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New IRS rules not needed for acts of kindness
(Editorial ~ 05/05/17)
President Donald Trump said he was giving churches their “voices back” with an executive order, issued on the National Day of Prayer, directing the IRS to limit restrictions on political activity by churches. The order affects the Johnson Amendment of 1954, sponsored by then Sen. ...
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Odds and ends
(Column ~ 05/05/17)
The following are short quips of newsworthy stories picked up from the national media over the past week that some of you will find interesting. Sources are quoted when they are known. Former Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, along with ex-New York Yankee star Derek Jeter won a bidding auction to buy the Florida Marlins baseball team for a reported 1.3 billion dollars. Bush is expected to be the principle owner...
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Carson C. Williams
(Obituary ~ 05/05/17)
Carson C. Williams June 14, 1924 - April 15, 2017 HOLDREGE, Neb. — Funeral services for Carson C. Williams were Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege, with Pastors Paul Bauman, Murray Jones, and Harold Berry, officiating. Interment was in the Prairie Home Cemetery at Holdrege, following the services with military rites provided by the United States Navy Funeral Honors Team...
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Trojan girls take the Twilight
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/17)
ALMA, Neb. – The Cambridge girls continued their domination of area meets with 140 points to win Thursday’s Twilight Track-Field Invitational. Other Gazette-area teams competing were Southern Valley (fourth, 51), Arapahoe (fifth, 49), Southwest (seventh, 28) and Medicine Valley (eighth, 23)...
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Riders rule Alma invite
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/17)
ALMA, Neb. — Southwest’s boys scored 107 points to top rival Cambridge and seven other teams at the Twilight Track-Field Invitational. A rundown of top placers will be featured in Monday’s Gazette. The Roughriders fought off Cambridge (91.5) and Medicine Valley (84)...
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One stroke stops SV home title quest
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
OXFORD, Neb. — RPAC rivals played a great tournament again with Alma edging Southern Valley by one stroke for the Knipping Invitational title Thursday. The Cardinals scored 356 with Eric Kovarik firing a title-winning 83. Southern Valley (357) featured four top 10 finishers in Ryder Lewis (second, 86), Trent Krejdl (fourth, 88), Riley Mustin (sixth, 91) and Chaston Burgeson (ninth, 92)...
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Bison junior high girls win North Platte title
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/17)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — McCook’s champion hurdlers reached their record times while helping the junior high girls win Tuesday’s North Platte Invitational. Jorlynn Chauncy conquered the 100-high hurdles (17.6) by only three-10ths of a second over teammate Ainsley Taylor (17.9)...
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Bison JH boys win invite by one point
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/17)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — NBA playoff fans can only wish for a 118-117 thriller like the McCook Junior High track-field boys put on against Ogallala Tuesday. With several Bison such as Sullivan Arnold running his career bests, the Bison edged their Indian foes by one point to claim a North Platte Invitational team title...
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McCook girls make GNAC top two
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/17)
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — McCook coach Brent May marveled at one of the Bison girls’ best GNAC track and field team efforts in recent memory. The Bison tied for second place with Lexington, outscoring every other except powerhouse champion Kearney. “We actually didn’t know that until we were on our way home,” May revaled during a radio interview Thursday evening. “There was an error in totaling up points after the meet.”...
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McCook girl joins 100-win tennis club
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/17)
KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook’s amazing 100-win tennis club picked up a third member when junior Cassiddy Beeby captured four Kearney Catholic Invitational wins on Thursday. No. 1 singles player Beeby joined seniors Lauren Koetter and Kacee Samway as current Bison who’ve topped the century mark on tennis courts...
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Bison boys reach new record at GNAC
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/17)
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Never before had McCook boys won seven GNAC event championships until Thursday’s super performance at Bearcat Stadium. “It was a great day,” coach Tom Sughoue confirmed as McCook scored 99 points to place only behind Class A Kearney with 147...
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Housley birthday
(Birthdays ~ 05/05/17)
90th birthday The family of Millie Housley of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. She was born in 1927 in McCook, Her family includes children, Gary Housley of McCook, Linda and Dan Haines of Culbertson, Neb., Cindy and Steve Quigley of Indianola, Neb., Terri and Tim Stevens and Cheryl Collins, all of McCook; 11 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. ...
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Garrett birth
(Births ~ 05/05/17)
Beaux Emerson Garrett Michael and Alyssa Garrett of Colorado Springs, Colo., announce the birth of their son, Beaux Emerson Garrett, who was born March 1, 2017, at Colorado Springs. He weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 and 1/4 inches long. He has one brother, Deiken, 10. Grandparents are Doug and Stephanie Lambert of McCook, Nanette Garrett of Fort Collins, Colo., and the late Richard Schutt...
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Stubbs, Loibl engagement
(Engagement ~ 05/05/17)
Stubbs, Loibl Rachel Eufemia Stubbs and Dominick Neil Loibl, both of McCook, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Randy and Traci Stubbs of Maxwell, Neb., and the late Susan Sinclair. Grandparents are the late Ray and Elsie Stubbs and the late Lynn Sinclair, all formerly of California, and Kevin and Dwana Paul of Maxwell...
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Fisher, Krause engagement
(Engagement ~ 05/05/17)
Fisher, Krause Mr. and Mrs. Kendal Fisher of Oberlin, Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. Tim Krause of McCook, Neb., announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Keatra J. Fisher to Jake Krause. The bride-to-be was born and raised in Oberlin and graduated from Decatur County High School in 2013. She completed her cosmetology training and received her license at McCook Beauty Academy in September, 2014. She owns and operates the salon, “Rhinestones and Studz” in Oberlin...
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Rouse, Cacy engagement
(Engagement ~ 05/05/17)
Rouse, Cacy Tiarra Rouse and Matthew Cacy of Kearney, Neb., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Sam Rouse and Todd and Lisa Babka, all of Doniphan, Neb. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Jim and Deb Cacy of McCook, Neb...
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Board approval sought for foreign language, higher lunch prices
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — French will be added as a foreign language choice for high school students, if approved by the McCook Board of Education Monday night at its regular meeting, 6:30 p.m., at the junior high conference room. The board will also be asked to approve a ten-cent increase in breakfast and lunch prices; re-adopt state standard updates for English / Language art and math; a resignation from a Central Elementary teacher and seven new teaching contracts...
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Senators scramble for cash
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — Nebraska legislators facing budgeted revenue shortfalls, and seemingly incapable in recent weeks of coming to a consensus on spending cuts, debated a primary budget bill until after 9 p.m. Wednesday evening and appeared no closer to a solution. They are now looking to reduce reserve accounts and raid cash funds instead of making spending cuts, at least according to one senator...
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Vietnam Veterans Honor Flight
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
LINCOLN, Neb. — 654 Vietnam veterans received the proud welcome they deserved earlier this week, decades after they arrived home from America’s most infamous war. Among the local veterans were Larry Pollman and Dennis Kennedy of Culbertson, Bruce Shipshock, Dave Eaton of McCook, Tom Stritt of Indianola, Carl Seabolt of Benkelman and others, most accompanied by their spouses to the flight leaving from Omaha early Monday morning and welcomed home at Lincoln that evening...
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State tourism director here for town hall meeting Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
McCOOK, Neb. (Red Willow County Tourism) — Celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week, the Nebraska Tourism Commission in conjunction with the McCook/Red Willow County Visitors Bureau will host a town hall meeting in McCook on Tuesday, May 9 at 3:30 p.m. ...
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Quick-thinking clerk helps catch credit-card crooks
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — All it took was just a little more attention from a sales clerk at a McCook business to help law enforcement close in on a couple seeking to defraud McCook and Southwest Nebraska businesses with counterfeit credit cards. Red Willow County Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. ...
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Hero flight
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
Korean War veteran Arthur Hawkinson of Stratton is greeted by active duty military personnel in Washington D.C. on a Dawson County hero flight last week.
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Osborne visit
(Local News ~ 05/05/17)
Lorri Sughroue/McCook Gazette Osborne visit Legendary Nebraska Husker coach Dr. Tom Osborne made a stop in McCook Friday at Sehnert's Bakery, in recognition of the TeamMates mentoring program he started 25 years ago. Osborne said the program began in 1991 when he asked if any of his Nebraska football players would like to mentor seventh and eighth grade boys at Lincoln Public Schools. ...
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