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Mother Nature big winner at GNAC track
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/08)
Reitz, Frazier finish 2nd in vault, discus NORFOLK -- The big winner in Friday's Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference track meet at Norfolk was Mother Nature. Only a handful of events took place before the skies opened and washed out the rest of the meet...
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McCook Bison JV girls tennis team captures Kearney Tournament title
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/08)
KEARNEY -- The McCook High School junior varsity tennis team captured first place at Monday's Kearney JV Invitational. The Bison scored 56 points to edge out second-place Holdrege by four points. North Platte was third with 38 points, followed by Kearney Gold 34, Hastings 33, Kearney Catholic 27, Lexington 27, Kearney Blue 23, Team X (Lexington/McCook) 22 and Kearney Cats 18...
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Oberlin golfers 8th at Phillipsburg
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/08)
PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. -- The Decatur Community High School-Oberlin golf team placed eighth out of 13 teams at the Phillipsburg Invitational Monday. The Red Devils posted a 370 score, led by Jordan Tally with an 87 (43-44). Chris Larson shot 91 (45-46), Nathan Simonsson 96 (46-50) and Jacob Larue 96 (48-48)...
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Lady Bison hoops camp being offered for grades 3-6
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/08)
The Lady Bison Youth Basketball Camp still has openings. The Youth Camp is for girls who will enter grades 3-6 next school year. The camp is June 2-5 at McCook Senior High School -- grades 3-4 from 8:30 -10 a.m. and grades 5-6 from 1-2:30 p.m. Cost of the camp is now $35...
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Lady Bison Camp for grades 7-12 set for June 23-24
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/08)
The Lady Bison Basketball Camp for grades 7-12 is slated for June 23-24 at the high school gym. Cost of the camp is now $25. The session for grades 9-12 will from 9-11 a.m. and the session for grades 7- 8 is 1-2:30 p.m. Forms may be obtained at the Sports Shoppe, the Senior High Office the YMCA or by contacting Barry Schaeffer at 345-5422...
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Shooting camp still has openings
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/08)
The CHUTE camp still has openings especially in the 4-8 grade sesssion send forms to the Newell, Iowa address on the form. Forms may be obtained at the Sports Shoppe, the Senior High Office the YMCA or by contacting Barry Schaeffer at 345-5422 Athletes must pre-register to attend this camp. Forms will be accepted up to May 26...
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Spring Slam softball tourney Saturday, Sunday
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/08)
The McCook Optimist Club spring slam softball will be Saturday at the Jaycee Complex in McCook. The 10 and under girls division begins play at 10:30 p.m., with the North Platte Belles and the McCook Rebels squaring off. The Kearney Hogans and Flames of Nebraska hit the field at noon...
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UNK season ends with loss at RMAC tourney; Michelle Gaunt named all-tourney
(College Sports ~ 05/06/08)
GOLDEN, Colo. -- The University of Nebraska-Kearney softball team saw its run in the 2008 RMAC Tournament come to an end Sunday morning as the second-seeded Adams State Grizzlies used a seven-run fourth inning to beat the Lopers, 14-8, in Golden, Colo...
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McCook Midget Baseball Association releases schedules
(Community Sports ~ 05/06/08)
McCook Midget Baseball Association, Inc. has announced the 2008 calendar totaling over 162 games in four divisions played at the Felling Field complex at East 7th & D streets. A doubleheader will start the season on May 16, starting at 6 p.m. Team and division schedules for the season are available at http://felling.mccookbaseball.org...
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State continues to be a bargain
(Editorial ~ 05/06/08)
Nebraska State Historical Society director Mike Smith pointed out during a recent visit that history brings about $170 million to the Nebraska economy, much of it from history-related tourism. Now new AAA figures show that those tourists are getting a bargain...
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Beautiful Nebraska
(Column ~ 05/06/08)
Welcome to Tuesday. Your editor asked for a volunteer to move the column from Saturday to Tuesday and evidently I won. This will give me a chance to make my observations of the machinations of the City Council a little more current. Then too, in my busy "retired" schedule, it will be easier to crank out the weekly column on Sunday afternoon followed by a little tuning up after the council meeting on Monday night...
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Mercury's ready to put on a show
(Column ~ 05/06/08)
Welcome to Tuesday. Your editor asked for a volunteer to move the column from Saturday to Tuesday and evidently I won. This will give me a chance to make my observations of the machinations of the City Council a little more current. Then too, in my busy "retired" schedule, it will be easier to crank out the weekly column on Sunday afternoon followed by a little tuning up after the council meeting on Monday night...
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Gerhard H. Holste
(Obituary ~ 05/06/08)
Sept. 20, 1918-May 4, 2008 ATWOOD -- Gerhard Henry Holste, 89, died Sunday (May 4, 2008), at the Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. He was born Sept. 20, 1918, to Herman and Mary (Hoffbauer) Holste in the "stonehouse" on the Holste farm northeast of Ludell. ...
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John Earl Ford
(Obituary ~ 05/06/08)
March 10, 1949-April 18, 2008 John Earl Ford, 59, of Cambridge, Neb., passed away on April 18, 2008, after a brief illness. He was born on March 10, 1949, in Topeka, Kan., to Jane and AH Ford, Jr. He graduated from high school in Hammond, VA and graduated from East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas with a teaching degree. ...
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