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Bison girls tennis team clips Lexington
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/08)
LEXINGTON -- With a 5-4 win at Lexington Tuesday, the McCook High School girls tennis team improved its dual record to 10-1. The Bison won 2-of-3 doubles matches -- Melissa Lyster and Amy Lester won at No. 1 doubles and Cody Korus and Amy Been at No. 2 doubles...
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Bryce Buhr places 4th at Lexington golf tournament
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/08)
LEXINGTON -- McCook High School's Bryce Buhr was the fourth-place medalist at Tuesday's Lexington Invitational with an 80. The McCook High School boys golf team placed sixth out of 13 teams at the Lexington Invitational Tuesday with a 343 score. Minden won the team title with a 330 score, followed by Lexington 338, North Platte 340, Kearney 340 and Ogallala 342...
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Best of the Midwest track meet features area standouts
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/08)
SUTHERLAND -- Sutherland High School hosted the Best of the Midwest track meet Tuesday. Athletes from Southwest, Arapahoe, Hayes Center, Hitchcock County, Medicine Valley, Maywood, Chase County, Dundy County-Stratton, Wallace, McCook and Perkins County competed in the event...
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McCook Bison Championship Youth Football Camp June 2-5 (corrected)
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/08)
The McCook Bison football team will be hosting the annual Championship Football Camp this summer. The camp will feature many of the players that helped McCook to four straight state football championship games. This camp is designed to be for Grades 2-8 (Fall of 2008). Boys and girls are welcome. Cost is $40 and we will accept registrations up until camp starts...
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Bison tennis camp starts on June 9
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/08)
The Bison Tennis Camp will begin June 9 and run through July 24 at the new McCook High School tennis courts. The camp is open to all ages and playing levels and is designed to promote a better understanding of the game and strokes of tennis. McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers will instruct players in the fundamentals of tennis...
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Six girls records fall at Oberlin Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/08)
OBERLIN -- Rawlins County High School's Macy Migchelbrink broke two records and ran away with four gold medals at the Oberlin Invitational Tuesday.
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Dianna Lee Tillotson
(Obituary ~ 04/30/08)
Feb. 15, 1938 - April 25, 2008 WAUNETA -- Dianna Lee Tillotson 70, died Friday (April 25, 2008) at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colo. She was born Feb. 15, 1938, at Palisade to Virgil and Esther (Wright) Fanning. She attended school in Trenton graduating from Trenton High School in 1955...
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Eunice K. Avery
(Obituary ~ 04/30/08)
Nov. 21, 1918 - April 27, 2008 OBERLIN -- Eunice K. Avery, 89, died Sunday (April 27, 2008) at her home in Oberlin. She was born Nov. 21, 1918, to Alpha and Amelia (Alexander) Mercer in Green Leaf, Kan. She grew up and attended school in Green Leaf...
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NRDs study pipeline to Kansas
(Local News ~ 04/30/08)
A pipeline to send water to Kansas is an idea being floated by the three Republican River Basin natural resources districts. The concept is still in the talking stages, but a preliminary engineering study done by the Miller & Associates engineering firm in Kearney initially identified nine possible well sites in the Upper and Lower Republican River districts...
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Groups make pitch to board of education
(Local News ~ 04/30/08)
Three groups made their pleas for changes -- or enhancement -- before members of the McCook Public Schools board of education during a special board meeting Tuesday evening. Superintendent Dave Schley told members of the public that the board has "lots of things on their plate," but that they'll look at everything. The board is faced with, he said, requests that would require "way more money" than is available...
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Buffalo Commons set May 30-31
(Local News ~ 04/30/08)
The 2008 Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival will take place on May 30 and 31 at various locations throughout the City of McCook. The festival is made possible, in part, by Nebraska Humanities Council grant funds. This year's event will feature Barbara McBride-Smith, who will be making her third appearance in the festival's 11-year history. ...
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Local history good investment of time and money
(Editorial ~ 04/30/08)
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." (1863-1952) That sentiment is usually quoted in connection with national or international events, but a McCook visitor Tuesday is in the practical business of seeing local history is not forgotten...
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No cookie cutters allowed
(Column ~ 04/30/08)
I don't remember a time when my folks had an opportunity to attend Back to School night. Mom didn't drive and Dad frequently worked late hours. Fortunately, I knew how to drive and so, even if Danny wasn't available, I always made it to Back to School night. I wanted to know who my children would be spending their days with and I wanted their teachers to know that I knew...
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