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Richard Harry Thompso
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
Nov. 21, 1936 - Sept. 27, 2007 HOLDREGE -- Richard Harry Thompson, 70, died Thursday (Sept. 27, 2007) at Christian Homes in Holdrege. He was born to Glen John Henry and Barbara Elisha (Sparks) Thompson on Nov. 21, 1936, near Grainton, in Lincoln County. He grew up in Chase County, where he attended Chase County rural school district through the eighth grade...
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Bison softball seniors win home finale; McCook plays in GNAC tournament Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/07)
The McCook Bison softball team downed the Kearney Bearcats 2-0 at the Jaycee Sports Complex Thursday night. It was the last game at the Jaycee Sports Complex in a Bison uniform for eight seniors. The seniors are Sarah Craw, Cody Korus, Jessica Einspahr, Kirstie Hiatt, Hailee Koetter, Marissa Wallace, Ashley Carfield and Austin Wilson...
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Robert 'Bob' E. McLaren
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
April 6, 1934 - Sept. 27, 2007 Robert "Bob" E. McLaren died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 73 years old. Bob was born on April 6, 1934, in Ballina, NSW Australia to James Patrick and Linda Edith (James) McLaren. On March 13, 1965, he married Dorothy L. Nelson at Bellina, Australia. They made their home in Australia where Bob was a master ship builder and carpenter. They moved to the McCook community in 1983. Bob worked various jobs while living in McCook...
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Bison girl runners top Gothenburg Invitational field
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/07)
GOTHENBURG -- McCook's girls cross country team earned another first-place finish Thursday at the Gothenburg Invitational. The Bison girls finished with 49 points, while Eustis-Farnam took second with 69 and Gothenburg was third with 71. Chase County and Dundy County rounded out the top five...
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Key matchups headline Friday night football
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/07)
The high school football season will reach the halfway point Friday night. Friday is Week 5 of the nine-week regular season. Two games that headine Friday night will be the Hayes Center/Wauneta-Palisade game and the Perkins County/Garden County game...
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Indian volleyball team downs Hastings JV, falls to NJC
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/07)
The McCook Community College volleyball squad bounced back from a loss to Northeastern Junior College, the 17th-ranked team in the NJCAA Division I poll, to defeat the Hastings College junior varsity in traingular Thursday at True Hall Gymnasium. The Indians improved to 7-20...
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Speaker urges community to embrace heritage
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
Using examples from the life of George W. Norris, Dr. Charles Peek this morning urged citizens of the McCook area to embrace their heritage by looking ahead and looking outward. Speaking at the George W. Norris Prayer Breakfast at the Heritage Senior Center, Dr. ...
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McCook man buys $200,000 ticket
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
A McCook man has win $200,000 from a Powerball ticket, but it won't be champagne and caviar anytime soon. "I still can't believe it," said Sid Stewart, owner of Volz Plumbing and Heating and the lucky ticket holder. Stewart said he purchased five dollars worth of tickets, as he does twice a week, at Kabredlo's in McCook. His daughter-in-law, Sheri, was checking the winning numbers online Thursday morning as she does every week when she discovered that Stewart had matched all five numbers...
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Fallen soldier has ties to region
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The wife of an American soldier who died Tuesday of injuries he suffered Aug. 17 in Iraq attended Republican Valley High School between Indianola and McCook. Karen Wellman Pfeifer, who married Pfc. Christopher Pfeifer of Spalding on March 22, 2006, gave birth in San Antonio, Texas, Thursday morning, to the couple's first child, a daughter, Peyton Sharon Pfeifer, who weighed 81?2 pounds...
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Welcome back, friends; take a look around
(Editorial ~ 09/28/07)
Welcome back to McCook, alumni, family and friends. It's great to have you back in town for McCook's big Quasquicentennial --?125th birthday bash. We hope you don't miss a thing, whether it's the goings-on at Norris Park, the parade, the Fox Theatre performances, the Air Base reunion or dozens of other events. We know you'll have a good time...
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Alumni spot
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/28/07)
Heritage Days are upon us; this week will end the 2007 celebration. Over the weekend, several classes are having their reunions. The Heritage Days committee will have a place to meet for the alumni and others from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the park. The meeting place will be on the west side of the park...
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Mildred Lucille Grafel
(Obituary ~ 09/28/07)
March 21, 1922 - Sept. 11, 2007 Mildred Lucille Grafel, 85, of Herndon, died Tuesday (Sept. 11, 2007) at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. She was born March 21, 1922, in Traer, Kan., to Gustav and Theresia (Leitner) Wudtke. She grew up in Traer and Herndon and attended Herndon Schools, graduating from Herndon High School in 1939. She spent a year in normal school in Oberlin, aspiring to teach...
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New council member, fireworks ban on city agenda for Monday
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
The McCook City Council will select a new council person and consider limiting the amount of days fireworks can be used in the city, at its regular meeting Monday night, 7:30 in City Council Chambers at Memorial Auditorium. The two candidates for the vacant council seat, created by the resignation of Councilman Marty Conroy, are Jack Rogers, former McCook Daily Gazette editor and Duane Tappe, former site supervisor at the George Norris Home...
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Artist, cowboy named to Bison Alumni Wall of Fame
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
Inductees onto the 2007 McCook Public Schools' "Bison Alumni Wall of Fame" are Gary Ginther, Class of 1965, and Garrett Nokes, Class of 1994. Ginther is an artist, conservationist and naturalist. He was selected for inclusion on the schools' "Wall of Fame" because of awards he has won in the field of bronze sculpture, with intricate detail, delicacy and sensitive fidelity to nature...
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Fifth generation Newsboy
(Local News ~ 09/28/07)
Allen D. Strunk, former owner and publisher of the McCook Daily Gazette, helps the fifth generation Strunk, his great grandson, Devon, 9, deliver newspapers. Strunk was in McCook for his 60th class reunion and to catch up with local friends. Always a newsman, he said he checks out the McCook Daily Gazette nearly every day on the online edition...
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A whole lot of nothing, yet something great
(Column ~ 09/28/07)
Ah, what a great and wonderful country we live in. Ann and I covered 1500 miles each way on our trip to Merced, Calif., and I enjoyed mile after mile. We drove mainly I-80. Yeah I know truck drivers do it daily, but it has been awhile since I've driven a comparable trek...
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Bison overpower Red Raiders
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/07)
Bison record improves to 5-0 By JOHN J. MESH Gazette Sports Editor SIDNEY -- The McCook Bison grinded it out against a stingy Sidney defense and earned a 28-0 victory Friday night. McCook scored one touchdown in each quarter against the Red Raiders...
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McCook senior Justine Hager places 9th in GNAC golf tourney
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/07)
NORTH PLATTE -- McCook High School senior Justine Hager fired a 96 Friday and earned the ninth-place medal at the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference Girls Golf Tournament. The tournament was hosted by North Platte at the Iron Eagle Golf Club. The Bison girls golf team finished eighth with a 435 score...
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