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Trojans top Tigers in super D1-11 final
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Just look what can happen when Cambridge volleyball players finally reached the Graff Events Center Monday night. The “backdraft” of junior Korynn Clason’s sizzling hits might have sent her teammates leaning sideways along Cambridge’s bench...
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Linda Lea Smith
(Obituary ~ 10/30/18)
Linda Lea Smith Jan. 16, 1951 - Oct. 28, 2018 ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Linda Lea Smith, 67, of Arapahoe, died Sunday (Oct. 28, 2018), at the Cambridge hospital. She was born Jan. 16, 1951, in Oberlin, Kan., to Howard and Dixie (Gallentine) Foley. She grew up in Lebanon, Neb., and later attended school in Ogallala, Neb. She married Steven Paul McGuire in 1972 in Colorado. She worked in the nursing field most of her life...
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Rules For Teachers, updated for 2018
(Column ~ 10/30/18)
Not to be out-done by those mean old men who wrote “Rules For Teachers -- 1904,” McCook’s Superintendent of Schools, Grant Nordgaard, and I got together Thursday morning, October 11, 2018, in an attempt to write what we are calling “Rules For Teachers -- 2018.”...
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GOP rally set for Sehnert's on Friday
(Local News ~ 10/30/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Republican officials including Lt. Gov. Mike Foley, Attorney General Doug Peterson, GOP candidates John Murante for state treasurer and Bob Evnen for secretary of state will be in McCook for a rally Friday. It will be 10 to 11 a.m. at Sehnert’s Bakery, 312 Norris Ave...
- Frightful lights (Local News ~ 10/30/18)
- 'Live smoke' training training (Local News ~ 10/30/18)
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A jewel in the community
(Column ~ 10/30/18)
Grannie and I attended a “Night on the Hill” this week. A host of volunteers working to make this community an ever better place to call home. Music, specialty snacks and tidbits to eat, libations in moderation, friendly conversation, a raffle and silent auction. Great prizes. Yes, it was the annual Hillcrest Foundation fundraiser and a great night out with friends who are pillars in our community...
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Could 'War of the Worlds' broadcast still happen today?
(Editorial ~ 10/30/18)
Eighty years ago today, many radio listeners tuning in late to the popular CBS broadcast, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, thought it had been interrupted by breaking news bulletin. What sounded like a normal evening radio broadcast of dance music was interrupted by reports of sightings of odd explosions on Mars...
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Planning is the key to long-term growth
(Column ~ 10/30/18)
One of my favorite shows growing up was the A-Team. The show was about four Vietnam veterans, framed for a crime they didn’t commit, helping the innocent while on the run from the military. Every week, it looked like they were in over their heads and this would be the time they would be caught and sent to military prison. ...
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Rotary helps stock backpacks with weekend food for kids
(Local News ~ 10/30/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Rotary Club purchased $1,000 worth of food and helped pack it into backpacks for the McCook Elementary School food backpack program. The program provides students with easy-to-fix food items that they can take home for the weekend. ...
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Longhorns advance but Warriors, Eagles are stopped
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/18)
BRADY, Neb. — Chase County will play for a C1-11 subdistrict volleyball title after Monday’s thrilling five-set semifinal win over the Hershey Panthers. Hershey brought a 21-11 record into the tourney but couldn’t stop No. 3-seed Chase County (17-13 record)...
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Broncos, Raiders soar in showdown
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/18)
Wauneta-Palisade senior Monique Gooden (right) soars to try and put a point past Medicine Valley blocker Acelyn Klein (left) during the D2-8 subdistrict semifinal at Imperial Monday night. The Broncos prevailed in three sets but lose a tough five-set finale to Maywood-Hayes Center as mentioned on Page 8. Wauneta-Palisade finished 15-11 this season while the Raiders posted a 6-18 record...
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MCC enters 'must win world' at Region IX
(College Sports ~ 10/30/18)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The McCook Community College volleyball team will take on Sheridan College in the opening round of the Region IX tournament starting Wednesday at 11 a.m. (10 a.m. MST). The Lady Indians are one of eight teams playing in a “win-or-go-home play-in game.” A change in the post-season tournament format will see teams seeded within the south and north divisions playing each other to open tournament play...
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Tigers take out Falcons in four
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Senior Adalene Krutsinger’s 19 kills and double-digit powerhouse Grace Frederick helped Dundy County-Stratton win a great D1-11 semifinal over Hitchcock County Monday evening. The Falcons (16-13 record) took their first set, 25-23, just as they did during an RPAC semifinal two weeks ago...
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Wolves win D2-8 behind 50-kill dynamite duo
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/18)
IMPERIAL, Neb. — Words can barely describe how great Maywood-Hayes Center’s D2-8 comeback finals victory was for coach Kory Rohde and all Wolves fans. “What a game!” Rohde proclaimed about the 17-25, 22-25, 25-17, 25-22, 15-12 victory over rival Wauneta Palisade at Chase County High School...
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Bison diamond duo garners all-state mention
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/18)
LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook High’s ever-improving softball team earned recognition from the Lincoln Journal-Star last weekend. Juniors Kaylin Martin and Candace Coleman were among the Class B All-State honorable mentions in Sunday’s Journal-Star. No Bison delivered more hits than this duo as both Coleman and Martin totaled 32 in 31 games this season...
- Esther M. Steinke (Obituary ~ 10/30/18)
- Nicholas Lee Keller (Obituary ~ 10/30/18)
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