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McCook boys tennis team opens season Friday at Kearney Quad
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/04)
The McCook High School boys tennis team opens the 2004 season Friday at Kearney. The Bison netters will take on Kearney, Kearney Catholic and Holdrege in a quadrangular meet at 1:30 p.m. The Bison finished 12th at the Nebraska Class B state tournament last year -- the program's most successful season in 25 years...
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Bill Baker
(Obituary ~ 08/26/04)
Jan. 30, 1934-Aug. 23, 2004 IMPERIAL -- Bill DeWayne "Billy" Baker, 70, died Monday (Aug. 23, 2004) at the Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. He was born Jan. 30, 1934, to Clyde and Pearl Baker in Ragen. He later moved to Hamlet where he attended school. The family moved to rural Hamlet and he started to attend country school. He continued his education in Palisade...
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Virginia Mae Chipperfield
(Obituary ~ 08/26/04)
Dec. 31, 1930-Aug. 22, 2004 HOLDREGE -- Virginia Mae (Pfeil) Chipperfield, 73, died Sunday (Aug. 22, 2004) at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege. She was born Dec. 31, 1930, to Clarence Lavelle and Nellie Pearl (Sparks) Pfeil in Doniphan. She attended schools in the Grand Island and Kearney area and a school north of McCook. She graduated in 1949 from McCook High School...
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McCook girls golf team hosts invitational Friday at Heritage Hills
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/04)
The 2004 McCook High School girls golf team opens the season Friday morning at home with the McCook Invitational. The tournament will be played at the Heritage Hills golf course. In addition to the Bison squad, other schools competing are Lexington, Minden, Gothenburg, Ogallala and Holdrege...
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Wilma J. (Kompus) Tongish
(Obituary ~ 08/26/04)
May 18, 1930-Aug. 23, 2004 LINCOLN -- Wilma J. (Kompus) Tongish, 74, of Herndon, died Monday (Aug. 23, 2004) at Bryan LGH Medical Center in Lincoln. She was born May 18, 1930, to John and Theresa (Toth) Kompus in Herndon. She graduated valedictorian of her high school class...
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Thelma Karthauser
(Obituary ~ 08/26/04)
July 11, 1916-Aug. 22, 2004 OBERLIN -- Thelma Karthauser, 88, died Sunday (Aug. 22, 2004) at the Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. She was born July 11, 1916, to Paul and Angelina (Fields) Karthauser in Danbury. She was raised in Danbury and attended schools there...
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Speaker: Irrigators must unite
(Local News ~ 08/26/04)
CAMBRIDGE -- Irrigation interests need to stop fighting each other and work together, a Montana logger told a gathering Wednesday night. But one of the architects of Nebraska's current response to the Kansas lawsuit over the Republican River Compact said the only alternative is to let federal courts determine how much water farmers can have...
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No timeline set on MCC master plan
(Local News ~ 08/26/04)
NORTH PLATTE -- Despite the fact that the Mid Plains Community College Area Board of Governors voted unanimously to accept the Master Plan for McCook Community College, concerned residents shouldn't worry about it happening any time soon. "We're approving a vision for the future," said board member Kent Miller. "We're not approving a timeline ..."...
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Crucial water issues make headlines
(Editorial ~ 08/26/04)
If you have any doubts about the crucial importance of water in Southwest Nebraska, all you have to do is read the front pages of this week's area newspapers. Large headlines -- carrying news of water developments -- appear in the Arapahoe Public Mirror, the Benkelman Post & News-Chronicle, the Cambridge Clarion, the Hitchcock County News, the Indianola News and the Courier Times serving Hershey, Sutherland and Paxton...
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A good idea
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/26/04)
**Dear Editor, Regarding using Weiland Field as part of the college campus. I think this is a good idea. We need to keep the campus as closely connected as possible. The practice field west of the high school would surely be an acceptable place for our football games. People who attend the games can congregate there as easily as Weiland Field...
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Wants recipes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/26/04)
**Dear Editor, We live in Tualatin, Oregon ... a southern suburb of Portland which is near I-5 and I-205. We moved here from Lincoln. My mother grew up in the Ash Creek area and we still have relatives there, in McCook and Indianola. We are originally from southwest Nebraska. ...
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On truth
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/26/04)
**Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing the truth to be printed in your newspaper. I would like to correct a sentence from my last letter on 8-24 A.D. 2004. About halfway down in the second column, concerning the A.C.L.U., it reads "... if someone will steal from you, they will steal from you." It should read, "... if someone will steal for you, they will steal from you."...
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Good day, sir
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/26/04)
**Dear Editor, Mr. Anderson, our discourse has been, to me, fun. I enjoy a good debate, it keeps the mind open to new ideas. It has been brought to my attention that the opinion page of the Gazette isn't really the proper place for religious discussion. It was also brought to my attention that your silence on the main part of my commentary about Jesus not being welcome spoke volumes. You chose to address the eye of a needle. That was the easy path...
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