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Simple swaps for serious flavor
(Weekend Menu ~ 07/22/16)
From burgers to barbecued chicken, many of the best grilled foods are served with creamy condiments -- often packing on calories and fat. Next time you're ready to grill, experiment with new ways to create simple but robust flavors using fewer ingredients through simple swaps...
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Clifford, Emanuel engagement
(Engagement ~ 07/22/16)
Clifford, Emanuel Katie Clifford and Bryant Emanuel, both of Hayes Center, Neb., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Dennis and Jane Clifford of Valparaiso, Neb. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Tom and Linda Emanuel of North Bend, Neb...
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Bley anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 07/22/16)
60th Anniversary The children of Ervin and Elaine Bley of McCook would like to honor their parents by having a card shower for their 60th anniversary on Monday, Aug. 1. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 110 East O Street, McCook, NE 69001. (No gifts please)...
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Powell birthday
(Birthdays ~ 07/22/16)
102nd birthday The family of Zilah N. Powell of Mount Pleasant, S.C., is hosting a celebration in honor of her 102nd birthday Wednesday, July 27. She was born in Grant, Neb. and graduated from Stratton High School in 1932. Her family includes her husband, the late W. ...
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Sanborn maps have wealth of information on McCook homes
(Column ~ 07/22/16)
To answer my own question, which I seem to be doing more and more as I get older, the Water Works Park is today our Norris Park. How, you might ask, do I know this tidbit of history? No, I am not THAT old! I know it because the Genealogy library has Sanborn Maps for 1889, 1897, 1909 and 1921. The 1909 map shows the water works park location...
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Ward birthday
(Birthdays ~ 07/22/16)
80th birthday The family of Crystal Ward of Indianola is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday on Monday, Aug. 1. Cards will reach her at 924 "D" St, Indianola, NE 69034.
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PSC denies Black Hills proposal
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Nebraska Public Service Commission rejected an application for a Cost of Service Gas Hedge Agreement from Black Hills Energy earlier this week. Commissioners unanimously denied the application in an order handed down Tuesday morning...
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A Hooker and a hot-rod
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
Dirk Bauerle of Imperial on "High Dollar Hooker" and Andrew Uerling of McCook, in his old International rat rod, wow the crowd at the second annual Red Willow County Fair and Heartland Pulling truck and tractor pull in McCook Thursday evening. Bauerle and his "Hooker" won third in the 8,500-pound "Hot Farm Tractor" division, pulling 303.85 feet. ...
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Grand, reserve
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
Jake O'Dea, left, shows the 2016 Red Willow County 4-H overall grand champion market beef, and big brother G shows the reserve champion, in brutal heat late Friday morning (already in the mid-90s) on the fairgrounds in McCook. Jake's steer, "Mr. Big," is a 1,418-pound Charolais cross; G's, "Hairy," is a 1,294-pound Simmental/Angus. The boys are the 12- and 15-year-old sons of Michelle and John O'Dea of rural Indianola...
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Long-time Benkelman Doctor Kenneth C. Stout dies at 97
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
BENKELMAN, Neb. -- One of this region's -- if not this nation's -- last true 'country docs,' Kenneth C. Stout, M.D., passed from this earthly existence Thursday afternoon, expiring peacefully at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman, the place that had been his home for the final years of his life...
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Frontier County Head Start taking applications
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Frontier County Head Start is now taking applications for the 2016-17 year. The home-based model is parent-focused and works with the adults in each household to work with their child as the child's first and primary teacher. Head Start, a program of Community Action Partnership of Mid Nebraska (Mid), provides comprehensive services to 10 families in Frontier and Hitchcock Counties. ...
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Horsemanship counts
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
The new 2016 Southwest Nebraska Rodeo Queen royalty will be crowned at 7:45 p.m., Saturday, July 23, just before the Red Willow County Fair rodeo which starts at 8 p.m. in front of the fairgrounds grandstands in McCook. Contestants competing in the horsemanship division Saturday, July 16 were queen contestants, from left, Chyanne Friehe, daughter of Brad and Jennifer Friehe of Culbertson; and Halee Kohmetscher, daughter of Duane Kohmetscher of Lawrence and the late Laurie Kohmetscher. ...
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Local troopers deserve credit for traffic safety
(Editorial ~ 07/22/16)
Troopers would be the first to say they didn't deserve all the credit, but local troopers certainly deserve their share for helping prevent needless traffic fatalities last year. The McCook Sergeant Area was the only Nebraska State Patrol work area in the state to record zero fatality accidents during the 2015 calendar year...
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We're at a crossroads
(Column ~ 07/22/16)
During the just concluded Republican National Convention, I decided to share a comment on Facebook to gauge the reaction of my friends and I was neither shocked nor surprised when I tallied the responses up. The statement simply said: "I wonder why we are so obsessed with trying to find intelligent life on other planets when we can't even find intelligent life here?"...
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Noah Hofman lands spot on NGA K/N team for 3rd time
(High School Sports ~ 07/22/16)
ANDOVER, Kan. -- Noah Hofman of McCook, Neb., has been selected to play on the Nebraska Golf Association Junior Kansas/Nebraska cup team again. This is Noah's third time on this team and it's the first time that a junior player has ever been on the team three times...
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MFL action
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
A player struggles for more yardage during a McCook Football League game last year. The MFL opener is at Weiland field tonight with games Tuesday and Wednesday next week, 8:30 p.m.
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Seniors in action
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
Kaden Sitzman hits a triple during the MNB Seniors final game of the regular season last week. The No. 1-seeded Seniors faced No. 6 Gothenburg in the B6 state opener in Broken Bow at 1 p.m. today and if they win they'll face Broken Bow or O'Neill at 4 p.m. Saturday. No. 2 Holdrege plays No. 5 Hershland at 4 p.m. today and No. 3 Broken Bow plays No. 4 O'Neill at 7 p.m. today...
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Kids and their toys
(Local News ~ 07/22/16)
Four-year-old Brody Campbell pedals hard in the "Lil Red Draggin" pedal tractor contest Thursday evening during the Red Willow County fair in McCook. Across the fairgrounds, pretty, petite Jaz Lussetto -- just 14 years older than Brody -- does more than pedal, as she's strapped into "Turbulence," a "tractor" powered by a Huey helicopter engine to compete in the "Modified" division of the Heartland Pullers tractor and truck pull. ...
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Kenneth C. Stout, M.D.
(Obituary ~ 07/22/16)
Dr. Kenneth C. Stout Nov. 1, 1918 - July 21, 2016 BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Kenneth C. Stout was born Nov. 1, 1918, near Hollinger, in Furnas County, Neb., to Joseph Z. and Mable (Fritzer) Stout, and moved with his family to Oxford, Neb., in 1921. He attended school in Oxford and graduated from Oxford High School in 1937...
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Grosskopf birthday
(Birthdays ~ 07/22/16)
95th birthday The family of Dorothy Grosskopf of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 95th birthday Monday, July 25. She was born in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1941. She worked for the telephone company until 1952. She's an avid Husker and McCook Bison fan and follows football and baseball. Her family includes son, Fred Grosskopf and wife, Beth Grosskopf and grandson, Jacob Grosskopf. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 1009 W. 5th St., McCook, NE 69001...
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