- Hole on one (Community Sports ~ 09/09/08)
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Pelini: I-back rotation to continue
(College Sports ~ 09/09/08)
LINCOLN -- Nebraska has no plans to alter its three-man rotation at running back, coach Bo Pelini said Monday. Marlon Lucky started the first two games, with Roy Helu Jr. and Quentin Castille seeing nearly equal playing time. The Huskers have had difficulty establishing a consistent ground attack through two games. They average 118.5 yards a game, ranking 82nd nationally...
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Mary Ellen Frye
(Obituary ~ 09/09/08)
July 15, 1929-Sept. 7, 2008 INDIANOLA -- Mary Ellen Frye, formerly of Indianola, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, at the Cambridge Manor. She was 79 years old. She was born July 15, 1929, to John and Mary (Barrett) Nolan in Lebanon, Nebraska. Mary was united in marriage to Clarence E. "Bud" Frye on Nov. 19, 1923, at McCook. They made their home in Lincoln for many years where she was a homemaker and mother. They retired to Indianola in 1992...
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Scott Thomas (Stumpff)
(Obituary ~ 09/09/08)
Jan. 15, 1971 - Aug. 25, 2008 VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Scott Thomas (Stumpff), 37, of Vancouver, Wash., died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at his home. He was born on Jan. 15, 1971 in Lincoln, Neb., to Tom and Nancy (Saladen) Stumpff. Scott graduated from Raymond High School in Raymond, Neb., in 1989. ...
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Kleeb lends an ear to NCTA students
(Local News ~ 09/09/08)
CURTIS -- Young people need to continue to speak out, Scott Kleeb, Nebraska's Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate told Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture students during a visit last week. Kleeb first took time to speak with instructor Ryan Stainbrook's animal management class and later with instructor Krystle Friesen's management concepts class. ...
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School board member resigns
(Local News ~ 09/09/08)
Without explanation, the McCook School Board voted to accept a request from President Greg Larson to resign his position from the school board. The request will be officially acted upon no later than the October meeting. Larson has served on the board for nine years, seven of those years as president...
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County won't wait for Mexican investor
(Local News ~ 09/09/08)
An investor from Mexico has agreed to take over payments owed to Red Willow County by Pawnee Aviation, but county commissioners were not satisfied and want full repayment of the $300,000 taken out by revolving loans and a grant. "This keeps going on, like an afternoon soap opera," said Commissioner Leigh Hoyt Monday morning by phone at the Red Willow County regular commissioner's meeting. Hoyt could not attend the meeting but participated by phone...
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Budget reflects $1.3 million transfer
(Local News ~ 09/09/08)
Part of the increase in McCook Public Schools 2008-09 total budgeted expenditures is actually the result of a transfer of funds from a special education fund budget into general funds budget. Business Manager Rick Haney explained the transfer during the budget hearing and regular meeting of the Board of Education Monday night...
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More allergies prove it ain't easy bein' green
(Editorial ~ 09/09/08)
It's popular to blame global warming for everything that goes wrong in the environment today, from receding ice caps to hurricanes, but the latest is a little closer to home. If you're like many of us, you may have noticed you're suffered from itchy eyes, runny nose and other symptoms of hay fever, perhaps more than you have in years past...
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Where have all the doctors gone?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/09/08)
I'm sitting here abashed at how perturbed I recently was when I had occasion to visit a doctor. I guess we can be thankful we live in McCook or perhaps a smaller nearby town which has general practice doctors to serve them. My experience was that I had such a short visit with the doctor and he left the room and the nurse came in telling me my visit was ended, whereas I wanted to ask a couple of more questions. ...
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Frick anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 09/09/08)
The children of Wilbert and Helen Frick, formerly of McCook, are hosting an open house Saturday in the community building on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds from 2-4 p.m., in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary. Their children are Thomas and Denise Frick of Yuma, Ariz., Cyndi Johnson of McCook and Bob and Nancy Vontz of Sarasota, Fla. Cards of congratulation will reach the couple at 3749 S. 4th Ave., No. 260, Yuma, AZ 85365...
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Getting an earful on earmarks
(Column ~ 09/09/08)
There I was a couple miles high minding my own business when my phone rang. "Private" says the caller ID so I figured either a salesman or a politician with a canned recorded message. "Hi this is Dick" my usual salutation. "This is Sen. Ben Nelson" was the response from the other end...
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Missing something along the way
(Column ~ 09/09/08)
I think I missed something -- like summer -- somewhere along the way. Last I knew spring was ending and I was complaining about the upcoming heat. Now all of the sudden it's the second week in September and night time temperatures are falling to 10 degrees above freezing...
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