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Friendships ignored when No. 3 Bison face No. 7 Vikings
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Nothing’s better than friends and family facing off on a football field because the game promises to be a little bit feistier. Grrrr..not that Class B No. 3 McCook and No. 7 Grand Island Northwest weren’t already bringing full-speed intensity into this Week 2 showdown at Weiland Field...
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The answer is yes
(Column ~ 08/30/18)
“Does your daughter play sports?” someone asked me. What? How could you tell? Was it the dark circles under my eyes or the lack of color in my face due to minimal amounts of sleep? Was it because I walked hunched over because I sat in the bleachers for an unearthly amount of hours at a time? Was it because my hair still looked like I had my visor on although I took it off hours ago? Or maybe it was because there were some leftover sunflower seed shells stuck to the tops of my tennis shoes? Or could it be that I reek of fast food since last night at 9:30, I had eaten my third Runza cheeseburger combo meal for the week? Wait! I bet I know what it was! Was it because I had a red softball team t-shirt on with a button of my daughter’s picture of her in a uniform pinned to it? Was that how you guessed? That had to be it!. ...
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Think you don't count? The Census Bureau thinks you do
(Editorial ~ 08/30/18)
“In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. And everyone went to their own town to register.” (Acts 2:1,3) Not every census has become part of a story repeated annually for 2,000 years, but that doesn’t mean every census isn’t important...
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Lynn Eugene Williamson
(Obituary ~ 08/30/18)
Lynn Eugene Williamson Aug. 26, 1938 - Aug. 29, 2018 TRENTON, Neb. — Lynn Eugene Williamson passed away Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018 at his rural home near Trenton. He was 80 years old. Lynn was born at the family farmhouse east of Trenton on Aug. 26, 1938, to parents, Lee and Phyllis (Hertz) Williamson. He attended rural school District 55 through eighth grade and graduated high school from The Abbey School in Canyon City, Colo...
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Jacquelyn Ann Frick
(Obituary ~ 08/30/18)
Jacquelyn Ann Frick July 22, 1934 - Aug 29, 2018 TRENTON, Neb. — Jacquelyn Ann Frick died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at Eldorado Nursing Home in Trenton. She was 84 years old. Jacquelyn was born on July 22, 1934, at Trenton to parents, Wayne and Pearl (Brown) Taylor. She graduated from Trenton High School in 1952...
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McCook TeamMates chapter changes leadership, starts new year
(Local News ~ 08/30/18)
Lorri Sughroue Associate Editor McCOOK, Neb. — After almost 20 years, McCook TeamMates is going strong with 76 mentors matched with students, but initially, it struggled to get off the ground. Long-time chapter president Dennis Berry, stepping down this year, has been with the program when it first started around 1999 and remembers how the program almost didn’t survive...
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Running through any mid-life crisis
(Community Sports ~ 08/30/18)
Recently, a friend shared a post about extreme exercise as the new mid-life crisis. Rather than buying a new sports car, people are turning to exercise and participation in extreme sporting events as they reach middle age. The article featured 40- and 50-year-olds who had taken up ultra running, usually 50 to 100 mile races, and Ironman triathlons, where you swim, bike and run for 140.1 miles...
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Bison spikers debut at home tonight
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Bison volleyball girls debut with a great home test against 4-0 Hastings tonight at McCook High School. Senior 6’ hitter Cecilia Beahm has blasted 57 kills through these opening Tiger triumphs. Hastings swept through South Sioux City, Norfolk and Yankton, S.D., besides winning a three-set battle with the Bennington Badgers...
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How the Bison and Vikings will line up
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/18)
GRAND ISLAND NW (1-0) at McCOOK (1-0) At Weiland Field Projected starting lineups & top substitutes McCOOK Bison Offense WR 12 James Mockry 5-8 145 Sr. Defense Special Teams GI NORTHWEST Vikings Offense...
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