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Area competitors shine at Cornhusker State Games
(Community Sports ~ 07/19/05)
Dallas Korus claims 3 golds in wrestling LINCOLN -- Area competitors brought home 34 medals, including 26 gold medals, from the Cornhusker State Games Thursday-Saturday at Lincoln. McCook High School graduate Dallas Korus, who signed a letter of intent to wrestle at Chadron State College, claimed the gold medal "hat trick."...
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Juniors District tournament: Eder, Larson give FCB boost as they make uphill climb
(Community Sports ~ 07/19/05)
Ryan Eder's determination on the mound and Tom Larson's confidence at the plate advanced the First Central Bank American Legion Juniors one rung higher on their climb to a district title. Eder stranded runners on second and third in three innings and Tom Larson came up with two clutch hits as FCB defeated Lexington 3-0...
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Building swap nixed
(Local News ~ 07/19/05)
The McCook City Council voted 4-1 to discontinue developing a proposal to exchange the City Public Safety Building for the McCook School District's East Ward School. The council received a report from McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham and Chief of Police Ike Brown on the benefits and concerns of the proposed relocation of the fire and police departments and city administrative offices...
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City agrees to stay in jail study through Phase II
(Local News ~ 07/19/05)
The Red Willow County jail task force committee finally received a decision from the McCook City Council after numerous attempts to present the jail needs assessment to the council. After hearing a presentation from Earl McNutt, chairman of the Red Willow County Board of Commissioners, Reuben Hoff Jr., chairman of the Red Willow County Task Force Committee and Gary Bowker, of Allied Correctional Services, the council passed a motion 4-1, the nay vote was from Councilman Phil Lyons, to continue into Phase II of the jail study alongside the county. ...
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Officials ponder next step in Wilsonville recall
(Local News ~ 07/19/05)
WILSONVILLE -- Wilson-ville's board of trustees ac-cepted board member Kent Chambers' resignation Monday evening, although the process to recall him seems to continue. And, interpreting village ordinances regarding the bonding of trustees that Chambers challenged, Village Attorney Pete Burger has determined that the Wilsonville board is legal...
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School board officially closes K-8 campuses
(Local News ~ 07/19/05)
By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCook Public Schools' board of education closed campuses for all but the senior high during its monthly meeting Monday evening. Board member Jim Coady's motion to close campus from kindergarten through eighth grade essentially added the junior high (sixth, seventh and eighth grades) to the already-closed campuses at the ward schools and Central Elementary...
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Wait and see is right answer ... for now
(Editorial ~ 07/19/05)
On the face of it, the solution is obvious. The county needs a jail. For safety and security reasons, the fire department, police station and dispatching center shouldn't be right alongside the railroad tracks. So, lets put up a new building and move them all in together. Simple, right?...
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How did we ever get along without ...
(Column ~ 07/19/05)
You fill in the blank. I'm dating myself, but at one time, we used to fill the "How did we ever get along without ..." blank with "fax machines." It wasn't long until faxes were replaced with e-mail, but then came the invention of spam, and now we bemoan the time wasted deleting the 98 percent of e-mails we don't want...
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Clyde Arnold Brown
(Obituary ~ 07/19/05)
July 27, 1912-July 17, 2005 BENKELMAN -- Clyde Arnold Brown, 92, died Sunday (July 17, 2005) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born July 27, 1912, to William and Ellen (Breeder) Brown on their farm, northeast of Max. He married Ruth Maxwell in 1935...
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Mildred Berniece Heinbigner
(Obituary ~ 07/19/05)
Dec. 20, 1928-July 17, 2005 CULBERTSON -- Mildred Berniece Heinbigner, 76, died Sunday (July 17, 2005) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born Dec. 20, 1928, at Stratton, to Joseph M. and Grace H. (Wilkinson) Schilz. She attended Culbertson Public Schools...
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