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Cards roll up 88 points
(High School Sports ~ 10/07/08)
Hayes Center improves to 5-0 CHAPPELL -- Hayes Center's high school football team continues to dominate the football field this season after adding another win to their undefeated season. The Cardinals (5-0) wiped out Creek Valley 88-13 in Chappell Friday night...
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Oberlin spikers claim home tourney title
(High School Sports ~ 10/07/08)
OBERLIN -- Decatur Community went 4-0 Saturday in their own tournament against Hoxie, Norton, Rawlins County and St. Francis. Oberlin defeated Hoxie 25-19, 25-22. "The girls played really well in this match," said Oberlin coach Sherri Ruf. "Both teams played very aggressive. We were just able to win the long volleys with kills and blocks."...
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Bison football C team falls to Lexington
(High School Sports ~ 10/07/08)
LEXINGTON -- The McCook High School football C team lost to Lexington Thursday 34-22 at Lexington. "The game was an offensive battle with neither team punting in the game," said Bison coach Bill Ramsay. "Defensively we really had a hard time containing their spread offense...
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K Morris Davis
(Obituary ~ 10/07/08)
Jan. 20, 1940 - Sept. 30, 2008 AINSWORTH -- K Morris Davis was born Jan. 20, 1940, in Ainsworth, Neb., and passed away at Rock County Hospital on Sept. 30, 2008. K grew up in Bassett, Neb., where he was active in sports, music and the Boy Scouts, going on to become a scout counselor during the summer months. In the winter, he worked after school at the sale barn...
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Cleo E. Bastin
(Obituary ~ 10/07/08)
Sept. 24, 1917 - Oct. 3, 2008 LENEXA, Kan. -- Cleo E. Bastin, 91, died Friday (Oct. 3, 2008) in Lenexa, Kan. He was born Sept. 24, 1917, southwest of Menlo, Kan., in Thomas County to Harvey and Edith (Hawkins) Bastin. He grew up in Rexford and Menlo area and attended school in Menlo...
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City agrees to study dog issues
(Local News ~ 10/07/08)
The number of aggressive dogs and dogs running at large is rising and outdated city laws about these issues need to be reviewed. The McCook City Council agreed with that conclusion Monday night at its regular meeting and unanimously voted to form a committee to evaluate city ordinances regulating animal concerns...
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New laws could make owning a dog more costly
(Local News ~ 10/07/08)
It will cost a little more to own a dog in the city, if new state laws regarding animal control procedures are implemented. LB1055, passed by the Nebraska Legislature this year, also tightens vicious dog/dog at large laws and imposes stiffer penalties for those who violate these laws...
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County will contribute $9,000 toward crossing upgrade
(Local News ~ 10/07/08)
Red Willow County will pay about $9,000 of the $240,000 concrete crossing with gates that will be built on railroad tracks on Red Willow County Road 392 and Drive 717 southeast of the Southwest High School between McCook and Indianola. County roads superintendent Gary Dicenta told county commissioners Monday morning that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and the Nebraska Department of Roads will share the cost of building the crossing that will replace a crossing that is guarded by crossarms, flashing lights and bells.. ...
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Language barrier blamed for delay in checks from helicopter company
(Local News ~ 10/07/08)
A language barrier seems to be delaying the signing of legal papers regarding Red Willow County's forbearance to sue the helicopter kit company that owes the county $300,000 plus interest. Rex Nelson, director of the McCook Economic Development Corp., which oversees the county's revolving loan fund, told county commissioners Monday morning that "progress is slow" in getting signatures on the latest agreement with Pawnee Aviation because financial statements from Pawnee's investor in Mexico are in Spanish, and Nelson said he has not been able to have them translated into English.. ...
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No action Monday on 'nuisance' house
(Local News ~ 10/07/08)
A property declared a public nuisance by the McCook Board of Health did not make it to the City Council's regular meeting Monday night. According to City Attorney Nate Schneider, the owner of the property at 810 W. Fourth did not appeal the Sept. 29 designation by the McCook Board of Health so the issue will come to the council at a later date...
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Commissioners stick to road plan
(Local News ~ 10/07/08)
At their weekly meeting Monday morning, Red Willow County commissioners declined to rescind, revise or rewrite a decision made in August regarding the creation of a 66-foot right-of-way on a much-disputed, seldom-used county road south of Indianola...
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Market forces more meaningful than stimulus checks
(Editorial ~ 10/07/08)
The economy is likely to be a big topic of tonight's presidential debate, with each of the candidates offering one sort of fix or another. While they propose tax cuts, stimulus packages or combinations of the two, there's one point of evidence that the free market is much more competent at regulating itself than any Washington program...
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Heroes and Populists
(Column ~ 10/07/08)
His name was Harold Jacob Zook and we called him Hal. We served together as copilots in a KC-97 tanker outfit at a hardship duty station, Otis AFB, Cape Cod, Mass. Actually Cape Cod is a resort area not far from Boston, a most enjoyable place to live. ...
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Safe, reliable, affordable, public, power
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/07/08)
Turn on the television and, if you are like me, you will find yourself flipping through the channels for some good news. Amid all the talk about rising fuel costs and other financial challenges, there is a message -- at least here in Nebraska -- that is positive: Public Power or other not-for-profit utilities generate and deliver your electricity...
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Ronald Vinton Jones
(Obituary ~ 10/07/08)
June 23-1944-Oct. 3, 2008 HARRISON -- Ronald Vinton Jones was born June 23, 1944, in Phoenix, Ariz., the first child of Vinton and Mildred Evelyn (Yancy) Jones. He passed away at his home in Harrison, Neb., on Oct. 3, 2008, at the age of 64. He was baptized at the Methodist Church in Benkelman, Neb., as a young child...
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