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Southwest clips NP-St. Pat's in overtime
(Local News ~ 10/24/08)
Southwest clips NP-St. Pat's in overtime NORTH PLATTE -- Dylan Helberg's extra point kick in over time gave the Southwest Roughriders a 7-6 win over North Platte St. Pats Thursday. Anthony Marquardt rushed for 98 yards on 18 carries and scored the overtime touchdown for the Roughriders...
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Maywood spikers slam Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
(High School Sports ~ 10/24/08)
SUMNER -- The Maywood volleyball team won 3-of-4 games from Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Thursday at Sumner. After losing the first game 25-14, the Tigers rolled in the final three 25-11, 25-14, 25-20. Melody Norgaard served 15 points, Ashlee Solie 13 and Ashley Merritt 9. Merritt had 3 aces, Solie 2 and Norgaard 1...
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Leona Vontz
(Obituary ~ 10/24/08)
May 12, 1916-Oct. 21, 2008 HOLYOKE, Colo. -- Leona A.Vontz, 92, died Tuesday (Oct. 21, 2008), at Holyoke, Colo. She was born on May 12, 1916, in McCook, to Mary and Fred Swartz. On May 4, 1940, she married Francis J. "Buck" Vontz. She followed her husband to naval bases in Louisiana, Mississippi, California and Washington during World War II. ...
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Dale B. Neiman
(Obituary ~ 10/24/08)
Dec. 23, 1920-Oct. 22, 2008 Dale B. Neiman died Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 87. He was born Dec. 23, 1920, in a sod house south of Curtis, Neb., the son of the late Leslie and Lillian (Dueland) Neiman. Dale grew up in the McCook area and attended McCook Sr. High School. Dale worked for seven years in a garage that his father owned...
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Health care should not be forgotten issue
(Editorial ~ 10/24/08)
With layoffs looming and stocks continuing to drop, keeping a job and making ends meet is going to be more and more of a struggle for American workers in the coming months. The financial crisis has pushed other issues, such as health care, to the back burner...
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Palin's SNL appearance a big hit, but why?
(Column ~ 10/24/08)
Last week's appearance by vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" helped the show reach a dizzying height. (And, no, it wasn't Alec Baldwin repeatedly referring to Palin as "Tina.") "SNL" achieved an astonishing 14-year high in the Nielsen ratings; enough people watched the episode to make it the third most-watched program on all of television, including prime time series...
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Write to Rhode Island
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/24/08)
and citizens of Nebraska, I'm from the littlest state of the U.S.A. and that is Rhode Island. I am in the seventh grade and I need your help. I need you to do me a favor. Do you think you can put this letter in the newspaper? I am asking because I am doing a project on your state...
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Conie B. (Carfield) Reynolds
(Obituary ~ 10/24/08)
Dec. 23, 1920-Oct. 22, 2008 Conie B. (Carfield) Reynolds, 56, died Friday (Oct. 24, 2008), at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was born March 11, 1952, in Oberlin to Kenneth and Mary Majestie (Raburn) Carfield. She grew up in the McCook area and attended McCook Senior High School...
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MCC programs help woman earn U.S. citizenship
(Local News ~ 10/24/08)
NORTH PLATTE -- When Florinda Aguirre of McCook decided she wanted to expand the opportunities for her future, she knew education was the key. At 35 years old, the Mexican-born woman felt her options were limited by the fact that she had never graduated from high school and that she was living in the United States as a Resident Alien...
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