rinne of Nebraska City. Phyllis Kern of North Platte is the great-grandmother...
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U.S. Highway 83, B Street, to open again Monday
(Local News ~ 06/25/04)
Travel should become a lot smoother Monday as a two-year reconstruction project comes to a close on B Street in McCook. Newly constructed westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 6-34, from East Seventh to East Fourth, will be opened to traffic, according to Nebraska Department of Roads officials...
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Official sees U.S. 83-related growth
(Local News ~ 06/25/04)
The director of the McCook Economic Development Corp. told members of the Nebraska State Highway Commission that an enhanced Highway 83 system through Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas may reverse population declines and stimulate growth of business and industry...
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Senate defense plan includes $6 million for McCook project
(Local News ~ 06/25/04)
At least $47.2 million of the $416 billion Pentagon spending bill approved by the U.S. Senate on Thursday is slated to end up in Nebraska. That includes $6 million for the development of the ExLog21 software system in McCook. The program is used to process information such as status of vehicles, equipment and weapons on the battlefield...
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Husker, highway visits connect the East and West
(Editorial ~ 06/25/04)
Reaching out to the edges of Nebraska, the University of Nebraska athletic program and the Nebraska Highway Commission both made visits to McCook Friday morning, conducting back-to-back sessions at The Coppermill and Country Kitchen. Their visits were much appreciated locally, as shown by the large turnouts for both events. ...
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Riding a dead horse
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/25/04)
**Dear Editor, I want to thank Kirt Matson for his swift answer to my question on Kerry, June 21. Kirt, we haven't heard from you for so long, I thought you might be in Iraq hunting for those WMDs you and George are so sure are there. What does David Kay know, right? I am surprised that someone with your knowledge and expertise in everything isn't working for the administration. They certainly need your help...
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A classic culture clash
(Column ~ 06/25/04)
Iraqi terrorists decapitated another person they had taken hostage this past week, the second in as many weeks. The first one was an American, the last one a Korean. Both atrocities were captured on videotape and there are several sites on the Internet that show the entirety of both events. I tried to watch the first one but couldn't, and didn't even attempt to watch the second one...
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A 'Renaissance faire'
(Features ~ 06/25/04)
STRATTON -- The Girl Scouts transported Lakeview Lodge back, back in time -- to a land of Renaissance-era kings and queens, jesters and heralds, fair maidens and knights in shining armor. The town crier shouted: "Let us dine, dance and be merry!" At the Scouts' "Renaissance Faire" June 17 at the lodge near Stratton, costumed merrymakers danced to the music of a lilting flute, played games of skill and games of luck and ate a finger-food supper of grilled chicken and vegetables...
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