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Bison going for 3-peat
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/04)
McCook takes on Lincoln Pius X in Class B state championship game d. "Their tackles are 275 and 260 and ours are 210. They have 40-45 pounds per man across the front on us. Not a lot can be made of that. "We're a finesse team and we try to run by people. We're both running teams on offense and use eight-man fronts on defense. I can't see either team doing anything different than what they've done all season."...
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Changing the landscape
(Local News ~ 11/19/04)
Pallets of concrete interlocking blocks await warmer weather before being placed along the banks of the ponds at Barnett Park. The blocks will be used to shore up the banks of the ponds in order to prevent erosion. Kyle Potthoff, McCook Public Works Director, said fish will most likely be replaced in the pond in the spring...
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Eustis church damaged by fire
(Local News ~ 11/19/04)
EUSTIS -- A fire caused minimal damage to a church in Eustis Wednesday evening, although a utility company's refusal to help after the blaze has Frontier County Sheriff Dan Rupp seeing red. Sheriff Rupp said a woman from Eustis called his office at 7:18 p.m., saying that the Methodist Church in Eustis was on fire...
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A Thanksgiving Day message
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/19/04)
Greetings: In just a few short days, hopefully, you, with family members and friends will gather to celebrate the traditional THANKSGIVING DAY festivities. In anticipation of this very important day in our lives may I offer my annual THANKSGIVING DAY MESSAGE:...
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Trying to understand the four- and five-man front
(Column ~ 11/19/04)
Win or lose, the high school football season comes to a close Saturday. This leaves a little less than nine months for us non-football experts to return for the 2005 season with a better understanding of the sport. Often it's hard for me to listen to a football game or read about football without confusion. ...
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Communities could learn lesson from small town success
(Editorial ~ 11/19/04)
Bassett chosen as winner at Community Involvement banquet
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Lydia M. Ruf
(Obituary ~ 11/19/04)
Aug. 25, 1914-Nov. 17, 2004 Lydia Marie Ruf diedWednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 90. She was born Aug. 25, 1914, on the family farm in the Tyrone Precint of Red Willow County. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary (Amen) Ruf Sr. ...
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Rollo Brown
(Obituary ~ 11/19/04)
June 4, 1917-Oct. 7, 2004 LAKIN, Kan. -- Rollo V. Brown, 87, of Kendall, Kan., died Oct. 7, 2004, at High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kan. He was born June 4, 1917, in Danbury to Victor and Etta (Winters) Brown. He graduated from Danbury High School in 1934...
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