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Midgets 3-1 vs. Holdrege teams
(Community Sports ~ 07/05/06)
The McCook Midgets American Legion baseball team posted a 3-1 record against Holdrege teams during weekend action and improved its record to 17-6. Friday McCook at Holdrege: Game 1: McCook won 27-9; winning pitcher - Cody Broomfield. In relief - Spencer Gillen...
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Rebels Black 14 squad 2nd at state tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/05/06)
HASTINGS -- The McCook Rebels Black 14 and under girls fastpitch softball team finished second at the Nebraska Class B state tournament over the weekend. The Rebels posted a 5-2 record. The two losses came against the Adams Outlaws, the eventual tournament champions...
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Douglas fires 3-hitter for Kekumbas at state softball
(High School Sports ~ 07/05/06)
OGALLALA -- McCook's Stephanie Douglas pitched for the Kekumbas-Lexington girls fastpitch softball team at the Nebraska 18 and under state tournament at Ogallala during the weekend. Douglas pitched a three-hit shutout as Kekumbas defeated York 2-0 Friday...
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City budget down almost 10 percent
(Local News ~ 07/05/06)
Working with a budget that has been whittled down by almost 10 percent compared to last year's, City Council members will sharpen their pencils at their preliminary budget workshops set for July 10-12 at 6:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers. Despite the reduction in the estimated 2006-07 budget, there are no proposed changes in the property tax levy, according to initial estimates...
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Celebration in the sky
(Local News ~ 07/05/06)
Fireworks illuminate the sky over Indianola on Tuesday in an all-out celebration in the sky hosted by the Indianola firefighters.
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Accident leaves two in critical condition
(Local News ~ 07/05/06)
Two McCook residents are reported in critical condition in hospitals in Kearney and Lincoln following a two-vehicle accident at 9:05 p.m., Tuesday, about three miles south of McCook on U.S. Highway 83. April Redfield was transported to Bryan LGH West in Lincoln and her husband, Chancelor L., "Chance," 24, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. A baby in the Redfield car is reported to be uninjured...
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Rockets play leading role on world stage
(Editorial ~ 07/05/06)
While most of us spent the majority of the day celebrating Independence Day, the news channels drew more than their usual holiday viewership thanks to world events Tuesday. The refrain to "The Star-Spangled Banner" -- "and the rocket's red glare" carried unusual weight the next time we heard it...
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Pass ordinance
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/05/06)
I am writing in response to the proposed ordinance on where a sex offender can live. I would like to express my deep concern that this hasn't been done already. I would very much encourage this ordinance to pass for the city of McCook. We need to do all we can to protect children from these "sick" people!...
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To give or keep?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/05/06)
How did Bill Gates and Warren Buffett sneak that much money past their wives? Their combined wealth is a pittance to the cost of the Iraq war! (One live Saddam Hussein is a poor trade for any dead American!) The Road Department and Border Security could both use a donation!...
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Wonderful concept, awesome goal
(Column ~ 07/05/06)
Tuesday we celebrated the birth of democracy -- a government of the people, by the people and for the people. What a wonderful concept. What an awesome goal. Imagine, peoples of diverse backgrounds, coming together under common rule. Common rule which would be determined by the people themselves...
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John N. Underhill
(Obituary ~ 07/05/06)
April 22, 1920- July 2, 2006 TRENTON?-- John Nelson Underhill, 86, died Sunday (July 2, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born April, 22, 1920, in Hitchcock County to George Fredrick and Anna Mabel (Jackson) Underhill. He grew up in the Cornell Community south of Trenton and graduated from Trenton High School...
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Rose D. Tomicek
(Obituary ~ 07/05/06)
May 22, 1904 - July 1 , 2006 WAHOO -- Rose D. Tomicek, 102, formerly of McCook, died Saturday (July 1, 2006), at St. Joseph Villa in David City. She was born in Weston on May 22, 1904 to Ira and Mary (Lukas) Wakefield. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emil J. Tomicek...
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Charles 'Chuck' Fraser
(Obituary ~ 07/05/06)
May 4, 1941 - July 2, 2006 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Charles "Chuck" Fraser, 65, formerly of McCook, died Saturday (July 2, 2006) in Springfield, Mo. He was born May 4, 1941, to Cliff and Gertrude Fraser. He was an active member of the Eagles and Elks Club in McCook...
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Dola Maude Pitney Johnson
(Obituary ~ 07/05/06)
Dec. 29, 1914 - July 1, 2006 RAWLINS, WYO. -- Dola Maude Pitney Johnson, was born on Dec. 29, 1914 in Holyoke, Colo., to Floyd Barron Pitney and Mary Adaline Pitney. She was the middle of five children. On Oct. 12, 1935, Dola married the love of her life, Leonard James Johnson, a railroad engineer in Max. She was a faithful, loving, loyal wife and mother to her one child, Richard Keith Johnson...
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Larry D. Rakes
(Obituary ~ 07/05/06)
Nov. 10 , 1948 - July 2 , 2006 Larry D. Rakes, McCook, died Sunday, July 2, 2006, at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. He was 57 years old. Larry was born on Nov, 10, 1948, to Harold A. and Dorothy L. (Greenwood) Rakes at Nebraska City. he graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1967...
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