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Bison 7th grade girls basketball team ends season
(High School Sports ~ 11/27/07)
The McCook Junior High School seventh grade girls basketball team finished up the season Nov. 20. Here is a roundup of games since Nov. 8. Nov. 8 McCook vs. Ogallala Leading scorers: Megan Ruppert 4, Madison Chitwood 3, Kassidy Gillen 3, Brooklyn Trew 2, Riley Allen 1...
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Henry T. Kordenbrock Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/27/07)
Aug. 5, 1918 - Nov. 23, 2007 Henry T. Kordenbrock, Jr., 89 of McCook was called home to be with the Lord he loved on Friday, Nov. 23, 2007, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born Aug. 5, 1918, at Memphis, Tenn., to Rose (Keth) and H. T. Kordenbrock, Sr...
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Gerald L. Koch
(Obituary ~ 11/27/07)
June 17, 1945 - Nov. 25, 2007 Gerald L. Koch, 62 of McCook died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born June 17, 1945, at McCook to Ben and Marie (Wagner) Koch. He graduated from McCook High School in 1963. On Sept. 20, 1969, he married Cecilia M. Titman at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook. They had two children, Anne and Chris...
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Sylvester P. 'Vet' Josten
(Obituary ~ 11/27/07)
1917 - 2007 Sylvester Paul "Vet" Josten, 90, died Saturday (Nov. 24, 2007) at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born in 1917, to Joseph Jr. and Ann (Penne) Josten on a farm in rural Elgin. He received his formal education at St. Boniface Catholic School in Elgin. He began his working years in California before moving to North Dakota. He later returned to the Elgin area where he was employed by Elgin Mills...
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Parsons Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 11/27/07)
Buck and Colletta Parsons will be celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 30, 2007. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 38544 Dr. 712, McCook, NE 69001.
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Cody Daniel Klein
(Obituary ~ 11/27/07)
ATWOOD -- Cody Daniel Klein, 17, of Atwood died Wednesday (Nov. 21, 2007) at the Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colo. His parents are Douglas and Jan Klein. He was a senior at Rawlins County High School. Services will be Wednesday, 10:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Church in Atwood, with the Rev. Terry McGuire officiating. Interment will be at the Atwood Fairview Cemetery...
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Magazine lets the cat out of the bag
(Editorial ~ 11/27/07)
Have a young family, or thinking of starting one? Nebraska may be the place for you, according to a survey of American towns and the issues that make family life better. Not surprising to those who call the Cornhusker state home, 11 of the top 50 towns in Business Week magazine's 2007 list of the Best Places to Raise Your Kids are in Nebraska...
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Know when and where to look
(Local News ~ 11/27/07)
With the sun setting earlier and rising later the time for outside observing has grown longer, but the dropping temperatures have made outside time not as comfortable as it was in the late fall. That is why you need to know the location of what you want to look at before you go outside. That way you won't have to spend a lot of time outside trying to find some specific object. This is where a good star map or atlas comes in handy...
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Film is dangerous
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/27/07)
I am hoping that our (local theaters) will NOT show the movie "The Golden Compass." It is to be released Dec. 7 and is based on the least offensive of the three books that the author, Philip Pullman, has written. He said in a 2003 interview that "My books are about killing God." He has been touted as "The Most Dangerous Author in Britain" and is described as the writer "the atheists would have been praying for, if atheists prayed."...
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Eagles say thanks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/27/07)
Once again football fans from the Nebraska Panhandle and the surrounding region provided tremendous support for Chadron State College's team in their NCAA Division II playoff game this past Saturday. The crowd at the Eagle's 76 to 73 (yes folks, that is a football score) three-overtime victory may have been even larger than last year's record crowd...
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Dark Christmas?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/27/07)
The usual banal electric Christmas lights sometimes so ostentatiously displayed in our city are a complete waste of money. Most of these cheap light bulbs are made in foreign countries by under-paid workers living under communism. I strongly urge all citizens to unplug all this paraphernalia as it only serves as a target for fanatical extremist terrorists...
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Family Resource Center provides vital services
(Local News ~ 11/27/07)
A McCook mother noticed a mood change in her toddler who also seemed to have fallen behind in his speech. After checking with doctors, she found out the child's repeated ear infections had led to partial hearing loss...
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