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Walter Frederick Roesener
(Obituary ~ 10/12/09)
July 5, 1913 - Oct. 8, 2009 BIRD CITY, Kan.-- Walter Frederick Roesener, 96, died Thursday (Oct. 8, 2009) at Good Samaritan Village in St. Francis. He was born July 5, 1913, in Nebraska. He married Ida Ehlers and worked as a farmer in the Bird City and McDonald, Kan., area...
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Larry L. Lusk
(Obituary ~ 10/12/09)
April 23, 1939 - Oct. 9, 2009 NORTH PLATTE -- Larry L. Lusk, 70, died Friday (Oct.9, 2009) at his home in North Platte. He was born April 23, 1939, in Benkelman to Roy F. and Darlene E. (Cobb) Lusk. After graduation from McCook High School, he graduated from the Nebraska Technical School at Milford...
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Colleen S. Grant
(Obituary ~ 10/12/09)
Jan. 3, 1947 - Oct. 9, 2009 Colleen Sue Grant, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at her home in McCook at the age of 62. She was born Jan. 3, 1947, in McCook, the daughter of the late Claude E. and Opal I. (Barnes) Grant. Colleen attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1965. ...
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McCook councilwoman dies
(Local News ~ 10/12/09)
McCook City Councilwoman Colleen Grant died Friday. Funeral services are pending with Herrmann Funeral Home in McCook. Ms. Grant was elected to the McCook City Council in 2006. "All city staff is very saddened by this sudden loss of a dear friend and...
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The other side of Columbus Day
(Editorial ~ 10/12/09)
Who discovered America? The answer, of course, isn't Christopher Columbus, the explorer some of us are taking the day off to honor, who bumped into the continent in 1492, nor Amerigo Vespucci, who arrived five years later but caught the attention of Martin Waldseemuller, who happened to be a mapmaker...
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Gale E. Baldwin, Hitchcock County's first sheriff
(Column ~ 10/12/09)
In 1923 Gale Baldwin sat down to write his recollections of the early days for the Hitchcock County paper. At that time Mr. Baldwin was 76 years of age and had a good deal to say about his adventures in the "good old days." Baldwin had first come to Southwest Nebraska from Iowa in 1871, with his wife and two small children -- in a covered wagon drawn by two mules. He was on a hunting expedition -- to shoot buffalo, and more importantly, to find a "home."...
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Bison give vintage McCook football performance at Lex
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/09)
STEVE KODAD Gazette Sports Editor LEXINGTON -- McCook got a little bit of Bison football swagger back Friday night. The Bison offense used big plays, and the defense held Lexington in check most of the night en route to a 35-0 victory in the Class B-7 District opener for both teams...
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Sughroue paces Bison runners at GNAC meet
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/09)
STEVE KODAD Gazette Sports Editor McCook High School's cross-country team faced tough competition on their tough home course -- one of the most demanding running layouts in the state -- during last Friday's Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference meet. At least the runners at the conference meet didn't have to suffer through tough weather...
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Amazing comeback for Bison girls in softball districts
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/09)
STEVE KODAD Gazette Sports Editor CHADRON -- After losing their first game in the Class B-6 District Tournament Thursday, the McCook High School softball team had their backs to the wall. But the Bison girls busted through that wall by winning five straight games under adverse weather conditions in Chadron to claim the district title Saturday afternoon...
- Tom T. Record (Obituary ~ 10/12/09)
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