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Richard Smock captures 215 title at Best of the West wrestling meet
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/04)
Dallas Korus places 2nd at 119 pounds SCOTTSBLUFF -- McCook High School senior wrestler Richard Smock won both of his matches Tuesday in the 215-pound weight class at the Best of the West Invitational. The tournament, featuring top-four ranked grapplers from Nebraska and Wyoming in each weight class, took place at the Scottsbluff High School gymnasium...
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Dundy County girls, boys fall at Oberlin Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/04)
OBERLIN -- In a 7-5 overtime, the Dundy County girls basketball team opened the Oberlin Invitational Tourney Tuesday with a 40-38 loss to Quinter, Kan. Atwood defeated Cambridge 44-38 and Hoxie cruised to an 80-51 win over St. Francis in the other opening-round games played Tuesday...
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(High School Sports ~ 01/21/04)
No. 5 Herndon moves to 10-0 HERNDON -- The Herndon Beavers defeated a solid Jennings Coyotes team Tuesday night to improve to 10-0. Jennings fell to 9-4. Hemdon, ranked fifth in Kansas Class 1A according to the Salina Journal, fought back and forth all night with numerous lead changes and ties...
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No. 5 Herndon moves to 10-0
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/04)
No. 5 Herndon moves to 10-0 HERNDON -- The Herndon Beavers defeated a solid Jennings Coyotes team Tuesday night to improve to 10-0. Jennings fell to 9-4. Hemdon, ranked fifth in Kansas Class 1A according to the Salina Journal, fought back and forth all night with numerous lead changes and ties...
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Medicine Valley girls dominate Maywood
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/04)
CURTIS -- State-ranked Medicine Valley jumped out to a 58-15 halftime lead over Maywood and never looked back. The Raiders went on to an 86-30 win Tuesday night in girls basketball action with 11 players scoring. In addition to 3 steals, Medicine Valley's Taylor Wolfe finished with a double-double on 27 points and 10 rebounds. Jessica Jorgensen provided another dozen points and pulled down 8 from the boards...
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Betty Jean (Esch) Newton
(Obituary ~ 01/21/04)
PAOLI, Ind. -- Betty Jean (Esch) Newton, 77, of Eckerty, Ind., died Dec. 29, 2003, at Paoli Health and Living Center in Paoli, Ind. She was born May 30, 1926, to Edward and Marie (Kisker) Esch in McCook. She grew up in the Ash Creek Community and graduated from Red Willow High School in 1944...
- People, Pets, and Places Page 120 (Features ~ 01/21/04)
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We must keep moving forward
(Editorial ~ 01/21/04)
Dear Editor, A decision was made to discontinue a water project -- a project that had merit and initial data showed promise. Mistakes were made, emotions escalated, and the distrust exhibited on projected costs and methodology moved the council to discontinue the northern project and return to a previous path...
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Rewiring a 'Type B' personality
(Column ~ 01/21/04)
My older sister Debi is a classic Type A personality. She is always on the go, running to and fro from event to event or project to project. Soon after completing her accounting degree, she began studying for her real estate license. Successfully completing that course of study, she has added real estate sales to her list of things to do in a day. ...
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Final decision, or just another turning point?
(Editorial ~ 01/21/04)
And, so, once again, a decision has been reached about how McCook will attempt to solve the city's long-simmering water quality problem. Faced with an eruption of objections from Frontier County landowners, Mayor Jerda Garey changed her vote Monday night. In s0 doing, she sided with Councilmen Phil Lyons and Jim Kenny in their belief that McCook should first explore the availability of safe additional water supplies to the south...
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TeleFuture Opportunities
(Local News ~ 01/21/04)
Dr. Michael Chipps, president of Mid Plains Community College Area offers the opening comments for the TeleFuture Opportunities Conference in McCook this morning. The conference is sponsored by the McCook Economic Development Corporation, Southwest Nebraska Resource Conservation and Development and McCook Community College. ...
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