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Bison wrestlers outduel Chase County
(High School Sports ~ 01/27/06)
On Thursday night, the McCook High School varsity and junior varsity wrestling teams competed in a dual with Chase County-Imperial. Overall the team put together a pretty good performance for the home crowd. The overall score was 39-26 with the Bison picking up another dual victory for the year...
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Southern Valley, Bertrand girls to play for RVL title Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 01/27/06)
CAMBRIDGE -- Southern Valley and Bertrand's girls basketball teams will battle it out for the RVL Championship on Saturday. Southern Valley beat out Southwest 58-44 in the semifinals Thursday. Bertrand downed Arapahoe 56-46 for the finals as well. Ashley Strickland and Megan Becker led the Lady Eagles to the win with 16 points. Janae Perkins posted 12 points and Mallory Murdoch had 9. Strickland was also a leading rebounder. Murdoch led in assists and Becker had 4 steals...
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Sports shorts: Bison 9th girls, boys; 8th boys; 7th boys; McCook YMCA; Hastings College football
(High School Sports ~ 01/27/06)
Bison freshman girls now 7-0 NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook High School freshman girls basketball team improved to 7-0 on Thursday night with a 57-51 win over the North Platte Gold. The McCook girls played a very strong first half, leading at times by double digits, but let North Platte close to within 5 points at half...
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Over the legal limit
(Local News ~ 01/27/06)
Tying one on for training
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An apt quote
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/27/06)
Dear Editor; The following quote by the late Senator Eugene McCarthy aptly applies to Nebraska's Tom Osborne: "Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important."...
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Inaccurate statements
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/27/06)
Dear Gazette Editor; I must say I was less than pleased by the article printed in your newspaper on Jan. 25, 2006. I am, as Gene Mahon said, "Stuck's sister," who was as the courthouse when Dustin escaped. However, many statements that were reported were not accurate...
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Personal integrity paramount when electing leaders
(Editorial ~ 01/27/06)
Commission would address crisis in confidence.
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Economic growth, but at what cost?
(Column ~ 01/27/06)
Ten items or less Proponents want to use the lake to encourage economic growth in the Omaha-Lincoln corridor. Beside the environmental impact, legislators need to consider the personal impact because the lake would eliminate the town of Ashland, population 2,500. ...
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Evelyn I. Marble
(Obituary ~ 01/27/06)
June 30, 1912--Jan. 25, 2006 CAMBRIDGE -- Evelyn I. Marble, 93, died Wednesday (Jan. 25, 2006) at the Cambridge Manor. She was born near Marquette on June 30, 1912, to Cleveland and Minnie (Ballard) Stalnaker. She graduated from Grand Island High School in 1931. ...
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Ella Winkelmann
(Obituary ~ 01/27/06)
Nov. 26, 1909--Jan. 25, 2006 IMPERIAL -- Ella Winkelmann, 96, died Wednesday (Jan. 25, 2006) at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 26, 1909, to John H. and Minnie (Kastens) Bischoff south of Enders. She attended the German school affiliated with St. Paul's Lutheran Church, but later transferred to Lincoln School, where she graduated eighth grade...
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Goldie Ott
(Obituary ~ 01/27/06)
Feb. 11, 1913--Jan. 24, 2006 LOVELAND, Colo. -- Goldie Ott, 92, formerly of Grant, died Tuesday (Jan. 24, 2006) at the Sierra Vista Nursing Home in Loveland, Colo. She was born Feb. 11, 1913, in Herman to Cyrus and Cora Moore Fister. She attended country school in Perkins County...
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Fanny Ellen Peacock
(Obituary ~ 01/27/06)
March 29, 1905--Jan. 26, 2006 ATWOOD -- Fanny Ellen (Patten) Peacock, 100, formerly of Bird City, died Thursday (Jan. 26, 2006) at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was born March 29, 1905, in Decatur County. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Archie McCoy Peacock in 1953, and a son, Neal Peacock in 1994...
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Taking notes, taking fire
(Local News ~ 01/27/06)
NORTH PLATTE -- Fighting the war in Iraq and earning a college degree may seem to be worlds apart, but for one Mid-Plains Community College student, it's all in a day's work. Staff Sgt. David McConnell, a member of the U.S. Army Reserve's 1013th Quartermaster Company, is currently deployed to Iraq and stationed at Logistical Support Area (LSA) Anaconda. ...
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McDonald's 'Frosty Mug' reopens
(Local News ~ 01/27/06)
McDONALD -- McDonald and area residents promised Rick and Earla Connell that if they opened a restaurant in their small community in Northwest Kansas, they would frequent the place. "The people here are absolutely fabulous," Earla gushed. "We didn't know a soul. We had no family here. Now, they're family."...
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Welcome chimes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/27/06)
Editor; Beautiful, great, wonderful! There are not enough words to describe how fantastic this feat is. The renewel of McMillen Hall is even more complete now with the restoration of the chimes. I know there are many friends and alumni smiling from up above and around McCook when they hear the chimes ring once again...
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Police chief brings the training home
(Editorial ~ 01/27/06)
If even one life is saved, the effort was more than worth it.
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Why aren't you famous?
(Column ~ 01/27/06)
In my first go-around at college, I attended the University of Arkansas right after high school graduation. I went with the idea of playing football but ended up simply playing. The first two years I was in Fayetteville, I lived in a fraternity house, the last two years I shared an apartment with Loyd Phillips, one of the best football players I've ever seen. ...
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Bison grapplers 6th at home duals
(High School Sports ~ 01/27/06)
McCook's wrestlers took sixth place at the McCook Duals Friday at the MHS gymnasium with a 1-4 record. The Bison grapplers defeated Alliance 34-33 for their only dual victory. Scottsbluff took first going 5-0. Alliance finished second, beating North Platte and Grand Island Northwest...
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Rawlings, Hall first at Kearney swim meet
(High School Sports ~ 01/27/06)
KEARNEY -- McCook High School's divers put on a show at the Kearney swim meet Thursday. Rebecca Rawlings placed first in for the first time this year with a score of 289.90. This score is only 10 points off of a state qualifying score. Matt Hall also placed first with a score of 324.75. Alyssa Cook placed second to Rawlings with a score of 279.35...
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Arapahoe vs. Cambridge showdown set for RVL boys tourney title game
(High School Sports ~ 01/27/06)
Waid Vontz goes for 40 points against Bertrand Vikings CAMBRIDGE -- Arapahoe and Cambridge's boys will squared off for the RVL championship Saturday. The two teams battled it out with Southern Valley and Bertrand Friday taking them to the final round...
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New promoter ready for new Season at McCook Speedway
(Community Sports ~ 01/27/06)
Former track technical inspector Chuck Gray takes over as the promoter of McCook Speedway for the 2006 season. After former promoter Dennis McFarland decided to retire, Gray decided it was time to use his time with the race track and around racing to step up to the head job...
- K-State football coach jets in to visit with Tony Purvis (College Sports ~ 01/27/06)
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