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Fuel sellers cashing in on others' misery
(Editorial ~ 08/20/08)
Families have given up vacations this year because of the high price of gasoline, and the cost of products from refrigerators to tooth brushes reflect the cost of the fuel to deliver them to our local stores. Most of us resist the temptation to take it out on the attendant at the gas station register; we know pricing is set far up the chain from the retail pump...
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Jack Henry DeOss
(Obituary ~ 08/20/08)
Nov. 27, 1927 - Aug. 17, 2008 ARAPAHOE -- Jack Henry DeOss, 80, died on Sunday (Aug. 17, 2008) at his home in Arapahoe. He was born Nov. 27, 1927, at Holbrook to Francis H. and Ollie M. (McClelland) DeOss. He attended school at Holbrook High School and graduated with the class of 1946. After school he went into the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War...
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Pinpoint team wins YMCA coed tourney
(Community Sports ~ 08/20/08)
The Pinpoint team captured the McCook YMCA Coed Division softball tournament after finishing the regular season 8-2. Team members are Margo Kent, Sandy Krysl, Ashley Pick, Alyssa Smith, Kaitlin Douglas, Katelin Hoffmaster, Nick Johanson, Jason Houghtelling, Brad Lewis, Taylor Lewis, John Pick, Mike Broomfield, Natasha Stava and Stephanie Douglas...
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McCook Tennis Association offers six-week session
(Community Sports ~ 08/20/08)
The McCook Tennis Association is offering a six-week Tennis Training Center on Sundays beginning Sept. 7, from 3-6 p.m. The program is open to all boys and girls of all ages in the area through eighth grade. The goals of the training are to attract more young people from every background to tennis and keep them playing, to help young players reach their potential and to teach young people responsibility...
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Husker football team prepares for W. Michigan
(College Sports ~ 08/20/08)
LINCOLN -- With its season opener against Western Michigan only 11 days away, the Nebraska football team continued preparations for its first game in a 2 1/2 hour practice Tuesday afternoon on the grass practice fields. "We did a little bit of everything," head coach Bo Pelini said. "We did some early-down stuff, we finished up the practice with some two-minute work on both sides...
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Husker spikers ranked seventh in preseason poll
(College Sports ~ 08/20/08)
LINCOLN -- The University of Nebraska volleyball team is ranked seventh in the CBS College Sports/AVCA Preseason Coaches poll released Tuesday. The Huskers received a total of 1,161 points, including one first-place vote from the 60 coaches polled in preseason balloting...
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Lopes-Schliep wins first Olympic medal
(College Sports ~ 08/20/08)
BEIJING, China -- University of Nebraska alum Priscilla Lopes-Schliep earned her first Olympic medal on Tuesday night at the Bird's Nest in Beijing with a third-place finish in the women's 100-meter hurdles. The former collegiate national champion and eight-time All-American for the Big Red was in the pack until a final push propelled her to a time of 12.64 and the bronze medal...
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Soup's on
(Column ~ 08/20/08)
Times are tough. And tougher times are coming. After many years of waiting, the trickle down economic theory is finally panning out - with a decidedly different outcome than the one promised. So it's time to make some changes. I can't do anything about four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline. I can't do anything about $4 milk or $2 bread or well, there are a lot of things I can't do anything about...
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