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McCook Bison boys, girls teams fall to Scottbluff in East-West Shootout
(High School Sports ~ 02/11/05)
The McCook High School boys basketball team lost to Scottsbluff 79-61 Thursday on the first night of the East-West Shootout. McCook dropped to 5-15 and will host Gering Friday and Alliance Saturday. Game times are 7:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. McCook trailed at halftime down 7 points...
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NCTA Aggies split games
(College Sports ~ 02/11/05)
CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture men's basketball won one and lost one in Kansas on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team won over St. Mary's College of Kansas 99-56 and lost to Central Christian 102-70. The Aggies trailed 45-27 at the intermission. NCTA rallied during the second half and brought the game to within 8 with 6 minutes left in the contest...
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Study TARGETs tourism potential for Southwest Nebraska
(Local News ~ 02/11/05)
What do we have to offer for tourists, and how can we tell them about it? The public should be able to find out at a presentation outlining tourism development possibilities and marketing strategies resulting from a study by the staff of Nebraska Travel and Tourism...
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Speeding fines should be addressed
(Editorial ~ 02/11/05)
With a flood of legislative bills pouring through the Unicameral in Lincoln, it's sometimes difficult to fully understand how the proposals will affect our daily lives. But that's not true of Legislative Bill 156, introduced by State Sen. Tom Baker of Trenton. There's no question what the bill will do. If LB156 becomes law, speeding fines and points for speeding violations will be increased across the board...
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Quantity over quality on Valentine's Day
(Column ~ 02/11/05)
Recently in an advice column, a woman asked if her daughter could give Valentine's Day cards to just the girls in her class. (I should note that I always read the advice column and question-and-answer features first in the newspaper, just to make myself feel better and you never know when you'll learn something.)...
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'PHTLS' class
(Local News ~ 02/11/05)
Emergency responders Risa Kinder of Sidney (left) and Lori Pappas of North Platte learn how to respond to a pediatric emergency during "Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support" training at McCook Community College. McCook paramedic Bob Allen, one of the instructors during the training sessions Feb. ...
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Lyle D. Sawyer
(Obituary ~ 02/11/05)
Oct. 4, 1948-Jan. 24, 2005 Lyle Dymond Sawyer, 56, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. Born Oct. 4, 1948, in Baltimore, Md. He moved with his family to Upland in 1956 where he resided until graduating from Upland High School with top honors in 1966. He attended Kearney State College in Kearney for two years and left for Piney Point Seamen's School in Piney Point, Md. ...
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Judith A. 'Judy' Ockerman
(Obituary ~ 02/11/05)
Nov. 4, 1953-Feb. 9, 2005 OBERLIN -- Judy Ockerman, 51, died Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2005) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born Nov. 4, 1953, to Harold E. and Doris A. (Wilson) Ockerman in Oberlin. She was raised in New Mexico and graduated from Shiprock High School in Shiprock, N.M. She attended Evangelical College in Springfield, Mo...
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Donald L. Thompson
(Obituary ~ 02/11/05)
Donald Lee Thompson, 62, died Feb. 4, 2005, in Joplin, Mo. He graduated from McCook High School in 1960, McCook Junior College in 1962, University of Northern Colorado, business executive programs of Cornell University, University of Montana and the Harvard Business School Business...
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Godfrey S. Nielsen
(Obituary ~ 02/11/05)
Sept. 1, 1915-Feb. 10, 2005 CURTIS -- Godfrey S. Nielsen, 89 of Curtis, died Thursday (Feb. 10, 2005) at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. He was born north of Curtis on Sept. 1, 1915, to Niels and Regina Jensen Nielsen. He attended Ash Grove School west of Wellfleet. In the early 1930's he moved with his parents to a farm between Curtis and Stockville...
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Lois M. Schneider
(Obituary ~ 02/11/05)
April 26, 1932-Feb. 5, 2005 Lois Marie Schneider, 72, died Saturday (Feb. 5, 2005) in Fort Collins, Colo. She was born April 26, 1932, in McCook, the daughter of Earnest and Mary E. (Young) Cox. Lois married Harold H. Schneider on July 6, 1952, in Fort Collins, Colo. They later divorced...
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Gertrude Fleckenstein
(Obituary ~ 02/11/05)
May 26, 1916-Feb. 10, 2005 DRESDEN -- Gertrude Fleckenstein, 88, died Thursday (Feb. 10, 2005) at Rawlins County Hospital in Atwood. She was born May 26, 1918, to William and Gertrude (Beckmier) Nondorf on a farm east of Hoxie, Kan. She was raised in Hoxie, Angelus and Leoville, Kan...
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Maxine Crocker
(Obituary ~ 02/11/05)
Oct. 7, 1920-Feb. 10, 2005 STRATTON -- Maxine Viola Crocker, 84, died Thursday (Feb. 10, 2005) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. She was born Oct. 7, 1920, in Stratton to John and Edith (Ward) Randall and attended Stratton Public Schools. After graduating from Stratton High School, she attended Kearney Teachers College where she earned her teaching certificate. She taught school for many years, having taught at several country schools, and then at Indianola, Grand Island, and Lincoln...
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Berry birth
(Births ~ 02/11/05)
KEARNEY -- Jason and Vanessa Berry of Kearney announce the birth of a daughter, Taeya Dawn. She was born Sunday (Feb.6, 2005), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney and weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches in length. Grandparents are Marlon and Vivian Berry of Imperial and Scott and Carol Hodson of Kearney...
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City agrees to pay $300,500 in fines, penalties
(Local News ~ 02/11/05)
The City of McCook has "dodged a bullet" in regard to the fines levied against it by the U.S. Justice Department and the State of Nebraska, according to City Manager John Bingham. The McCook City Council approved a consent agreement with the two entities, calling for the city to pay $225,000 in fines and an additional $75,500 in penalties...
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'Fiddler' carries on fine tradition
(Editorial ~ 02/11/05)
Since McCook is located hours away from metropolitan centers, you might think the community is deprived of musical and theatrical performances. And there were times -- years back -- when that was true. But things started changing 20 years ago when a new community theater group presented "Music Man." As it has turned out, that show -- presented in March 1985 -- was the dawn of a new era...
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A culture of violence
(Column ~ 02/11/05)
The following quote was taken from the Feb. 14 issue of Newsweek magazine: "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So It's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." Spoken by Lt. General James Mattis, a Marine general who has commanded troops in Afghanistan and Iran...
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Legislature just getting started
(Column ~ 02/11/05)
Legislative Day 26 is upon us and members of the Legislature have seen only a glimpse of this session's workload. Senators will begin prioritizing legislation next week, and we will continue moving forward with committee priority bills as they are designated...
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Spirit of unity marks first Lenten service
(Features ~ 02/11/05)
A spirit of unity embraced the nearly 150 worshippers attending the inaugural Lenten service Friday afternoon at McCook First Church of the Nazarene. The host minister, the Rev. Steve Bales, set the stage by welcoming the group and encouraging everyone to set aside the name of the churches where they usually gather and to gather "as the Body of Christ."...
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