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Terra Bishop signs with NPCC
(College Sports ~ 12/19/06)
HAYES CENTER -- Hayes Center senior Terra Bishop signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for the North Platte Community College Knights Dec. 7. Bishop is a four-year letter winner for the Hayes Center volleyball team. She was a middle hitter for the Cards...
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Bison alum Jillian Bryant helps Dana beat Grinnell
(College Sports ~ 12/19/06)
GRINNELL, Iowa ~ The Dana College women's basketball team played their best game to date on Saturday afternoon against Grinnell College. Dana crushed Grinnell 91-61 in non-conference play. The Vikings released their pent up stress from finals week on the Pioneers. Dana came out shooting in the first half on a 48.9 percent clip...
- Cambridge tourney 'Final 4' set (High School Sports ~ 12/19/06)
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Donald E. McFarland Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/19/06)
Nov. 9, 1928-Dec. 17, 2006 NORTH PLATTE -- Donald E. McFarland Sr., 78, died Sunday (Dec. 17, 2006), at his home in North Platte. He was born Nov. 9, 1928, in Kearney, to Asa Omer and Edna Lucille Miller McFarland. His family moved to Grand Island after his birth and in 1939, they moved to North Platte. He graduated from North Platte Senior High in 1949...
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Mabel Bickett Kennedy
(Obituary ~ 12/19/06)
May 13, 1915 - Dec. 17, 2006 GOODLAND, Kan. -- Mabel Bickett Kennedy, 91, died Sunday (Dec. 17, 2006) at Goodland Regional Medical Center. She was born May 13, 1915, to Walter and Naomi (Fee) Bickett in Woodruff, Kan. She grew up in Woodruff and Traer and attended Woodruff, Traer and Oberlin schools graduating in 1933...
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Miller birthday
(Birthdays ~ 12/19/06)
Ray Miller of Culbertson is celebrating his 90th birthday. He was born Dec. 19, 1916. Cards of congratulations will reach him at Rt 3, Culbertson, NE 69024.
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Wolfe birthday
(Birthdays ~ 12/19/06)
WILSONVILLE?-- Family and friends of Avis Wolfe are hosting a 90th birthday open house Saturday, from 1-4 p.m., at the Wilsonville Baptist Church.
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Bruning taking Initiative 300 to the Supreme Court
(Editorial ~ 12/19/06)
Attorney General Jon Bruning is ready to take Initiative 300, Nebraska's ban on most corporate farming, to the Supreme Court after it lost another court battle, this time in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "It's our job to defend the amendment, and that's what we'll do," Bruning said in a release...
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Fond memories
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/19/06)
None more than I could appreciate today's article on the World War II POW and the surrounding communities' relationships "The prisoners among us -- How enemies worked together during World War II" http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1180630.html). During the latter years of World War II, as a child living in Trenton and traveling to Hastings, Inland, and Harvard on U.S. ...
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City to try 'soft approach' to cleanup
(Local News ~ 12/19/06)
There won't be any drastic measures concerning a city-wide clean-up effort, City Manager Kurt Fritsch stressed to the McCook City Council Monday night. Instead, Fritsch envisioned a community effort with volunteers helping the elderly or disabled clean up cluttered front yards...
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McCook receives funds for walking trail
(Local News ~ 12/19/06)
A $56,312 grant from the state will free up some money for the city to use elsewhere. City Manager Kurt Fritsch announced at Monday night's council meeting that the city received the grant from the Nebraska Depart-ment of Roads for Phase II of the 13.2 mile Kelley Park Walking Trail...
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White Christmas on the way?
(Local News ~ 12/19/06)
LINCOLN -- While a big storm is on the way for Southwest Nebraska, areas of the state that don't see any snowfall resulting from the system moving across the state will remain dry at least until the end of the month, said Al Dutcher, UNL state climatologist.?...
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NRD objects to television special
(Local News ~ 12/19/06)
CURTIS -- Members of the Middle Republican Natural Resources District have taken issue with some of the information presented in a public television special. Some of the briefing materials presented to the panel that took part in the NET?Television special, "Your Water: A By the People Special," were inaccurate, they said at a Dec. 12 meeting...
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Once upon a time ...
(Local News ~ 12/19/06)
An abandoned house near Max sits neglected but proud, probably recalling Christmases past when it was the scene for family gatherings. The approaching winter storm will test the mettle of modern homes, let along structures that have seen better days...
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