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Bison softball captures home tourney
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/05)
The McCook High School Bison softball team captured its home tournament this weekend with a 3-0 record. The Bison, ranked fourth in Class B, defeated No. 10 Chadron 1-0 in an eight-inning championship game Saturday afternoon. The Bison improved to 9-0...
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Bison volleyball 1-2 at Lexington tourney
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/05)
LEXINGTON -- The McCook High School volleyball team defeated Lexington in the Lexington Invite Saturday, but came up short against Broken Bow and Chase County. The Lexington game was close with 27-25 in the first set and 25-20 in the second. Erica Clapp led the team with 34 assists. Allison Smith had 16 kills and Jen Chmiel had 27 digs for the Bison...
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Cambridge spikers split matches with Alma, Bertrand
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/05)
ALMA -- The Cambridge volleyball came up short against Alma and defeated Bertrand in Alma Saturday. The Trojan girls lost to Alma 32-30, 25-16 and defeated Bertrand 25-22, 19-25, 26-24. Shelby Schultz led the team with 30 attacks and 11 kills, Bailey Soucie had 22 assists and Alysia Mowry had 13 digs. Kayla Sexton had three aces and Shelby Schultz had two...
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MCC volleyball 1-2 in Colorado
(College Sports ~ 09/06/05)
The McCook Community College volleyball team went 1-2 on its weekend trip to Colorado, and dropped to 2-6. The Indians lost at Trinidad State, Otero Junior College and Lamar Junior College. McCook will play Thursday at Hastings aganst the Hastings Junior Varsity (7 p.m.) and Saturday at the Colby Tournament...
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Broncos outslug Hayes Center
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/05)
HAYES CENTER -- Wauneta-Palisade outslugged the Hayes Center Cardinals 54-48 in eight-man football action Friday night at Hayes Center. The Broncos trailed in the first quarter but pulled ahead in the second and third. The Broncos had 37 carries, six completions, nine attempts, four penalties and one fumble recovery. Hayes Center carried 59 times, had nine completions, 13 attempts, and 5 penalties...
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Edwin Gerald Reed
(Obituary ~ 09/06/05)
Feb. 15, 1929--Sept. 1, 2005 ATWOOD -- Edwin Gerald Reed, 76, died Thursday (Sept. 1, 2005) in Denver, Colo. He was born Feb. 15, 1929, in Marshelltown, Iowa, to T. Edwin and Dorothy E. Reed. He married Violet Rose Ervin on Jan. 14, 1949, and worked as a butcher...
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Conner James Anderjaska
(Obituary ~ 09/06/05)
Sept. 26, 2004--Sept. 2, 2005 HASTINGS -- Connor James Anderjaska, 11 months, died Friday (Sept. 2, 2005) at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings. He was born Sept. 26, 2004, in Omaha to Todd E. and Tracy M. (Nepple) Anderjaska. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents and a cousin, Sophia Biltoft...
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Wauneta May Stump
(Obituary ~ 09/06/05)
Jan. 10, 1922--Sept. 5, 2005 HARVARD -- Wauneta May Stump, 83, died Monday (Sept. 5, 2005) at a nursing home in Harvard. She was born Jan. 10, 1922, to Howard and Verda (Alstott) West in Beaver City. She attended Beaver City schools. She married Floyd Stump on Aug. 31, 1946, in Norton, Kan. The couple lived in several towns in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas...
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Avery Kent Lashley
(Obituary ~ 09/06/05)
Avery Kent Lashley, infant, died Saturday (Sept. 3, 2005) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, the Rev. Einar Bach, Julian and Lois Hoschouer, Augusta Miller and Elmer and Hazel Lashley. Survivors include his parents, Curtis and Emily Lashley of McCook; grandparents, Clifford and Phyllis Bach of Noorvik, Alaska, and Randy and Carol Lashley of Trenton; great-grandparents, Arda Bach of Bethany, Mo., and Carl Miller of McCook; uncles, Matthew Bach and Cody Lashley, both of Lincoln; and aunt, Megan Lashley of Trenton.. ...
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'Speed Bump Bob' is missing
(Local News ~ 09/06/05)
INDIANOLA -- "Speed Bump Bob," a gentle, yet florescent, reminder to Indianola drivers to slow down in the neighborhood of children and pets, has gone missing. Last spring, Heather Miracle, and her husband, Scott, placed the yellow fellow on the corner of their yard at the bottom of the hill on Indianola's main street as a friendly reminder to drivers coming off the county road from the north to please slow down...
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Give through the groups you know best
(Editorial ~ 09/06/05)
Somehow, Katrina was the hurricane that caught all of us by surprise. We knew the storm had gone through the New Orleans area, but not until after the levees broke and the city became inundated did it sink in across the nation how horrendous the disaster was...
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NPPD made donation
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/05)
**Dear Editor, I'm sure that there are frequent mix-ups between NPPD and MPPD as only one letter is different. We need to clarify, however, that it was NPPD (Nebraska Public Power District) that donated and installed the flag pole for the George Norris home...
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Like it or move
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/05)
**Dear Editor, My fellow Americans: The recent skyrocketing price of gasoline has caused much discussion. We should be thankful we live in a country where free-enterprise is allowed. Evil thinkers such as Mark Karx, the author of the Monnuist Conifesto, predicted capitalism would eventually collapse because of its own principles (chiefly excessive inherited wealth of the few compared to the low wages of the working class leading to large scale revolution and chaos.)...
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Reply to replies
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/05)
**Dear Editor, I have read with keen interest, Patrick Tolle's replies to George Anderson. For some reason, Mr. Tolle takes the same stand as the infamous ACLU, get rid of God out of our nation. Is Mr. Tolle an ACLU lawyer? Where does Mr. Tolle reside and why does he condemn the Bible as an ancient book of myths? Has he ever read or studied the Bible in its entirety and if so, how could he possibly come to that conclusion?...
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First-hand reports from Katrina
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/05)
EDITOR'S NOTE -- A link on the Gazette's Web page,http://mccookgazette.com, solicited e-mail from readers with first-hand connection to hurricane victims in the south. Here are a few of the responses: **Trenton native **Dear Editor, I am a former resident of Trenton, Neb., now living in a small town within 40 minutes north-east of New Orleans, La., in Picayune, Miss...
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