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MNB Seniors improve with solid effort at G.I. tourney
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/11)
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- The McCook National Bank Seniors are hoping to catch fire as the Legion baseball season draws to a close. The Seniors won one of three games at the U-Save Invitational played at Grand Island's Ryder Park July 8-10. But head coach Greg Larson said his team, comprised of players ages 17 and 18 years old, showed improved play in all phases of the game...
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Rays run through MMBA Cubs Division tournament
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/11)
If was perhaps fitting that the two best teams from the regular season met in the championship finals of the McCook Midget Baseball Association Cubs Division post-season tournament. Just like the regular season, the J.M. Stewart Painting Rays were just a little better than the Lifetime Eyecare Red Sox in the tournament finals Monday night at Felling Field. The Rays blanked the Red Sox, 2-0, to claim the tournament title...
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Gregg Alyn Kasl
(Obituary ~ 07/13/11)
VENTURA, California -- Gregg Alyn Kasl, 50, died Thursday (July 7, 2011) in Ventura, California after battling cancer. He is the son of Alyn and Frances Kasl, formerly of McCook, Nebraska. He was a 1979 graduate of McCook High School. After one year at Nebraska Wesleyan University, he joined the U.S. ...
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Patience, perseverance will pay off
(Editorial ~ 07/13/11)
Under the dirt, dust and debris the dreams remain intact.
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You never know where you'll meet a Samaritan
(Column ~ 07/13/11)
Memory lane opened up recently and I took a trek back to the high desert of Nevada, riding in the back of a Nevada state trooper's vehicle. We were bound for Eureka, a wide spot in the road some 77 miles from Ely, Nevada, where we had topped off the gas tank in Danny's 1959 Rambler, lemon yellow with a 6-inch black racing stripe right up the middle...
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Distinguished service award to be presented Friday night
(Local News ~ 07/13/11)
The identity of the recipient will be revealed at the Krazy Night Extravaganza
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MRNRD cuts ties with D.C. and RRBC
(Local News ~ 07/13/11)
JUSTIN BASS McCook Daily Gazette CURTIS, Nebraska -- The Middle Republican Natural Resources District board of directors voted to remove funding for a Washington, D.C. based consultant and the coordinator for the Republican River Basin Coalition. The move came during the MRNRD 2011-12 fiscal year budget draft discussions, at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening in Curtis, Nebraska...
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'Stitching the State Together'
(Local News ~ 07/13/11)
Two of 93 quilt blocks for the "Stitching the State Together" quilt project for the Nebraska State Fair depict Red Willow and Hayes counties. Both quilt blocks were designed and stitched by Audrey Suiter, who grew up in Hayes County and lives in McCook in Red Willow County. ...
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NL stronger in MMBA Cubs all-star contest
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/11)
With Major League Baseball's All-Stars on display Tuesday night in Phoenix, McCook offered a smaller but no less exciting baseball all-star version at Felling Field. The McCook Midget Baseball Association's Cubs Division All-Star Game was played at Felling Field, McCook's youth baseball headquarters since 1932...
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Legion Juniors Area 6 baseball tourney opens Thursday
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/11)
The McCook First National Bank Juniors will enjoy the home-field advantage in the 2011 Nebraska American Legion baseball Area 6 Tournament. The state-qualifying event will kick off Thursday, July 14, with three first-round games at the Jaycees Sports Complex, located at West M St. in McCook, next door to the Red Willow County Fairgrounds. The double-elimination tournament for Legion teams comprised of players ages 15 and 16 years old runs through Tuesday, July 19...
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