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Bison girls tennis team beats Hershey, North Platte in opener
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/09)
After having three meets postponed this spring, the McCook High School girls tennis finally got some decent weather to play in and took advantage of it. The Bison varsity squad swept all nine matches from Hershey and defeated North Platte 8-1 Wednesday in the season opener and home opener at the Bison Courts...
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Oberlin girls track squad rolls to Quinter Triangular title
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/09)
QUINTER, Kan. -- Decatur Community High School girls track team won in the overall team scores in the Quinter triangular Tuesday. The girls won nine of the 18 events. Jordan Dreher led Oberlin with two first place medals. Dreher won the 100M dash with a time of 13.5 seconds and the javelin with a distance of 104 feet 01 inch...
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LeRoy Hoehner track meet moved to Friday
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/09)
The LeRoy Hoehner Invitational, hosted by McCook High School, will take place Friday at the MHS track. The meet was moved up one day from Saturday because of concern for possible inclement weather. The meet will start at 2:30 p.m. with field events and preliminaries. The finals begin at 4 p.m...
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Cambridge golfers 5th at home meet
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/09)
CAMBRIDGE -- Cambridge High School golfers kicked off their season with their own Cambridge Invitational Wednesday. The Trojans finished fifth in the tournament. North Platte St. Pats took the team title with Alma following in second and Bertrand's golfers finishing third...
- The closer (College Sports ~ 04/02/09)
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AP Nebraska All-State boys and girls basketball teams
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/09)
Nebraska AP All-State Boys Basketball Team COLUMBUS (AP) -- Here is The Associated Press All-State Boys Basketball Teams for the 2008-09 season. Each first and second-team player is listed by position, name, school, height and grade: CLASS A First Team...
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UNK softball swept by UNO; McCook's Hiatt pitches for Loper in second game
(College Sports ~ 04/02/09)
KEARNEY -- The 22nd-ranked University of Nebraska-Omaha softball team hit three home runs and got complete games from pitchers Beth Haley and Melissa Negrete to sweep a doubleheader from Nebraska-Kearney 7-4 and 7-1 Wednesday afternoon at Dryden Park...
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Dale Hagan
(Obituary ~ 04/02/09)
IMPERIAL -- Dale Hagan, 81, of Imperial, formerly of Elsie Community, died Wednesday (April 1, 2009) at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. Funeral services will be Saturday, 10 a.m., at Imperial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kay Alnor officiating. Burial will be in the Madrid Cemetery...
- Charles Eugene Rice (Obituary ~ 04/02/09)
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Fast & Furious
(Weekend Menu ~ 04/02/09)
Movie Review - Fast & Furious Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual content, language and drug references. Starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. The Fast and The Furious franchise is known for one thing - fast, modified cars. ...
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Out of state students to get 'Good Neighbor' tuition break
(Local News ~ 04/02/09)
North Platte -- At last Wednesday's Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors meeting, members voted to waive out-of-state tuition and allow in-state- tuition to students from Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota. General purpose fees set at $14 per credit hour will not change...
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Call participants wonder, 'Should God, Guns mix?'
(Local News ~ 04/02/09)
Are concealed weapons needed in places of worship? If so, then "What are God's angels for?" Sen. Mark Christensen was asked this morning, LB 430 contains amendments to Nebraska's concealed handgun permit act and is still being debated on the legislative floor, Sen. Christensen said this morning in the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce's Government Affairs Legislative conference call...
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'Good Neighbor' tuition rate makes sense for college
(Editorial ~ 04/02/09)
The "Good Neighbor" tuition rate being given a trial run by Mid Plains Community College makes sense in a number of ways, including at least one that isn't mentioned in a news release from the college. Enacted for at least three years after a lobbying effort by college recruiters, the Good Neighbor Tuition rate allows students from Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota to attend a Mid Plains campus for the in-state tuition rate of $67 per credit hour...
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Here's the scoop ... about Preview
(Editorial ~ 04/02/09)
Many of our readers noticed a change in last week's TV Preview Section. No, let me correct that -- a lot of our readers noticed a change. We'd like to thank everyone who called, e-mailed and wrote to us about the change. We really mean that -- we need to know what you think, the good, the bad, and the indifferent...
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Spirit, Opportunity live up to their names
(Column ~ 04/02/09)
In January 2004, NASA successfully landed two robotic rovers on the surface of Mars. The plucky little vehicles, originally scheduled to have a functional life of three months, have been functioning since. The pair, on opposite sides of the planet, have sent back tons of photographs and data about the Red Planet and have kept the teams operating them and planetary scientists agog with the new and exciting discoveries...
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Missile solution
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/02/09)
Recently, the U.S. and South Korea warned North Korea of serious consequences if they shot off a rocket that could be aimed at Democratic soil. Such a provocative act could jeopardize talks that supply communist countries with aid in exchange for dismantling nuclear programs...
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Johanns, Nelson disappointed Offutt passed over
(State News ~ 04/02/09)
Sens. Ben Nelson and Mike Johanns issued statements of disappointment that Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha would not be selected as the headquarter for the Air Force's new Global Strike Command: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mike Johanns today made the following statement after he learned Offutt Air Force Base was not selected as the location for the Air Force's new Global Strike Command:...
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Nelson: Stimulus funds go to wastewater treatment in Nebraska
(State News ~ 04/02/09)
WASHINGTON -- Today, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will send nearly $40 million to Nebraska to fund water quality protection, wastewater treatment and water system infrastructure projects as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 0f 2009 (ARRA)...
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