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Bison volleyball 4th at GNAC Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 11/01/04)
COLUMBUS -- The McCook High School volleyball team placed fourth at the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference Tournament Saturday. The GNAC Tournament was played at Columbus. The Bison posted a 1-2 record and will take an 8-22 record into the Nebraska Class B-5 district tournament Thursday at Kearney...
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Erma L. (Ebert) Nokes
(Obituary ~ 11/01/04)
March 21, 1923-Oct. 29, 2004 RENTON, Wash. -- Erma Leona (Ebert) Nokes, 81, died Friday (Oct. 29, 2004) at the Gentle Care Family Home in Renton, Wash. She was born March 21, 1923, to Erich Alvin Ebert and Pearl May Alley in Wray, Colo. On July 20, 1941, she married Howard Winfred Nokes in McCook. In 1957, she moved to Seattle, Wash., with her family. She became a hairdresser and later an instructor in that field. During her retirement, the couple traveled through all 50 states...
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Lee, Thomas wedding
(Wedding ~ 11/01/04)
ARAPAHOE -- Jessica Dawn Lee and Kenneth C. Thomas Jr., both of Arapahoe, were united in marriage Sept. 4, 2004, at the United Methodist Church in Arapahoe with the Revs. Hyeongdong Beck of Arapahoe and Scott Mustion of Hershey officiating. Parents of the couple are Darryl and Carolyn Lee of Danbury, Melvin and Gail Martin of Red Cloud and Kenneth Thomas Sr., of Independence, Mo...
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McBride birthday
(Birthdays ~ 11/01/04)
The family of Bob McBride is hosting an open house in honor of his 80th birthday Nov. 6, 1-4 p.m., three miles north of McCook on Highway 83 at the home of Sandy Kotschwar. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 507 Elizabeth Lane, McCook, NE 69001...
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McConville anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 11/01/04)
The family of Bill and Sandy (McKillip) McConville of Culbertson is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 30th anniversary Nov. 4. They were united in marriage in 1974 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola. Their children are Sara and husband, Eric Eisenmenger of Kansas City, Leah and husband, Todd Johnson of Lincoln and Jill and husband, Brad Lauer of McCook. They have four grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at Route 1 Box 62A, Culbertson, NE 69024...
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MCC leads in enrollment
(Local News ~ 11/01/04)
North Platte -- While Mid-Plains Community College's enrollment has declined as a whole, McCook Community College's enrollment is up, according to college officials. At last week's meeting, the board of governors heard an enrollment report from Brenda Costin, Area Dean of Enrollment Management and Jan Schartz, Director of Research and Planning. ...
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The Sleep Fairy -- Omaha author plans book signing; will speak at conference
(Local News ~ 11/01/04)
"The Sleep Fairy" gives a child a choice -- stay in bed and find a surprise under your pillow in the morning, or get up, bug Mom and Dad, and forfeit that prize. It's her choice, and it gives her just a little bit of control in this great, big, often confusing world...
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Much at stake in election
(Editorial ~ 11/01/04)
As we look back over the past 40 years, we do not believe there has been an election with more at stake than the voting which will take place Tuesday in the 2004 general election. History is in the making ... in so many ways. First, there is the presidential election, which is neck-and-neck just hours before voting begins. ...
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From the Front -- The Ghosts of Mahmudiyah
(Column ~ 11/01/04)
By Sgt. Jeff Tidyman U.S. Marine Corps Tonight the rain falls gently on the sand. Patrols went well today. Our squad is bold and won't avoid any area. The company's omnipresence may be one of the reasons the locals have nicknamed us the "Ghosts of Mahmudiyah."...
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Committee responds
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/01/04)
**Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Open Forum titled Vote for Stability. Nothing in that letter could be farther from the truth. The long-ago formed Southwest Nebraska Economic Security Committee believes in the fair and equitable allocations of water. ...
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Serving whom?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/01/04)
**Dear Editor, About two months ago, the Gazette had a very interesting article. In essence it said that since the Republican party had become "the party of God," that the Democratic party was turning to the secularists (those who have no conscience toward God) for votes...
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Will of God?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/01/04)
**Dear Editor, Another point of view concerning stem cell research -- if I believe that discarding embryos is discarding a human at the earliest stage of development, then I cannot believe it is the "will of God" to continue stem cell research on embryos that are not longer wanted or needed by the parents...
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Stories from early Frontier County
(Column ~ 11/01/04)
Several years ago Frontier County was doing some cleaning out of records, and some of the very earliest records were in the process of being destroyed. Fortunately, through the intervention of Judge Cloyd Clark and Henry Koch, a local history buff, the court records relating to the first murder in Frontier County, these records were saved. Mr. Koch has been gracious enough to allow me to examine these original documents, as well as other books and documents relating to Frontier Co...
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