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Bison dominate Gering in district softball opener
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/07)
NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook Bison dominated the Gering Bulldogs 10-0 in the opening round of Nebraska Class B-6 district play in North Platte Thursday. McCook Bison pitcher Kirstie Hiatt struck out the only three batters she faced in the top half of the first frame...
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McCook reaches district softball title game
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/07)
NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook Bison softball team advanced to the Nebraska Class B-6 district championship with a 1-0 victory over Scottsbluff in the semifinals Friday morning in North Platte. The Bison (24-4) play for the district title at 3 p.m. today...
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Bison spikers go 2-0 at Lexington; McCook improves to 14-8
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/07)
LEXINGTON -- The McCook High School varsity volleyball team improved to 14-8 with victories over Lexington and Gothenburg Thursday night at Lexington. McCook defeated Lexington 18-25, 25-14, 25-21 and Gothenburg 25-15, 25-21. In the other match, Lexington defeated Gothenburg, 24-26, 25-17, 25-10...
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McCook Bison boys tennis team falls to North Platte
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/07)
The McCook High School varsity boys tennis team finished the regular season Thursday with a dual loss to North Platte. The match was played at the Bison Tennis Courts. North Platte won three of the varsity matches. The lone win for McCook came at No. 1 doubles, where Austin Larson and Asher Brooks won a tightly contested three set match 7-5, 4-6, 6-4...
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Trojan spikers beat Southwest in five sets
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/07)
SOUTHWEST -- The Cambridge Trojans beat Southwest on Thursday at Southwest, 18-25, 25-12, 24-26, 25-10, 15-6. "The girls went into tonight's match with two goals in mind, playing aggressive and staying focused throughout the entire match. We knew we had to hit and serve aggressively tonight and even though that forces a few errors, I think the girls did a nice job of not letting up when they did error," said coach Judy Mousel...
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Doris C. Griffin - Morgan
(Obituary ~ 10/05/07)
Doris C. Griffin - Morgan died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 at Community Hospital in McCook, at the age of 82. She was born Dec. 5, 1924, at Augusta, Kan., to Alvin and Iva (McKitrick) Stapleton. After graduating from high school, she attended St. Rose Nurses Training in Great Bend, Kan...
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Doris C. Griffin - Morgan
(Obituary ~ 10/05/07)
Doris C. Griffin - Morgan died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 at Community Hospital in McCook, at the age of 82. She was born Dec. 5, 1924, at Augusta, Kan., to Alvin and Iva (McKitrick) Stapleton. After graduating from high school, she attended St. Rose Nurses Training in Great Bend, Kan...
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Driver in fatal accident faces motor vehicle homicide, fourth DUI charge
(Local News ~ 10/05/07)
CAMBRIDGE -- The Grant/Holbrook man accused of hitting and killing a young Arapahoe mother while he drove on a county road southwest of Arapahoe Wednesday evening is charged with his fourth-offense driving while intoxicated. Furnas County Attorney Tom Patterson said this morning that Herchel Huff, 34, who alternates living between Grant and Holbrook, is in jail pending his arraignment this afternoon...
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College grieving loss of 'bright, gifted' member of faculty
(Local News ~ 10/05/07)
NORTH?PLATTE -- Dr. Michael Chipps of North Platte, president of Mid-Plains Community College, said that staff members on the McCook and North Platte campuses are grieving over the death of fellow faculty member Kasey Jo Warner, who was struck and killed by a car Wednesday evening...
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NRD to consider water rule revisions
(Local News ~ 10/05/07)
What irrigators in the area can pump beginning in 2008, and recommendations from the state about pumping in dry years, will be considered by board members of the Middle Republican Natural Resources District, at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Curtis, 7:30 at the American Legion Hall...
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Steroid scandal turns sports glory into shame
(Editorial ~ 10/05/07)
It's a good definition to remember whether you're a freshman lineman sweating through two-a-days or the parent of a batter with two strikes and the championship on the line. It says nothing in that definition about the rent money riding on the game, or risking life and limb for a college scholarship...
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Bullies and Super Soakers
(Column ~ 10/05/07)
Sixth grade is the equivalent of boot camp for many students. There are so many hormones attacking these receptive bodies that it truly is a wonder that any of them make it out alive. In fact, I have never met a sixth grader that said they had lots of friends, no one ever picked on them and the homework was a breeze. If we ever do find one that has no gripe with sixth grade, we need to recruit that child to teach the rest of them survival techniques...
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Game and Parks restoring Republican River habitat
(Local News ~ 10/05/07)
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is in the process of restoring native habitat along the Republican River. In order for NGPC to do this, prescribed burns need to be conducted. The prescribed burn at Swanson Wildlife Management Area, which took place in September, is part of a large-scale habitat restoration directed at restoring a porting of riparian habitat along the Republican River. ...
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Rendezvous celebrated with a bang
(Features ~ 10/05/07)
CAMP HAYES -- The bigger the toys ... the bigger the noise. The two Civil War-era reproduction cannons, hanging over a cliff at Camp Hayes Lake, made the loudest noises at the Hayes Center Lions Club's annual "Grand Duke Alexis Rendezvous" Sept. 21-23, and attracted the largest crowds...
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Barbara Jean Brush
(Obituary ~ 10/05/07)
Barbara Jean Brush SALT LAKE?CITY, Utah -- Barbara Jean Brush, 65, died Monday (Oct. 1, 2007) at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born March 5, 1942, in Denver, Colo., to Oscar and Blanche (Fix) Calhoon. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School at Phillipsburg, Kan., May 20, 1960...
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Kasey Jo Warner
(Obituary ~ 10/05/07)
Aug. 31, 1979-Oct. 3, 2007 ARAPAHOE -- Kasey Jo Warner, 28, died Wednesday, (Oct. 3, 2007) southwest of Arapahoe from injuries sustained in a pedestrian-car accident. She was born on Aug. 31, 1979, in Greeley, Colo., to Jim and Deb (Holzworth) Walker...
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Full-scale drill planned at airport
(Local News ~ 10/05/07)
Law enforcement agencies and emergency first responders plan a full-scale airport exercise Sunday, Oct. 14, from 7 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., at McCook Regional Airport. The drill will simulate terrorists' attempts to take over the airport and an airplane, said Bud Keenportz, coordinator and director of the drill for Red Willow County Emergency Management...
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Restoring grandeur -- Couple hope to return one of McCook's oldest residences to its original glory
(Features ~ 10/05/07)
A McCook couple is renovating one of the community's oldest and most hidden jewels, and would appreciate help from neighbors or former residents as they restore it to its original grandeur. John and Judy (White) Anderson would love to see photographs of their home -- the big two-story house situated on a large corner lot at 602 E. First -- at any point in its history, but particularly before the house was sectioned off into seven apartments...
- Correction on McCook High School volleyball 10-6 (High School Sports ~ 10/05/07)
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