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RVL track champs: Cambridge boys, Southern Valley girls
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/06)
BERTRAND -- Cambridge's boys and Southern Valley's girls track teams won the Republican Valley league track meet Friday at Bertrand. Cambridge's girls took fifth and Southern Valley's boys were fourth. Dundy County took second on the boys side, with Arapahoe coming in third and Bertrand fifth. Alma came in sixth and Southwest seventh...
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Murrays repeat at Oberlin Speedway
(Community Sports ~ 05/02/06)
OBERLIN -- David and Sarah Murray, both of Oberlin, were repeat winners at Oberlin Speedway Saturday. Charley Brown of Maxwell took the early lead in the 20-lap IMCA Modified feature, followed closely by Marty Clark. A caution on lap 7 bunched the 20-car field with Brown leading Clark, Jason Schoenberger and David Murray...
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MCC women's basketball coach inks four players for next year
(College Sports ~ 05/02/06)
Michelle Orton, head women's basketball coach of McCook Community College, has signed four high school seniors to her program for the 2006-2007 school year. In this bunch of recruits includes two in-state girls and two girls from Colorado. "Each of these student-athletes is a great addition to our program. ...
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Bison netters claim 2 road duels
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/06)
ALLIANCE and SCOTTSBLUFF -- The McCook High School girls tennis swept duels at Alliance and Scottsbluff Friday and Saturday and improve its duel record to 5-2 for the season. The Bison compete Tuesday at Lexington (4 p.m.) and Thursday at the Kearney Catholic Invite (9 a.m.)...
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Cambridge Trojan golfers, Waid Vontz top RVL field
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/06)
OXFORD -- Cambridge's golfers won the Republican Valley League golf tournament on the Cardinal Country Club golf course in Oxford Friday. Alma finished the day in second and Southern Valley and Arapahoe followed in third and fourth. Dundy County took the fifth spot, with Bertrand taking sixth and Southwest seventh...
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Bison boys track team wins fourth consecutive invite title
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/06)
HOLDREGE -- McCook's boys track team took the win in the Holdrege Invite Friday. This is the fourth consecutive invitational title the Bison boys have won this season. The Bison girls finished third in the team standings behind Grand Island Northwest and York...
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Chase County squads sweep SPVA crowns
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/06)
SUTHERLAND -- Chase County's boys and girls won the SPVA track meet in Sutherland Friday. Perkins County finished the day in second for the boys and third for the girls. North Platte St. Pats took second in the girls and third in the boys. Matthew May led the Chase County boys with three gold medals. May won the 100, 200 and 400...
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Fabrizius flies; Koch conquers; Wagner and Wimer win; Pollmann pulls ahead at McCook Speedway Friday night
(Community Sports ~ 05/02/06)
The air was a little chilly Friday night at McCook Speedway, but the racing was hot as 75 drivers came to compete in the five classes. John Fabrizius of Colby, Brady Koch of Cambridge, Justin Wagner of Culbertson and Max Pollmann and Dave Wimer of Trenton drove hot en route to A Feature victories...
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Edith W. Peterson
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
Brighton, Colo. -- Edith W. Peterson, age 89, died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at Brighton, Colorado. Edith was born April 29, 1917, to Blaine and Grace (Young) Pugh, in Madison County. She married Paul Peterson at Palisade on Jan. 10, 1937. To this union two children were born, Larry and Donna. She and her husband farmed south of Palisade, Hayes Center and South and North of McCook. She enjoyed playing cards and helped residents at Hillcrest play bingo...
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G. Delores Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
Sept. 17, 1920 - April 30, 2006 Berryville, Ark. -- G. Delores Smith, 85, of Berryville, Ark., died Sunday ( April 30, 2006). She was born Sept. 17, 1920, in Clayton, Kan., to Harley and Muriel (Gallatin) Woodside. She was raised in the Clayton area and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1939...
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Gerald C. Diederich
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
April 24, 1931 - April 30, 2006 OBERLIN -- Gerald C. Diederich, 75, of Oberlin died Sunday (April 30, 2006), at his home in Oberlin. He was born April 24, 1931 to Charles H. and Matilda (Harold) Diederich in Selden, Kan. He was raised on the family farm north of Selden and attended school at Green Valley, North Valley rural schools and Decatur Community High School...
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Michele Wilke
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
Michele Wilke, 50, of McCook died Saturdady (April 29, 2006) at her home west of McCook. Michele was born June 13, 1955, at Brokton, Mass., to Norman and Barbara (Osborne) Veronesi. On Feb. 14, 2000, she married Marvin Wilke at McCook. They made their home in McCook...
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Theresia Elizabeth (Kogl) Leitner
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
Sept. 3, 1908 - April 28, 2006 ATWOOD -- Theresia Elizabeth (Kogl) Leitner, 97, of Atwood, died Saturday (April 28, 2006), at Rawlins County Health Center. She was born Sept. 23, 1908, at the family farm west of Herndon. She attended Pitner country school and St. Mary's Catholic boarding school in Herndon through the 7th grade and was unable to continue school, having to stay home with her younger brothers and sisters...
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Billie Richard Baney
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
Dec. 7, 1927 - April 30, 2006 BENKELMAN -- Billie Richard Baney, 78, of Benkelman, Nebraska died Sunday (April 30, 2006) at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born Dec. 7, 1927, at Benkelman, to William Arthur and Mary Amanda (Richard) Baney. He graduated from Parks High School in 1945...
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Clyde K. Artz
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
BAYARD -- With the dew still on the ground and a new dawn breaking, a new beginning, the Savior looked upon our beloved husband, son, father, grandfather and friend and said, "Behold, I stand at your door and knock. My Son it is time. Your life on Earth has ended temporarily come home."...
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Earl James Danner
(Obituary ~ 05/02/06)
1918 - 2006 Earl James Danner, age 88, of Largo, Fla., died Friday April 28th, at his home, under Hospice care. He was born in Roy, Mont. in 1918. He was raised by his maternal grandparents, William and Polly Sharp, in Trenton, after his mother died giving birth to his sister, Helen, when Earl was 13 months old. Helen (Sturdevant) pre-deceased him in January 2006. Earl graduated from Trenton High School in 1935...
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'Growing in Grace' sharathon begins Wednesday
(Features ~ 05/02/06)
A unique auction item tops the list for the 16th Annual KNGN Festival of Grace Sharathon this year. Six 90 minute organ lessons by Dr. J. Gordon Christensen are on the auction block. The package offers two sessions on a 27 rank pipe organ at Imperial, and four sessions on the organ used by the successful bidder. Also included is the registration fee for one to attend the Church Musicians Workshop Oct. 7 at Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial and two books of liturgically appropriate organ music...
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Gun club offers check to city
(Local News ~ 05/02/06)
A $27,000 check and a resignation were handed to the McCook City Council Monday night, in addition to an announcement from a councilman who said he has changed his mind about running for re-election. Co-interim City Manager and Public Works director Kyle Potthoff announced at the start of the council meeting the resignation of Building Inspector Doyle Wine-land, and said Wineland will be working with Dan Chil-ders on the project to renovate the former Eastward Elementary school. ...
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John Hanson best qualified for 3rd District
(Editorial ~ 05/02/06)
While one prominent candidate in this year's primary is making a point of not being "a career politician," John Hanson is taking a different tack. If he's elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, he wants to stay there for life. While that won't set well with those who favor term limits, it demonstrates his working knowledge of politics in Washington, and the reason the McCook Daily Gazette is endorsing him for the Republican nomination to represent the 3rd District...
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Pro not at fault
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/02/06)
It has been brought to my attention that moving the tees back for the golf scramble I wrote about in my column last week was the decision of the event coordinator and not the golf pro. The coordinator of the event represented the group putting on the tournament and was not directly associated with the golf course in any capacity. ...
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In praise of women
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/02/06)
In celebration of "Women's Day, March 8," it's better late than never. But do we really need to wait for March to come around to celebrate women? Before delving into a few issues, let's start with a sad quote that I had found in a United Nations Report:...
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South Street incident
(Local News ~ 05/02/06)
Officers stand outside a home on South Street in McCook, with about a two-block area cordoned off and an ambulance on standby since about sunrise today. No information on the ongoing incident was immediately available.
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