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Connor Larson, Christie Burrows win big at McCook tennis tournament
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/05)
McCook's Connor Larson won the Boys 14 Singles Division and the Boys 16 Singles Division at the McCook Tennis Tournament Saturday and Sunday at the Bison Tennis Courts. Larson defeated Ansley's Gentry Doane 6-1, 6-4 in the 14 Singles championship match and Asher Brooks 6-1, 6-1 in the 16 Singles championship...
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Fern A. Weimer
(Obituary ~ 08/11/05)
Sept. 29, 1910--Aug. 10, 2005 OBERLIN -- Fern A. Weimer, 94, died Wednesday (Aug. 10, 2005) at her home in Oberlin. She was born Sept. 29, 1910, to Leo Anderson and Ethel McKee in Four Acres, Okla. She graduated from Decatur County High School in 1929...
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Hayes County firefighters counting their blessings
(Features ~ 08/11/05)
By Connie Jo Discoe Regional Editor HAYES CENTER -- Twenty-five volunteer members of the Hayes County Rural Fire Protection District cover 518 square miles of their county with firefighting capabilities and medical emergency re-sponse skills. "The department is at capacity," said fire chief Mike Christner. "And we have a waiting list. We're very lucky, we have lots of people who are willing to help."...
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Minnie Louise Theresa Busse
(Obituary ~ 08/11/05)
Aug. 1, 1919--Aug. 8, 2005 BIRD CITY -- Minnie Louise Theresa (Oestmann) Busse, 86, died Monday (Aug. 8, 2005) in St. Francis. She was born Aug. 1, 1919, in Auburn. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband Clarence Henry August Busse of Bird City; two sons, Dan Busse of Bird City and Dave Busse of Omaha; a daughter, Pat Cooksey of Houston, Texas; a brother, Louis Oestmann of Cottonwood, Ariz.; a sister, Ella Bergmann of Auburn; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren...
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Emily Donaldson Austin
(Obituary ~ 08/11/05)
Aug. 14, 1917--July 29, 2005 Greenville, Tenn. -- Emily Donaldson Austin, 87, died Friday (July 29, 2005) at Takoma Adventist Hospital in Greeneville, Tenn. She was born Aug. 14, 1917, to William Jay Donaldson and Emily Craig Donaldson in Knoxville, Tenn. She graduated from Mount Vernon College and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville...
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NRD budget hike capped at 2.5 percent
(Local News ~ 08/11/05)
Curtis -- The Middle Republican NRD will in-crease its annual budget for fiscal year 2005-06 by no more than 2.5 percent. The decision was made at the NRD's monthly board meeting on Tuesday at the Middle Republican NRD Office. Directors questioned Manager Dan Smith about possible incentive program funding from the state. Smith reported that the Water Policy Task Force is considering a variety of ideas that could be used to raise the funds needed for cost share for converting to dryland...
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Political advice from someone who's been there
(Editorial ~ 08/11/05)
Remembering the Third District congressional race of 1974, D0n Blank of McCook offers some words of warning for the five men who have already announced their candidacy for the Republican congressional nomination in 2006: "Watch out for a woman candidate."...
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