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Cambridge knocks off No. 2 Aquinas
(High School Sports ~ 11/14/08)
LINCOLN -- The "new" Cambridge volleyball team is still doing the same old things ... just better than ever. The midseason addition of seniors Traci Keyser and Bailey Soucie, after they recovered from knee surgery, has made that possible. The "old" is that Cambridge has won 11 consecutive matches, including a 25-20 30-28 25-18 victory against No. 2 David City Aquinas in the first round of the Class C-2 State Volleyball Tournament on Thursday at Lincoln East...
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Chadron State to host longtime rivals Wayne State in playoff game
(College Sports ~ 11/14/08)
CHADRON -- A pair of long-time rivals will lock horns Saturday at Elliott Field in Chadron during the first-round of the NCAA Division II football playoffs. Wayne State will be the Chadron State Eagles' opponent. Kickoff will be at 11 a.m. Wayne State was Chadron State's first Nebraska collegiate gridiron opponent when they collided in 1912. CSC won the game 27-0. That was Wayne State's third year of existance and Chadron State's second...
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Maywood's Kelvin Arent state finalist for High School Heisman
(High School Sports ~ 11/14/08)
MAYWOOD -- Kelvin Arent of Maywood High School was selected as a state finalist for the Wendy's High School Heisman Awards. The finalists and their schools were honored Nov. 1 in Lincoln at the awards banquet. Arent was one of 20 state finalists recognized at the event...
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Bison 8th grade girls basketball teams 2-0 vs. Southwest squads
(High School Sports ~ 11/14/08)
SOUTHWEST -- The McCook Junior High School eighth grade girls basketball A and B teams swept the Southwest Roughriders Thursday at Southwest. McCook's eighth grade girls teams are coached by Steve Clapp and Tom Lentz. The Bison A team defeated Southwest 38-12 and the B team won 37-10...
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Hayes Center, Ewing square off in D-2 semis
(High School Sports ~ 11/14/08)
HAYES CENTER -- Hayes Center's High School football team is preparing to host Ewing Saturday in the Class D-2 semifinals. Game time is 3 p.m. Saturday in Hayes Center. The game will be broadcast on The Hawk (103.9 FM), with the pre-game show starting at 2:20 p.m.
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J. Iola Hinton
(Obituary ~ 11/14/08)
Aug. 4, 1912 - Nov. 11, 2007 CURTIS -- J. Iola Hinton, 96, formerly of Stockville and Curtis, died Tuesday (Nov. 11, 2008) at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg. She was born Aug. 4, 1912, north of Dickens, to H.A. "Gus" and Nellie (Pearson) Latimer. She grew up on a farm/ ranch where the family raised Registered Hereford Cattle and she milked cows. Her mother taught in a rural school north of Dickens...
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Pearl Myers
(Obituary ~ 11/14/08)
May 16, 1909 - Nov. 12, 2008 HAMLET -- Pearl Myers, 99, died Wednesday (Nov. 12, 2008) at Imperial Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 16, 1909, to Clerance and Ottie (Perkins) Grahm south of Hamlet. She received her education at Hamlet and was in the first class to graduated from Hamlet High School...
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Kansas State out to avenge last year's lopsided loss to Huskers
(College Sports ~ 11/14/08)
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Once a career, maybe longer than that, there's a game that leaves an indelible mark on players and coaches from both sides, the kind the winners want to remember, the losers can't forget. Nebraska had two of those games last season, in consecutive weeks, no less...
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Purvis, Cherry play key roles for Kansas State
(College Sports ~ 11/14/08)
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- McCook High School alums Tony Purvis and Josh Cherry are playing key roles for the Kansas State Wildcats football team in 2008. Purvis, a 6-foot, 170-pound junior, is the Wildcats' holder. he wears No. 31. Purvis, who played two years at wide receiver for the Wildcats, was moved to defensive back this season...
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New status may help refurbish Norris Park bandshell
(Local News ~ 11/14/08)
The Norris Park Bandshell has been determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The designation by the Nebraska State Historical Society was revealed Thursday in McCook at the quarterly meeting of Heritage Nebraska...
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Drugs stolen in break-in at pharmay
(Local News ~ 11/14/08)
ARAPAHOE -- Burglars stole narcotics in a break-in Sunday at the Arapahoe Pharmacy. The Arapahoe Public Mirror reported that someone pulled bars from a window on the alley-side of the building and broke the window some time between 3 a.m. and sunrise...
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Candidates sought for ESU board
(Local News ~ 11/14/08)
TRENTON -- Because of a lack of candidates filing for election, Educational Service Unit No. 15, based in Trenton, will have five vacancies on its board of directors beginning in January 2009. These vacancies will be filled by appointment. Vacancies will exist in five of 10 of the ESU's election districts:...
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Young athletes an inspiration for the rest of us
(Editorial ~ 11/14/08)
The weather is getting colder, and economic uncertainty is the order of the day. But one bright spot for Southwest Nebraskans is the ability of our young athletes to provide inspiration for the entire community. The Hayes Center football team is 11-0, and takes on 10-1 Ewing at 3 p.m. ...
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Will they have a Monopoly on board game films?
(Column ~ 11/14/08)
I'm not the Gazette's movie guy, I know, but I saw something movie-related on an industry Web site that I frequent that I found -- well -- astonishing. Universal Pictures is teaming up with toy manufacturer Hasbro to make a movie version of the board game "Monopoly," according to the Hollywood Reporter, a leading entertainment business publication...
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Vacant house is an eyesore, says neighbor
(Local News ~ 11/14/08)
A McCook man said he's tolerated for more than 20 years an abandoned house across the street and is still trying to get something done about it. Gary Lucas, at 601 E. Sixth, lives across the corner from the property at 511 E. Sixth and said it's been abandoned for 24 years. ...
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Proponents make case for expressway
(Local News ~ 11/14/08)
If any federal funds are ever earmarked for an expanded north-south corridor, they might languish for lack of state matching funds, local proponents learned Wednesday night. Supporters of the Highway 83 Expressway connecting Interstate 80 and Interstate 70, however, urged the Nebraska Department of Roads to proceed with a study...
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Sports shorts 11-15-2008
(College Sports ~ 11/14/08)
Husker volleyball team travels to Kansas on Saturday LINCOLN -- The Nebraska volleyball team begins the homestretch of the 2008 campaign this weekend, as it travels to Lawrence, Kan., to take on the Kansas Jayhawks. First serve at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center is set for 7 p.m. ...
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