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Bison girls tennis squad 2nd at Lexington
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/05)
LEXINGTON -- The McCook High School girls tennis team tied for second at the Lexington Invitational Thursday with 18 points. Holdrege won the team title with 32 points. McCook tied with Lexington and Scottsbluff, followed by Kearney Catholic with 17 points, Ogallala 15 and Alliance 8...
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Crick takes medalist honors at Hastings golf invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/05)
HASTINGS -- McCook High School's Brandon Crick birdied 2 holes on the front and 4 on the back, with just 1 bogey for first-place individual medalist honors at the Hastings Invitational Thursday. Crick posted a final score of 67 at the Lochland Country Club...
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NCTA golfers hit the greens for spring season
(College Sports ~ 04/15/05)
CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture golf team hit the greens with accuracy as they started their spring season. NCTA began the season by hosting the first ever Aggie Invitational at the Arrowhead Meadows Golf Course in Curtis. The NCTA finished second out of five teams with Zak Harrington of Ogallala placing second overall in the individual scores...
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Lewis L. Hoschouer
(Obituary ~ 04/15/05)
Sept. 7, 1914-April 13, 2005 Lewis Leslie Hoschouer, 90, of McCook died Wednesday (April 13, 2005) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Sept. 7, 1914,to Leslie W. and Emma Julia (Orman) Hoschouer at their farm in Hayes County. He attended rural school in Hayes County, high school in Curtis and Maywood and auction school in Sterling, Colo...
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NRD supports recreational trail
(Local News ~ 04/15/05)
CURTIS -- The Middle Republican Natural Resources District has pledged $6,000 a year for each of the next two years toward a walking trail in McCook. At the NRD board's meeting Tuesday, the board adopted a resolution 6-5 to support the building of the McCook recreational trail project...
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Car show set for Barnett Park
(Local News ~ 04/15/05)
McCook's annual spring car show last year brought collectible cars and pickups to downtown McCook. This year's show -- Saturday, May 7 -- moves to Barnett Park. "It's a nice time of the year to get the cars out," said car show organizer Terry Sitzman of McCook. "Come to the park, relax in the shade, and show off your car."...
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A few families can make a big difference
(Editorial ~ 04/15/05)
Talk about a surprise! Residents of Hayes County couldn't believe it this morning when they were told that their county was among the fastest growing counties in the state on a percentage basis between July 1, 2003, and July 1, 2004. New population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, published in today's Omaha World-Herald, show that Hayes County's population rose 1.4 percent in the one-year period to a total of 1,115...
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Conquering the fear of technology
(Column ~ 04/15/05)
Every week I scribble notes for this column down on a scrap of paper. As the week progresses, more information is added. Soon, most of the column is done, yet one task remains. I still have to type it into the computer. Not once have I written an entire column while sitting in front of the computer. Call me Old School, but no one will ever take my pen and paper away...
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Habitat for Humanity -- Family hopes to move in by Thanksgiving
(Local News ~ 04/15/05)
Two-year-old Logan Littrell flung the front door open and called to a visitor: "Come in, come in." Logan, his three-year-old sister, Shaley and mom and dad, Bob and Kylene, are excited about the new home they will help build beginning in late August or early September...
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A little of this and that
(Column ~ 04/15/05)
One of my good friends uses "this and that" a lot when we're having conversations with each other so I thought I would use it in the title of this week's column as a way of informing the readers that I'll be writing about several different things today instead of just a single topic...
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Recreational trail poised for big growth
(Editorial ~ 04/15/05)
McCook's recreational trails -- in development since the early 1990s -- are poised to take major steps forward during the next six months. The starting point came Tuesday evening when the board of directors of the Middle Republican Natural Resources District authorized $6,000 per year for the next two years to help with Phase I of the project...
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Smoke, prairie dogs roll in
(Column ~ 04/15/05)
Deliberations on Monday proved to be productive, as four bills originally referenced to the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee were advanced from Select File to Final Reading. Items for the agenda included only two of these bills; the additional two were amended into other legislation passed throughout the day. Legislative Bills can be redrafted in the form of an amendment and receive a vote if the sections of statute are relevant and related to the actual bill up for debate...
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Lloyd T. 'Willie' Williams
(Obituary ~ 04/15/05)
Aug. 24, 1919-April 13, 2005 LONGVIEW, Texas -- Funeral services for Lloyd T. "Willie" Williams, 85, of Longview, Texas, will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 16, 2005, at Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Longview with the Revs. David Lawson and Gene Petty officiating. Entombment will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum under the direction of Rader Funeral Home. Mr. Williams passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2005, in Longview...
- Margery D. Unger (Obituary ~ 04/15/05)
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Wayne 'Doug' Austin
(Obituary ~ 04/15/05)
Feb. 25, 1921-April 7, 2005 Wayne "Doug" Austin, 84, died April 7, 2005, at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Feb. 25, 1921, in McCook to Charles M. and Blanche E. (Hawkins) Austin. He graduated from McCook High School in 1940. He served during World War II in the U.S. ...
- Robert T. 'Bob' Ray (Obituary ~ 04/15/05)
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LaVonne L. 'Bonnie' Teply
(Obituary ~ 04/15/05)
Oct. 15, 1933-April 14, 2005 LaVonne L. "Bonnie" Teply, 71, of Palisade, died Thursday (April 14, 2005) at Community Hospital of McCook. On October 15, 1933, she was born in Hershey to George and Celia M. (Bodell) Marquette. As a youth the family moved to Sarben where she graduated from the Paxton High School with the class of 1950. ...
- Clifford Moody (Obituary ~ 04/15/05)
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