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Lorene F. Butter
(Obituary ~ 05/02/05)
Feb.14, 1929-April 29, 2005 ARAPAHOE -- Lorene Frances Butter, 76, died Friday (April 29, 2005) at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge. She was born Feb. 14, 1929, to Thomas and Essie (Wiley) Ungles in Bethany, Mo. She attended school in Palisade. After school she helped her mother run the grocery store in Palisade...
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Bison track teams excel at Holdrege despite chilly weather conditions
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/05)
HOLDREGE -- Considering the less than ideal weather conditions, the McCook High School boys and girls track teams peformed admirably, said coaches John Gumb and Steve Clapp. "Once again we did not have ideal weather conditions to compete under," said Gumb, the Bison boys coach. "In fact, considering what it was like earlier in the morning I was shocked that they went ahead with it...
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Nickerson, Cambridge teams dominate RVL track
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/05)
ARAPAHOE -- New records were made in the Republican Valley League Track Meet with Kaci Nickerson of Cambridge setting a new standard in the pole vault, the Cambridge girls team placed third overall and the boys ran away with first. Nickerson, who recently signed to compete in track at the University of South Dakota, cleared 10 feet, 1 inch to finish first in the pole vault...
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Waid Vontz wins RVL golf title
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/05)
BENKELMAN -- Cambridge golfer Waid Vontz won individual medalist honors at the Republican Valley League golf meet at Benkelman Friday. Southern Valley came in second, Cambridge third and Dundy County in fourth. Rounding out were Southwest and Arapahoe in sixth and seventh...
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Dispatching proposal draws fire from county
(Local News ~ 05/02/05)
Red Willow County commissioners were dismayed and disappointed at a proposal for the City of McCook to more than triple what it charges for dispatching the county's sheriff's officers. Police Chief Ike Brown is asking that the city increase the fee its charges the county for dispatching services from $12,000 a year to $46,000 a year. The county now pays $1,000 per month; the increase would mean it would pay $3,833.33 per month...
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A tree grows for Coach Coleman
(Local News ~ 05/02/05)
McCook Senior High's Student Council and the City of McCook Tree Advisory Board plant a flowering "Royalty" crab apple tree in front of McCook Senior High, in memory of coach and teacher Ron Coleman, who died in an accident at his home in November, 2004. ...
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Governor race promises to be a civil one
(Editorial ~ 05/02/05)
The Republican race for the governor's nomination in 2006 should be unlike any other in Nebraska history. What will set the race apart is that the three announced candidates -- Congressman Tom Osborne, current Gov. Dave Heineman and Omaha businessman David Nabity -- have the same priority: to improve the state's economy, especially in rural areas...
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McCook's great cat leash law controversy
(Column ~ 05/02/05)
Recently a controversy has arisen in Wisconsin that promises to get ugly. There is a group that is attempting to convince the state to declare cats as "an unprotective invasive species." They proposed that game licenses be issued so that hunters may shoot stray cats wandering the streets and countryside...
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Peggy J. (Schaffert) Ohrman
(Obituary ~ 05/02/05)
Feb. 12, 1961-April 30, 2005 Peggy Jean Ohrman died Saturday, April 30, 2005, at Community Hospital of McCook after a four-year courageous battle with breast cancer. She was 44 years of age. She was born Feb. 12, 1961, in McCook, the daughter of the late Eugene and Patricia (Wallace) Schaffert...
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