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MCC teams play Valentine's Day doubleheader at North Platte CC
(College Sports ~ 02/13/07)
There's nothing quite like playing a rival on Valentine's Day to bring out the love. That's what faces the McCook Community College men's and women's basketball teams Wednesday when they take on North Platte Community College Wednesday at North Platte...
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Area teams have postseason dreams
(High School Sports ~ 02/13/07)
As the basketball season winds down several area boys and girls teams are showing up in the class rankings. The girls sub-districts begin today and the boys start next week. Eustis-Farnam and Cambridge's girls take the spotlight this week, as both teams are ranked in Class D-1. The Knights are fifth in D-1 with a 16-1 record thus far. Cambridge is a short way down the list at number eight. The Trojans are 15-5 going into this weeks games...
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Snowball flyballs
(Local News ~ 02/13/07)
McCook Community College's baseball players some pent-up cabin fever when they "practiced" -- catching snowballs instead of flyballs, tagging out snowmen instead of base runners and sliding on ice instead of into bases -- on their home field Monday afternoon in a driving snow storm. ...
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Chief estimates $25,000 in damage in Saturday fire
(Local News ~ 02/13/07)
McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham estimates $15,000 in damages to the structure and $10,000 to the contents of the house that burned Saturday at 1203 West 13th in McCook. Harpham said his department's investigation revealed that the fire started when a spark from a battery charger ignited fuel from the 1987 Chrysler New Yorker that was being repaired in the attached garage. The house is owned by Billy Shafer of McCook and is occupied by his daughter, Joan Stemper, Art Stemper and Art's son...
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Agnes Elizabeth (Schmid) Barenberg
(Obituary ~ 02/13/07)
July 1, 1919 - Feb. 7, 2007 ATWOOD --?Agnes Elizabeth (Schmid) Barenberg, 88, died Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2007) at Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood, Ariz. She was born July 1, 1919, to Martin and Eva (Haller) Schmid in Ludell, Kan. She married Steve Barenberg on Jan. 5, 1938...
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Treacherous conditions
(Local News ~ 02/13/07)
Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Ted Gans directs a car back into traffic after it was involved in one of two accidents about 2:30 p.m., Monday, one mile west of the Perry elevator on Highway 6&34 west of McCook. Trooper Gans was investigating a three-vehicle accident when a second accident occurred. ...
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Can Democrats move Nebraska out of backwaters?
(Editorial ~ 02/13/07)
Modern political science students might find it hard to believe, but Nebraska wasn't always a political backwater. McCook, in particular, has hosted more than its share of politicians, including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during at least one campaign swing through the state -- thanks, no doubt, to this being Sen. ...
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Take care of your woman and your cow
(Column ~ 02/13/07)
Three of the tenets of Sikhism I expected. "Be true to God." "Share what you have." "Help others." It was the other tenet that evoked a politically incorrect laugh from some of the group. "Take care of your woman and cow." It was one of the women of our group that defended them. She first reminded us that cows are held sacred here. She added that Sikhism has its roots centuries back when women couldn't survive on their own...
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Discovering Indianola
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/13/07)
Your article about Neal Corey and his adventure with the Corps of Discovery was of great interest to me. Much has been written of those courageous men who traveled west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803, returning in 1806. Much, too, has been said of those who journeyed in its re-enactment from 2003 to 2006...
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Understanding Sikhs
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/13/07)
Thank you so much for your help in understanding Sikhs. I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed my visit here. The hospitality and generosity we have received are overwhelming. Access to the Internet while traveling in rural India has been almost impossible...
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Celebrations planned
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/13/07)
My fellow Americans. The evil dictator of Cuba is gravely ill and is expected to soon die. Students of American Democracy are aware of this man's name: Fidel Castro. Castro for decades has been an evil doer, has killed dead thousands of his own people, lived in expensive palaces, and was often surrounded by human shields. He seized power in the 1950s and never allowed the people to vote. Numerous attempts on his life funded by the CIA?failed...
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Anything Goes
(Local News ~ 02/13/07)
A lively cast of characters meet on a cruise ship in the 1930s, including a mobster posing as a minister, a tough-talking nightclub singer and star-crossed lovers, in Southwest Nebraska Community Theater Association's presentation of "Anything Goes." Featuring classic Cole Porter numbers like 'You're The Top" and "It's DeLovely," the musical comedy will be presented March 16-18 at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m., matinee on Sunday. ...
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