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Bison football accomplishments very rare in the sports world
(Column ~ 11/24/04)
LINCOLN -- "Celebrate what you've accomplished." McCook head football coach Jeff Gross kept repeating himself. "You've just accomplished a great feat." The team fell just short in a heartbreaking state championship final to Lincoln Pius X 14-9. "You accomplished so much," he said. "Be proud of that."...
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McCook Bison 8th grade girls basketball A, B teams swept by Gothenburg Swedes
(Other Sports ~ 11/24/04)
The McCook Junior High School eighth grade girls basketball teams opened the season Tuesday at home against Gothenburg. The games were played at the McCook Junior High School gymnasium. The Bison squads were supposed to open last Thursday against North Platte-St. Patrick's but the games were canceled because both McCook and NP-SP high school football teams were involved in state championship games...
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Michelle Jankovits earns NJCAA honor
(College Sports ~ 11/24/04)
NORTH PLATTE -- North Platte Community College sophomore Michelle Jankovits of Culbertson has been named to the 2004 National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Volleyball All-American First Team. Jankovits is one of only 12 NJCAA Division II women's volleyball players in the country that was named to the first team...
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Pius X ends McCook's streak
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/04)
Long TD pass gives Thunderbolts state title LINCOLN -- The streak had to end sooner or later, and it ended at the Nebraska Class B state championship game Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The McCook Bison football team's 38-game winning streak was snapped when Lincoln Pius X quarterback Ross Bosn threw a perfect 49-yard touchdown strike to Michael Millard with 11 seconds left...
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Gross to players: 'Celebrate your accomplishment'
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/04)
LINCOLN -- "Celebrate your accomplishment!" Those were the words spoken by McCook head coach Jeff Gross to his football team following a 14-9 slip-through-the-fingers loss to Lincoln Pius X in the state championship game. The 22 senior members of the 2004 Bison team won't be able to quit anytime soon if they are to celebrate all that they have achieved during their three year stint in a varsity uniform...
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Herbert Newton
(Obituary ~ 11/24/04)
April 23, 1926-Oct. 6, 2004 ECKERTY, Ind. -- Herbert Newton, 78, died Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2004) as a result of an auto accident. He was born April 23, 1926, to Scott and Sophia (Jones) Newton in Crawford County, Ind. On Oct. 17, 1946, he married Betty Jean Esch at St. John's Lutheran Church southeast of McCook. The couple farmed until 1970, when they moved to Eckerty, Ind., where they spent the remainder of their lives...
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Use magic dust -- cooking a turkey no problem, say first graders
(Local News ~ 11/24/04)
Good heavens -- you'd think turkey was hard to fix. Turkey-cooking secrets here ... turkey tips there .... turkey hotlines everywhere. According to Rose Sitzman's first graders, cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner isn't difficult at all. All it takes is shooting it, adding a little salt and pepper and cooking it at about six degrees of heat...
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High school newspaper wins Cornhusker award
(Local News ~ 11/24/04)
LINCOLN -- For the third year in a row, the Nebraska High School Press Association has awarded McCook Senior High's newspaper, "The Stampede," a "Cornhusker" award in the organization's recognition of outstanding high school newspaper publications. Along with the prestigious Cornhusker, the newspaper staff also won two individual honors -- called "Golden Kernels" -- for "Reader Aids", the use of standard newspaper devices to introduce and emphasize content; and for "Coverage," covering well all areas of school, student life and community.. ...
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Thanksgiving a remarkable observance
(Editorial ~ 11/24/04)
Thanksgiving. What a wonderful, wonderful holiday it is. It's purpose is so pure and to the point ... giving thanks ... being grateful for all which is given to us, and pausing to pray for a better life for those less fortunate. It is such a distinctly American celebration. It started Dec. 4, 1619, when 38 settlers from England gathered at the Berkeley Plantation. The location was on the banks of the James River in what is now Virginia...
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Good choice
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/24/04)
**Dear Editor, I teach second grade at East Ward and have already been to the art exhibit in question for censorship. I applaud Mrs. Latta's decision to drape the artwork. While I took no offense to the painting, I am an adult. I would most certainly have taken offense as a teacher or parent if I had to explain the painting to a young child...
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Veil the Venus?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/24/04)
**Dear Editor, Again, I'm embarrassed to be a Nebraskan. This is in reference to principal Kathy Latta feeling she has to veil a painting that she deems "immoral/inappropriate" for her students. I have to question her overzealous responsibility for judging -- culturally -- what is decent and what it is not. I'm sure these are the same children, who know how to use a cell phone, can use a computer, etc. know what is pornography and what is art...
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Not censorship
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/24/04)
**Dear Editor, In response to the idea of the painting being censorship on Mrs. Latta's part, I would have to disagree. I have a 6-year-old first grader at North Ward, who did happen to see this particular painting. I have raised my child to be open to learning new things, but in my opinion, I feel that the painting should have been covered prior to elementary-aged children arriving at the exhibit...
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Great plan
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/24/04)
**Dear Editor, How exciting was this article! ("Fox Theater purchased, two businessmen plan to start visual, performing arts center.") Just what McCook needs! I hope all is successful. Good Luck! More should be done to bring back that "downtown hometown" feel...
- Dolores Dutcher (Obituary ~ 11/24/04)
- Stanley A. Ham (Obituary ~ 11/24/04)
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