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Shrine Bowl has area connections
(High School Sports ~ 07/24/09)
LINCOLN -- The 51st annual Nebraska Shrine Bowl football game is Saturday night in Lincoln at Memorial Stadium. McCook football coach Jeff Gross, head coach of the South team, told Plainsreporter.com that the team's practices have gone well so far. Gross says McCook High School players Matt Berry and Joe Vetrovsky will be busy on Saturday. Berry will split time at quarterback and wide receiver while Vetrovsky will start at center...
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Heritage Hills results, standings as of Wednesday, July 22
(Community Sports ~ 07/24/09)
HERITAGE HILLS GOLF COURSE WEDNESDAY MEN'S LEAGUE Wednesday, July 22 Men's League Results Division A Golight 10, Kohl Automotive 2 Samway's 12, MW Livestock 0 Mavericks 6, Hagan/Marr Ins. 6 Culbertson Bank 9, Ameriprise 3 Leco Inc 10, Old Sarges Bar 2...
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Geisler, Tietz bring home top honors from championship swim meet
(Community Sports ~ 07/24/09)
Two swimmers from the McCook Swim Team came away with high point medals at the Plains Tsunami Swim League Championship Meet on July 18. Taylor Geisler and Becca Tietz each were overall winners in their respective age group. Swimmers from 22 different area teams competed in this final meet of the summer season...
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McCook's Berry, Vetrovsky named South captains
(High School Sports ~ 07/24/09)
McCook High School's Matt Berry and Joe Vetrovsky were elected as captains for the South team for the 51st annual Nebraska Shrine Bowl football team. The game will be played at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Berry, Vetrovsky, Millard South's Drew Neville and Millard West's Kohlman Adema-Shulte were elected as South team captains...
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MNB Seniors stay alive at B6 tourney
(High School Sports ~ 07/24/09)
The McCook National Bank Seniors stayed alive at the B6 Area District Senior baseball tournament with an 11-8 win over Cozad in an elimination game Thursday night.
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Yellow Blaze, White Demons are MFL champions
(High School Sports ~ 07/24/09)
The Yellow Blaze and the White Demons are the 2009 champions of the McCook Football League. Final games of the MFL season were played Thursday night at Weiland Field. The Yellow Blaze defeated the Red Bandits to win the Grade 5-6 division and the White Demons defeated the Red Blitz 14-6 in the Grade 7-8 championship game...
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Florence Vavroch
(Obituary ~ 07/24/09)
July 1, 1929 - July 22, 2009 COLBY, Kan. -- Florence Vavroch, 80, died Wednesday (July 22, 2009) at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby. She was born July 1, 1929, in McCook to Jesse W. and Grace D. (Lincoln) Hawkins. She grew up in Cedar Bluffs and attended Decatur Comminty High School and graduated in 1948...
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Fritsche, Maust engagement
(Engagement ~ 07/24/09)
Charles and Janet Fritsche of McCook announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Julie LaRay, to Robert Maust II, son of Bob and Holly Maust of Anderson, Ind. The bride-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Republican Valley High School, a 2005 graduate of McCook Community College and a 2008 graduate of Anderson University in Indiana. She is currently a seventh grade math teacher and junior high volleyball coach in Frankton, Ind...
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Luhman birth
(Births ~ 07/24/09)
Bill and Marcie (Brush) Luhman of Lincoln announce the birth of their daughter, Brianna Marie Luhman on July 4, 2009, at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 19.5 inches. Her grandparents are Roger and Betty Brush of McCook and Roy and Gerda Luhman of Graettinger, Iowa. Great-grandparents are Merlin and Betty Krieger of McCook...
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Rupp anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 07/24/09)
The family of Glenn and Thelma (Siebecker) Rupp, formerly of Cambridge, of Littleton, Colo., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Aug. 1, 1959, in Cambridge. Family of the couple includes their daughter, JoAnn Rupp of Littleton. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 5943 W Maplewood Dr., Littleton, CO 80123...
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Schmit birth
(Births ~ 07/24/09)
Matt and Cinda Schmit of Ogallala announce the birth of their son, Gavin Matthew Schmit on June 19, 2009, at Ogallala Community Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 22 inches. His grandparents are Charles and Christina Coleman of McCook and Harry and Sharon Schmit of Bellwood. Great-granparents are John and Eileen Hubert and Lillie Coleman, all of McCook...
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Dame, Frick engagement
(Engagement ~ 07/24/09)
Lindsey Dame and Kyle Frick of McCook announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Parents of the couple are Doug and Brenda Dame of McCook and Laverne and Sharon Frick of Herndon. Grandparents of the bride-to-be are Kenneth and Betty Bradley and Verna Dame of McCook. The prospective bridegroom's grandparents are Vesta Gilbert of McCook and Viola Frick of Trenton...
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Hasting adoption
(Births ~ 07/24/09)
Bobby and Traci Hastings of Norfolk announce the adoption of 2-year-old Jonah Gerald Hastings, on May 6, 2009. He was born March 21, 2007. He has a brother, 11-year-old Jonathan and a sister, 9-year-old Jenna. His grandparents are Gary and Rosalie Hastings of Scottsbluff, formerly of Hayes Center and Shirley Lichty of McCook and the late Richard "Dick" Lichty...
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Hrnchir, Horinek engagement
(Engagement ~ 07/24/09)
Sheila Hrnchir of McCook and Kelvin Horinek of Atwood announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Robert and Cheryl Hrnchir of Trenton and A.J. and Marjorie Horinek of Atwood. The bride-to-be graduated from Trenton High School in 1988. She attended Chadron State College for a Bachelor's of Art degree in social work and is working as a caseworker at Region II Human Services in McCook...
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Rupps to celebrate 50th
(Anniversary ~ 07/24/09)
The family of Glenn and Thelma (Siebecker) Rupp, formerly of Cambridge, of Littleton, Colo., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Aug. 1, 1959, in Cambridge. Family of the couple includes their daughter, JoAnn Rupp of Littleton. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 5943 W Maplewood Dr., Littleton, CO 80123...
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'Cinderella' on stage Saturday
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
There are mice at the Fox Theatre, and magic pumpkins as well. Of course that can mean only one thing, "Cinderella" will soon be performed on the historic stage, in downtown McCook. The Southwest Nebraska Community Theater proudly presents the Missoula Children's Theater's original adaptation of the age-old folk tale to audiences on Saturday. Show times will be 3 and 7 p.m., with ticket prices of $4 for all seats...
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Arapahoe man arrested after failing to return daughters to foster care
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
LINCOLN -- Yuma County, Colo., sheriff's officers arrested an Arapahoe, Neb., man Wednesday after he failed to return his daughters to foster care Monday. The investigation of the two missing girls and the arrest of 54-year-old William Eschen of Arapahoe involved six law enforcement agencies in two states and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. Eschen faces two charges of violation of a custody order and remains in the Yuma County Jail...
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Cops break up juvenile theft ring
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
Nine McCook youths have been identified as being behind a string of thefts in the city recently. The male juveniles, between the ages of 12 and 15, took items from unlocked cars, yards and open garages, according to McCook City Police Chief Ike Brown...
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Exchange family
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
Florian Bennit and his parents, Horst and Marion, made a surprise visit to Florian's former exchange parents, Don and Alice Harpst, of McCook, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary this weekend. Florian, then a German foreign exchange student, graduated from Cambridge High School in 1987, and moved to McCook when the Harpsts did. ...
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Sutton House book
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
Sen. Ben Nelson, left, receives a signed edition of "Sutton House 100th Anniversary" from author Don Morgan, in Sen. Nelson's Washington office. Sen. Nelson contributed a foreword for the book. John Altberg provided the photographs for the book, available at Accents, Etc. in McCook or the Museum of the High Plains Historical society...
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Third Chair Players to perform in Cambridge Aug. 1
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
CAMBRIDGE -- A concert featuring Nebraska's Third Chair Chamber Players will be held in Cambridge, Nebraska on August 1. The concert will be presented by the newly formed Medicine Creek Arts organization and sponsored by the Nebraska Arts Council, NET Radio and Pinpoint Communications. Admission to the concert includes dinner and beverages...
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Animal licensing fees drawing feedback
(Editorial ~ 07/24/09)
We've advocated the creation of an animal control officer position in this space before, citing the inordinate amount of time uniformed police officers seem to spend on animal complaints. In a first step toward that goal, new animal licensing ordinances are working their way through the McCook City Council...
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Wake up America!
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/24/09)
When we, as Americans, have something that bothers us, we usually take the opportunity to get it off our chests. We have the freedom to exercise that right called "Free Speech" -- so far! It scares me, and many other Americans, to observe and tolerate what is going on in Washington with the ideas and actions of our president and the members of the Senate and House of Representatives. ...
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Winning is everything
(Column ~ 07/24/09)
Most people either watched, listened to or heard about Tom Watson's seemingly impossible quest to capture the British Open golf championship in Scotland last week. It was a story that resonated not only within the golfing community but with the non-golfing public as well because Tom Watson is 59 years old. ...
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Small business and entrepreneurs make a difference
(Column ~ 07/24/09)
Our economy relies on small businesses to create jobs which will sustain our country's recovery. Small businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them create most of the nation's new jobs, and they are the source of tomorrow's ideas, innovations, and new products for the marketplace...
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Nelson: Devense bill addresses military suicides, health care, Operation Airlift, benchmarks, military voting
(State News ~ 07/24/09)
Today, Sen. Ben Nelson applauded last evening's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 by the full Senate. The legislation addresses key personnel concerns and his call for benchmarks to assess progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan...
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Imperial campus of MPCC officially open
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
IMPERIAL -- In order to better accommodate local demand for larger facilities, Mid-Plains Community College recently completed the purchase and total remodel of their new Extended Campus in Imperial. On Friday, officials celebrated its completion with a formal ribbon cutting and open house. ...
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'Local Lips' scavenger hunt winner
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
Angie Gray of the Gazette circulation department, left, presents an iPod Nano to Tristan Darling, McCook, who connected the lips with the names in the Gazette's "Local Lips Scavenger Hunt contest. "Models" in the contest included Trevor Taylor, Sharleen Riemenschneider, Rose Chancellor, Rick Edwards, Pam Harsh, Mike Gonzales, Max Abercrombie, Linda Taylor, Joanna Bryant, Jo Beebe, Connie Jo Discoe, Cloyd Clark, Bob Elder and Blaine Budke...
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Heartland owner shares business startup tips
(Business ~ 07/24/09)
McCOOK -- If you want to start a business, one of the most important things you need to do is establish a good, open and honest relationship with a banker. That was one of several tips shared with start-up businesses Friday at the July meeting of the Entrepreneur Network. Patsy Houghton, who is both owner and general manager of Heartland Cattle Co., told the gathering at First Central Bank that it is essential to start with a well-structured and well thought-out business plan...
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Relay For Life
(Local News ~ 07/24/09)
Luminarias are in place and shelters were going up Friday afternoon for the annual Relay For Life in Norris Park. Some 15 teams signed up for the annual American Cancer Society event, which raises money for cancer research. The event begins with a barbecue and survivors march Friday night, concluding early Saturday morning...
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