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MCC volleyball team fall in 3 games to No. 17 NPCC
(College Sports ~ 10/03/07)
The McCook Community College volleyball team played their third straight ranked team Tuesday night with a similar outcome. MCC, which lost last week to Northeastern Junior College and Western Nebraska, the No. 17 and No. 1 teams in NJCAA Division I, lost to North Platte CC Tuesday night...
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Missing Wisconsin woman turns up in McCook
(Local News ~ 10/03/07)
A woman from Mount Horeb, Wis. who turned up in McCook Tuesday night after vanishing from her job the day before made up the story about being abducted at gunpoint, authorities said today. Tammy Fitzsimons, 25, left her lunch break Monday form a local flower shop and never returned. Her relatives worried about her absence, especially after she did not pick up her daughter from daycare later Monday...
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Serviceman's funeral next week
(Local News ~ 10/03/07)
SPALDING -- Services for PFC Christopher Pfeifer, 21, of Spalding, will be Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 11:30 a.m., at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Spalding. Military burial for Pfeifer will be in St. Michael's Cemetery. Pfeifer died Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Brook Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries he suffered Aug. 17 in an insurgent attack near Kamu, Afghanistan...
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Passenger still in critical condition, but 'over hurdle'
(Local News ~ 10/03/07)
OMAHA -- The McCook man injured in an early-morning car accident Monday is listed in critical/stable condition in an Omaha hospital, but his mother reports that he is "over one hurdle and getting stronger." Deb Wallace of McCook, whose 22-year-old son, Justin Crist, was flown from Community Hospital of McCook to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, said this morning that the doctors' first concern was a ruptured aorta. ...
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What is it?
(Local News ~ 10/03/07)
What was "Brunswick V&B"? Aaron Pierson of McCook discovered this trade coin exposed on top of the dirt beside the cellar door of his home in the 500 block of West Second, and wonders what store it belonged to. The coin is aluminum, or maybe pot metal, and is pitted where Pierson rubbed off accumulated years of dirt and grime. Call the Gazette, (308) 345-4500, and ask for Connie, or send an email to cdiscoe@mccookgazette.com to reveal the secret about "Brunswick V&B."...
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A new view for a veteran newsman
(Editorial ~ 10/03/07)
We couldn't agree more with the city councillors who admitted they had a tough decision Monday night. But we have to admit a little bias. The "loser" of two candidates for the seat vacated by Marty Conroy on the McCook City Council, Duane Tappe, was imminently qualified to take the position, having been active in numerous civic activities, most recently the drive to fund the creation of the new bronze tribute to Sen. George Norris...
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Writer has good judgment
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/07)
I was delighted by your article in the Gazette of Oct. 1, showing a picture of a bearded Bush, and sent by someone in Cambridge. I thought everyone in Cambridge loved our great leader. Too bad you don't know who it is, or don't want to reveal their identity...
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A case of BDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/07)
It is obvious that the individual mailing picture clippings of President Bush to your office is suffering from an acute case BDS. According to wikipedia, BDS or Bush Derangement Syndrome refers to the tendency by some liberals to blame President Bush for virtually every ill in the world. This would also include opposing a position advocated by the President just because he supports it, regardless of the positions merits...
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Living in uncertainty
(Column ~ 10/03/07)
We live in uncertain times. More and more it seems the best-laid plans somehow go awry. Months ago, knowing that Danny's mom would be celebrating her 80th birthday in late September, I marked out our week's vacation to coincide with that date. Unfortunately, we have been plagued with car troubles for months on end. In fact, I've been walking back and forth to work since Labor Day weekend as whatever ails the beast remains elusive...
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Harry P. Martin
(Obituary ~ 10/03/07)
July 29, 1926-Sept. 30, 2007 BENKELMAN -- Harry P. Martin, 81, died Sunday (Sept. 30, 2007), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born July 29, 1926, on his family's farm north of Benkelman in Dundy County, to Raymond E. and Lula C. (McBride) Martin, and attended school near his home. He graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis, in 1945...
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Wynona Aldena Hamel
(Obituary ~ 10/03/07)
Feb. 22, 1921-Sept. 29, 2007 DENVER -- Wynona Aldena Hamel, 86, died Saturday (Sept. 29, 2007), at Denver, Colo. She was born Feb. 22, 1921, and was a former resident of Imperial. Survivors include her children, Deanna Espinoza, Nancy Bressler and Peni Aronson; a sister, Trudy Nelson of McCook; seven grandchildren; and six grandchildren...
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Yonkers birthday
(Birthdays ~ 10/03/07)
The family of "Darky" Yonkers is hosting a card shower in honor of his 85th birthday on Oct. 7. Cards of congratulations will reach him at P O Box 167, Maywood, NE 69038.
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