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Beverly June Bickham
(Obituary ~ 01/07/09)
June 28, 1921 - Jan. 8, 2009 Beverly June Bickham 87, of McCook, passed away Jan. 5, 2009, at Atchison Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster Kan...
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Willis Carman
(Obituary ~ 01/07/09)
June 3, 1931 - Jan. 5, 2009 HOXIE -- Willis Carman, 77, died Thursday (Jan. 1, 2009) at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kan. He was born June 3, 1931, in Decatur County to Joe and Myrtle (Bell) Carman. He grew up in Decatur County and attended country schools. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1949 and later entered the U.S. Army...
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Betty Lou Starnes
(Obituary ~ 01/07/09)
Aug. 19, 1945 - Jan. 3, 2009 HOLBROOK -- Betty Lou Starnes, 63, died Saturday (Jan. 3, 2009) at her home in Holbrook. She was born Aug. 19, 1945, at Competition, Mo., to Virgil C. and Christine (Jones) Ledbetter. Survivors include her husband, Clarence Lee Starnes of Cambridge; sons, Billy Jack and wife, Laurie Martin of Hammond, La., and John Wayne and wife, Jerri Martin of Holbrook; daughter, Jacqueline Martin of Holbrook; sisters, Bonnie Whitten, Myrtle Crocker and Millie Chatham; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.. ...
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Kisela birthday
(Birthdays ~ 01/07/09)
The family of Victor Kisela is requesting a card shower in honor of his 84th birthday Jan. 10, 2009. His family include his two sons, Mark and Jerry, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Cards will reach him at Box 232, Stratton NE 69043...
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Area high school basketball scores 1-7-2009
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/09)
NEBRASKA/KANSAS AREA BASKETBALL SCORES TUESDAY BOYS Golden Plains 54, St. Francis 46 Hoxie 71, Brewster 54 McCook 67, Phillipsburg 61 Medicine Valley 82, Wallace 40 Oberlin 52, Norton 47 Plainville 63, Oakley 50 Rock Hills 56, Northern Valley 32 Trego 46, Wheatland-Grinnell 36...
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Jayhawks hold on for 91-84 win over Siena
(College Sports ~ 01/07/09)
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Hitting shots from the perimeter, on the break, in the lane, Kansas clearly wasn't going to have a letdown on the offensive end. At the other end? That was a different story -- and it nearly cost the Jayhawks what should have been a runaway victory...
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Wednesday shorts 1-7-2009
(College Sports ~ 01/07/09)
Loper wrestlers third in national poll; Ross 7th at 197 pounds KEARNEY, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska-Kearney wrestling team remains third in the latest Division II Wrestling Coaches Association Top 25 poll. Nebraska-Omaha, with 159 points and seven first place votes, remains at the top but Newberry (S.C.) moves up three spots to second. The Indians received 143 points and the eighth and last first place vote...
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W-P boys, Cambridge girls roll to titles
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/09)
CAMBRIDGE -- Wauneta-Palisade's head boys basketball coach Dave Kuhlen relied on the speed of his young team to convert turnovers and steals into points to beat Cambridge 62-57 in the Cambridge Invitational Championship game Tuesday.
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It's raining 3's: Connor Larson goes for 10 treys, 37 points
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/09)
MHS Bison boys down Phillipsburg; McCook girls fall McCook High School Bison sophomore guard Connor Larson lit up the Phillipsburg, Kan., Panthers for 10 3-pointers and 37 points Tuesday night, but the best part for Larson was that his team pulled off a 67-61 victory in front of the hometown fans at the MHS gymnasium...
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Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival event -- Blizzards lead to making new friends
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
About 30 people, ranging in age from 9 to about 90, shared stories of the battle with Mother Nature Tuesday night at the Biéroc Café in McCook. Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival hosted the event, featuring blizzards. While many of the stories highlighted the struggle to get from place to place, the effort required to feed livestock, and the crusade to keep warm, there was another common theme that ran through many of the stories. ...
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Federal funds provide fire equipment, garage
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
The city will be receiving new fire fighting equipment and a garage at the Heritage Senior Center, thanks to federal and state grants. The McCook City Council approved Monday night at its regular meeting bid specifications for both items. Grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security will pay a total of $107,850, after costs adjustments, for 20 new self-contained breathing apparatus at the McCook City Fire Department. ...
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Injection well completion date delayed until March
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
The date McCook's injection well project is to be done has been delayed until March 15, from its original Jan. 31. The injection well, located at the sewer, will dispose of waste generated by the water treatment plant by injecting it nearly 2,000 feet underground, beneath the water supply. Currently, waste from the water treatment plant is being run through the sewer...
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A step up
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
Crew members from Hard Core Concrete and Construction of McCook, from left, Mike Pesall, Lirin Yost and Heath McDonald, set the form Monday for a porch step at the Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity house on West Fairacres, nearing completion on behalf of the Eric Lucero family of McCook. The crew added an accelerant to the concrete mix and used hot water in the mix to hasten the curing process during the cold January temperatures...
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Proposed route connects walking trail to M Street
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
Another option has been found for Phase II of the McCook Walking Trail, which won't require any additional city funds or removal of trees. City Manager Kurt Fritsch told the McCook City Council at its regular meeting Monday night that the revised design would loop the trail through Kelley Park to M Street...
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Recognize those eyes?
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
McCook High School 2000 graduate Teresa Donze modeled for the latest "One Nebraska," the biannual publication of the University of Nebraska Foundation. The daughter of Bill and Kathy Donze of McCook, Teresa conducts research in the Ken Morrison Life Sciences Research Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she is completing her doctoral dissertation in molecular plant virology. ...
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It's nearly time for all of us to stand up and be counted
(Editorial ~ 01/07/09)
It's nearly time to stand and be counted. Literally. Especially in Nebraska's 3rd District, we need to make sure every last soul is entered into the Census Bureau's tally for 2010. That's because population tallies are the basis for seats in Congress, for drawing local political boundaries and dole out federal funds...
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Have you kept your resolution?
(01/07/09)
McCook Junior High eighth graders at a Jan. 7 MHS basketball game were asked: "What was your New Year's Eve resolution, and have your kept it or broken it?" After some consideration and lots of embarrassed giggles, they replied: ------ Brooklyn Trew: "I was going to be more respectful toward my parents. Uhhmmm, yes, I have broken it. And my parents would say so too."...
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He's over there!
(Column ~ 01/07/09)
The Gazette receives an average of 60-70 pieces of mail daily. Subscription payments, newspaper subscriptions, the same bills that plague every household and business in America, and of course, press releases from across the nation, all dutifully picked up at the post office and then distributed to the proper departments within the building...
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