- W-P, Cambridge teams reach Cambridge championship games (High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
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Eustis-Farnam girls down Medicine Valley
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
EUSTIS -- The Eustis-Farnam Knights girls basketball team hammered Medicine Valley 46-29 Monday. Katie Fagot netted 21 points, had 7 assists and 6 steals for the Knights. Jacey Schultheiss scored 12 points, had 9 rebounds and 3 steals. "It wasn't the prettiest of games, but after a sluggish start, we finally got things going in the second quarter," said coach Brad Dunlap...
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Ethan Zweygardt selected for Kansas Shrine Bowl
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
ST. FRANCIS -- St. Francis High School football player Ethan Zweygardt was selected to play for the West team in the Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Game Saturday, July 25 at Wichita State's Cessna Stadium. Zweygardt is a 6-foot, 255-pound senior offensive guard and was a First Team All-Area selection by the McCook Daily Gazette...
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Tuesday shorts 1-6-2009
(College Sports ~ 01/06/09)
Husker alums in the NFL playoffs LINCOLN -- A total of eight former Huskers were on NFL rosters entering the 2008 NFL Playoffs. Of the eight, six Huskers played in the first round while Kyle Vanden Bosch's Tennessee Titans received a first-round bye and Chris Patrick of the Philadelphia Eagles was inactive...
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Area high school basketball scores 1-6-2009
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
AREA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES MONDAY BOYS Cambridge Tournament Cambridge 65, Southern Valley 49 Wauneta-Palisade 64, Hitchcock County 39 MONDAY GIRLS Regular Season Eustis-Farnam 46, Medicine Valley 29 Cambridge Tournament Cambridge 51, Southern Valley 39...
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Wanda Lorine Larson
(Obituary ~ 01/06/09)
Dec. 19, 1914 - Jan. 3, 2009 IMPERIAL -- Wanda Lorine Larson, 94, died Saturday (Jan. 3, 2009) at Imperial Manor Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 19, 1914, to Eilert and Anna (Buss) Ackerman in Gothenburg. She grew up in Gothenburg and graduated from Gothenburg High School...
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Gregg L. Meyer
(Obituary ~ 01/06/09)
Dec. 17, 1946 - Jan 2, 2009 WILSONVILLE -- Gregg L. Meyer, 62, formerly of Denver, Colo., died Friday (Jan. 2, 2009) at his home in Wilsonville. He was born Dec. 17, 1946, at Denver to Louis C. and Elinor P. (Perkins) Meyer. He grew up in Lakewood, Colo., and graduated from Bear Creek High School in 1965...
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Alex Eckhardt
(Obituary ~ 01/06/09)
March 17, 1913 - Jan. 3, 2009 KIMBALL -- Alex Eckhardt, 95, a former Kimball resident died at Willow Ridge Retirement Home in McCook on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2008, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kimball with Pastor Kenneth Mars officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery...
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Petersen anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 01/06/09)
The family of Jerry and Anastasia Petersen are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 9. Their children are Joel Peterson of Oxford and Tim and Anita Peterson of Cambridge. They have four grandchildren. Cards of congratulation will reach them at 721 Pacific Street, Cambridge, NE 69022...
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Miles birthday
(Birthdays ~ 01/06/09)
The family of Marjorie Miles, formerly of Stratton, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday Jan. 12, 2009. Her children are Richard Miles, Linda Gerdes and Phil Miles. She has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Cards will reach her at Hillcrest Nursing Home Rm 204, 309 West 7th Street, McCook NE 69001...
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Saturday publication ceases Jan. 24, 'Weekend' edition moving to Fridays
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
Citing climbing costs and declining advertising for the edition, the McCook Daily Gazette has announced that its Weekend edition will now be published on Fridays, with no print publication on Saturday beginning Jan. 24. Friday and Monday editions will be expanded, as will online coverage of Friday night and weekend sports...
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Economy makes sales tax best option for Keystone project
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
City sales tax revenue is the best option at this point to finance renovations planned for the Keystone Hotel, the McCook City Council was told Monday night. Tax increment financing is still a great revenue tool but borrowing money against it is more difficult today than a year ago due to the unsettled economy, Rex Nelson told the council...
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Businessman questions Keystone Hotel project
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
A McCook citizen remains leery of the Keystone Hotel project and had plenty of questions Monday night at the regular council meeting. McCook business owner Don Klein peppered Rex Nelson, director of the McCook Economic Development Corp. and supporter of renovating the Keystone Hotel into a business center, with a variety of questions...
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Chloe Marie Weber is New Year's Baby 2009
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
The bubbly blue-eyed blond meets visitors in the hospital room and asks, "Do you know what I am?" He pauses, waiting politely for an answer. He's too excited. He can't wait. "I'm the big brother," he blurts out. Kellen Weber, 41⁄2, is already the protective big brother of his new little sister, Chloe Marie, Southwest Nebraska's and Northwest Kansas' "New Year's Baby 2009."...
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Keystone -- TIF seen as powerful tool
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
Tax increment financing is a powerful tool to jump start the economy and lower taxes, if used correctly. And it includes no new taxes. The complicated TIF financing formula was explained to the council Monday night by Michael Bacon, an attorney from Gothenburg who handles the TIF policy for the City of McCook and for other communities, including in his own hometown...
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New publication schedule -- Decision was gut-wrenching
(Editorial ~ 01/06/09)
Recently, The Omaha World Herald made the decision to stop being "Nebraska's Newspaper," and provide same-day print delivery only as far west as Kearney and Holdrege. Lee Enterprises, the company that publishes the Lincoln Journal Star, Columbus Telegram, Fremont Tribune and Beatrice Daily Sun has announced that it will have trouble paying its debt over the next two years. ...
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California lite
(Column ~ 01/06/09)
At the moment Ann and I are enjoying a short stay in Merced, Calif. Merced about the size of McCook when we lived here in the early '70s left a good impression on our hearts. At the time I had the best job in the world; that of teaching pilots to fly my all time favorite KC-135. ...
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