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Hard work pays off in playoffs
(Column ~ 10/29/01)
Once again, high school football teams in Southwest Nebraska have demonstrated their superiority, with five qualifying for the Nebraska state playoffs. Wednesday night, the five teams will begin their quest for championship honors when they square off against other playoff contenders in first round, quarterfinal contests...
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Lester C. Powers
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
Lester C. Powers TRENTON -- Lester C. Powers, 83, of Trenton, died Friday (Oct. 26, 2001) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Aug. 5, 1918, at Trenton to Charles Franklin and Anna Catherine (Morgan) Powers. He grew up at Trenton, and graduated from Trenton High School in 1936...
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Georga B. Olmsted
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
Georga B. Olmsted ARAPAHOE -- Georga B. Olmsted, 93, of Arapahoe died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital at Cambridge. She was born April 15, 1908, at Hendley to Frank and Lora (Mellinger) Bruening. She was a life long resident of Furnas County. She graduated from Beaver City High School with the class of 1925. Following graduation she taught rural county school for three years...
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Charles C. Taylor
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
Charles C. Taylor ENDERS -- Charles Crandall Taylor, 85, died Saturday (Oct. 25, 2001) on his farm east of Enders. He was born June 17, 1916, at Lincoln, to Charles J. and Grace (Crandall) Taylor. He was raised on the Taylor and Crandall Ranch north of Enders. He started farming at the age of 18 years on a different farm north of Enders...
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Marvel Emma (Snook) Voels
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
Marvel Emma (Snook) Voels STRATTON -- Marvel Emma (Snook) Voels, 91, of Stratton, formerly of Sioux Falls, S.D., died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at her home in Stratton. She was born Jan. 3, 1910, at Luverne, Minn., to Wesley and Sylvia (Pokett) Snook. The family moved to Sioux Falls when she was a young girl...
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Charles D. Ridenour
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
Charles D. Ridenour HOLDREGE -- Charles David Ridenour, 77, died Thursday (Oct. 25, 2001) at Holdrege Memorial Homes. He was born Nov. 2, 1923, in Phelps County to Clinton and Verna (Henderson) Ridenour. He attended rural school north of Holdrege and graduated from Holdrege High School with the class of 1942. He was employed by Sears at Minneapolis, Minn., for a few years after high school. He then returned to Holdrege where he was engaged in farming until his retirement...
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One-stop shopping at McCook's first post office
(Features ~ 10/29/01)
In the early 1870s, there was considerable acreage along the Republican River devoted to crops. Although there was a lack of rain (some things never change) crops were quite good and by the middle 1870s immigrants began to arrive in Southwest Nebraska in large numbers...
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Clergy appreciation month
(Column ~ 10/29/01)
Dear Editor October was Clergy Appreciation Month, designated by several Christian organizations, denominations, publishers, bookstores, and radio stations to encourage people of faith around the world to say to those in ministry, "You are appreciated and loved!" Before this month is gone, I want to express my appreciation to the clergy in our community and the surrounding area...
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Squeeze is on
(Column ~ 10/29/01)
In regard to the idea of making lemonade out of lemons regarding the airport situation -- about the only lemonade I see is to "squeeze the juice" out of the McCook taxpayers.
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Elizabeth Joseph
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
Elizabeth Joseph CAMBRIDGE -- Mary Elizabeth Joseph, 85, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at the Cambridge Manor. She was born May 29, 1916, at Wilcox to Edward Thomas Sr. and Grace Ella (Hutchison) Purinton. The family moved to Cambridge during the 1920s. She graduated from Cambridge High School in 1933...
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