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Eustis-Farnam girls squad blasts Amherst
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
AMHERST -- The Eustis-Farnam girls basketball team improved to 6-2 with a 51-27 win over Amherst Thursday night. Jacey Schultheiss and Katie Fagot led the Knights, scoring 18 points each. Schultheiss grabbed 8 rebounds and added 4 steals. Fagot had 3 assists and 5 steals. Adie Nielsen scored 9 points...
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Four Bison JV wrestlers bring home titles from Gothenburg Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
GOTHENBURG -- The McCook High School junior varsity wrestling team competed Thursday in the Gothenburg JV Invite. The Bison brought home four tournament championships. Champions were John Scott, Tyler Rogers, Derek Chancellor and Ross Stewart. "The entire team competed well and we are very excited what lays ahead for many of these young men," said McCook wrestling coach Nick Umscheid. Overall the team had nine wrestlers compete and each of them have improved from the beginning of the year...
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Bison freshman girls lose by one point
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
The McCook High School freshman girls basketball team dropped a close game to Lexington 17-16 Thursday at the MHS gymnasium. The game opened with three straight buckets for Lexington and McCook was behind 11-6 at half. In the third quarter, McCook held Lexington scoreless and pulled to within 2 points...
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Sports shorts 1-9-2009
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
NPHS Boosters hoops tourney slated for March 6-7 NORTH PLATTE -- The North Platte High School Booster Club will be having its annual basketball tounament Friday and Saturday March 6-7 in North Platte. The tounament is open to both boys teams and girls teams in grades 4-9...
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NTV Athlete of the Week and Play of the Night: McCook's Connor Larson
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
KEARNEY -- McCook High School sophomore Connor Larson got the "daily double" of sorts from Nebraska TV/NTV -- KHGI (Channel 10 in McCook). Larson, a 5-foot-10 guard, was named the Athlete of the Week for his 37-point effort in Tuesday's win over Phillipsburg, which included 10 3-point shots...
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Airport name change would honor senator
(Local News ~ 01/09/09)
Members of the McCook Airport Advisory Commission agreed that it's important that U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson be recognized for his support of McCook Regional Airport. They're just not sure which way to do it. After discussion, Airport Commission members finally voted to postpone to a later meeting any action on re-naming the airport to "McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport," so they could study the issue more fully...
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Prize-winning photo
(Local News ~ 01/09/09)
John Kugler's balloon drifts past the remains of a windmill in the grand prize-winning photo by Ben Schilling of McCook, which won the photo contest associated with McCook Balloon Fest 2008. As grand prize winner, Schilling will receive a hot air balloon ride during the 2009 event. ...
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When economy goes down, traffic citations increase
(Editorial ~ 01/09/09)
When it rains, it pours. Or, as Paul Harvey likes to say, "there's no use worrying, nothing's going to turn out right." If you're worrying about the economy, don't think going for a drive -- using that low-priced gasoline we're all now enjoying -- is going to make things better...
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End of the road for analog, but first the potholes
(Column ~ 01/09/09)
It's going to happen. Television's analog-to-digital broadcast transition is on, and going full-force. Local stations to broadcast networks, coast to coast and up and down the dial, are advising viewers to prepare themselves for the next major technological advance to hit our living rooms. ...
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Floyd W. Murdoch
(Obituary ~ 01/09/09)
June 30, 1925-Jan. 9, 2009 OXFORD -- Floyd William Murdoch, 83, died Friday (Jan. 9, 2009), at the Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege. He was born June 30, 1925, in Gosper County, to Charlie and Iva (ten Bensel) Murdoch. He was baptized at a young age. The family moved from Gosper County to Harlan County in 1933 where he attended the Carter School and graduated from Mascot High School in 1943...
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Eloise Siegfried Holliday
(Obituary ~ 01/09/09)
Dec. 5, 1921-Jan. 6, 2009 LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Eloise Siegfried Holliday, 87, formerly of Traer, died Tuesday (Jan. 6, 2009), at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, in Lawrence, Kan. She was born Dec. 5, 1921, to E.G. and Emma (Luedtke) Siegfried in Lincoln, Neb. ...
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Bison boys squad edges Hershey
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
McCook girls drop tough one After a slow start in a slowdown game, the McCook Bison boys basketball team picked up the pace and defeated Hershey 45-37 Friday night at the MHS gymnasium. The Bison boys trailed at halftime 16-12 and took the lead midway through the third quarter...
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Cambridge girls now 8-0
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
SOUTHWEST -- The Cambridge girls basketball team improved to 8-0 with a 66-37 victory over Southwest Friday night at the Cambridge High School gymnasium. Cambridge outscored Southwest 21-8 in the first quarter, 21-8 in the second quarter and 20-10 in the third quarter...
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Lexington rolls past McCook sophomore boys
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/09)
LEXINGTON -- The McCook Sophomore boy's basketball team fell to the Lexington Minutemen 62-31 Thursday night at Lexington. The Minutemen jumped out to an 18-4 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. Lexington scored 26 points in the final period and was fueled by Pat Berke's 21 points...
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Dale W. Morse
(Obituary ~ 01/09/09)
Aug. 5, 1918-Jan. 8, 2009 BEAVER CITY -- Dale W. Morse, 90, died Thursday (Jan. 8, 2009) at Christian Homes in Holdrege. He was born Aug. 5, 1918, a twin to Joseph Morse and Alice Lillie (Stallsworth) Morse at Calvert, in Norton County, Kan. He attended school at the Belle Plain Township School south west of Calvert where he graduated from the eighth grade...
- Ila Walcott (Obituary ~ 01/09/09)
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