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Betty June Dugger
(Obituary ~ 10/31/03)
Betty June Dugger, 79, died Wednesday (Oct. 29, 2003) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born Feb. 22, 1924, to Arthur Earl and Esta Helen (Brown) Lawver in Oberlin. She graduated from Oberlin High School in 1943. On Aug. 26, 1947, she married Murray E. Dugger Sr., in Denver, Colo. The couple made their home in McCook where she was a homemaker...
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Hunters, birds returning
(Local News ~ 10/31/03)
While the upcoming pheasant hunting season isn't what it used to be for most McCook motels, it appears that like the birds, the hunters are slowly returning to Southwest Nebraska. Days Inn, Holiday Inn and the Chief Motel have all reported that rooms are still available this weekend for the opening of Nebraska's pheasant season and next weekend for opening weekend of rifle deer season...
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continuing an outdoor tradition
(Editorial ~ 10/31/03)
Let's remember who makes pheasant hunting possible.
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Vote again
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/03)
**Dear Editor, This letter is being written to clarify some issues about the Twin Valley/Republican Valley bond issue that have been unsaid or ignored up to this point. First is the fact that even though Judge Battershell ruled in favor of the school in district court, this case will continue on in a higher court...
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It's hard to leave Halloween behind
(Column ~ 10/31/03)
Somewhere in the early teen-age years, a person makes that monumental jump -- that jump from getting the treats to giving the treats at Halloween. For some, the jump comes early -- about the same time you realize Santa can't possibly make it to everyone's house in the entire world in one night. It's no longer cool to dress up and go begging from door to door for candy when your focus has shifted to begging for dough, so you stay at home to wait for trick-or-treaters...
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Area teams advance
(High School Sports ~ 10/31/03)
Area football teams either won big or lost big in Classes C1, C2, D1 and D2 during the first-round of playoff games on a cold Thursday night. Arapahoe provided the closest game of the night with a 50-48 win over Blue Hill. The Warriors (8-1) will face Silver Lake (7-2) at home Wednesday at 6 p.m...
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MCC women open basketball season Saturday at home
(College Sports ~ 10/31/03)
The McCook Community College women's basketball team returns six sophomores from a squad that finished 14-14 last season. The Indians made a six-win improvement from the previous season. The Indians play their first game at 2 p.m. Saturday against Lincoln School of Commerce at MCC True Hall Gymnasium...
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Riley Burns II
(Obituary ~ 10/31/03)
Riley Burns II, 88, of Trenton, died Thursday (Oct. 30, 2003) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born March 27, 1915, to Riley and Della May (Lentz) Burns in Barlow, Ky. He grew up in Caro, Ill., where he graduated from rural school. In 1938, he married Alice Eastwood. The couple spent their married lives farming in southern Illinois...
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Water rates to council for third time
(Local News ~ 10/31/03)
An increase in the city's water rates will be before the McCook City Council for a third time in as many meetings on Monday. The proposal has been sent back to city administrators three times to examine how the rate increase will affect one of McCook's largest water users, Parker Industrial Hose Division - McCook...
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McCook Free Public Library established
(Column ~ 10/31/03)
The column is changing decades again ... I found out very early Thursday morning that I had indeed already written columns about the fall of 1960. I knew everything was sounding familiar! We're doing the McCook Tribune in 1902. It was a weekly at that time...
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National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
(Column ~ 10/31/03)
October was National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, declared by President George Bush. In making the announcement, he cited statistics indicating there are some 700,000 incidents of domestic violence every year and approximately one-third of women who are murdered each year are killed by their current or former husband or partner. ...
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McCook Bison run record to 9-0
(High School Sports ~ 10/31/03)
Bison extend win streak to 22 games, host playoff game Wednesday
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Bison to battle Vikings again
(High School Sports ~ 10/31/03)
The McCook Bison host Grand Island Northwest again Wednesday in a Class B state playoff first-round game at Weiland Field. Game time will be determined on Monday. The Bison are the top seed in the West bracket. The Vikings still made the playoffs despite a 4-5 record. Crete defeated Beatrice 20-7 Friday night, which gave GINW the final wild card spot...
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Elfie M. Johnson
(Obituary ~ 10/31/03)
TRENTON -- Elfie M. Johnson, 90, died Friday (Oct. 31, 2003) at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was born Jan. 11, 1913, to Alfred and Mabel (Haining) Edwards in Hitchcock County. She grew up in the Stone Church community southwest of Culbertson. She graduated from McCook High School in 1936. She attended McCook Junior College, Kearney State College and the University of Nebraska...
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