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Area teams hit the hardwood again
(High School Sports ~ 01/03/06)
The basketball season hits full swing again this week. Area teams like Cambridge, Arapahoe and Perkins County take the top ten in girls Class D-1 and C-1 ratings. Arapahoe and Cambridge's boys also hit the top 10 in D-1 along with Wauneta-Palisade. Wallace's boy's came in the seventh spot in the Class D-2...
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Herbie Husker named top mascot
(College Sports ~ 01/03/06)
NcLEAN, Va. -- After months of fierce competition, University of Nebraska's Herbie the Husker proved he's top of the heap, having raked in the most votes to earn the coveted title of Capital One Mascot of the Year. Herbie edged out the ever-stylin' Sam the Minuteman from UMass in the championship round...
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McCook boys hoops roundup
(High School Sports ~ 01/03/06)
GRAND ISLAND -- The McCook High School boys basketball team finished seventh at the Greater Nebraska Activities Conference Thursday through Saturday at Grand Island with a 1-2 record. The Bison (3-6) are in action this Friday at Hershey and will be at home against Sidney on Saturday night...
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Elenora Josephine Edgett
(Obituary ~ 01/03/06)
May 10, 1917--Dec. 30, 2005 OBERLIN -- Elenora Josephine Edgett, 88, died Friday (Dec. 30, 2005) at the Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born May 10, 1917, in rural Jennings to Joseph Fred Krizek and Ella Anna Heilman. She attended Fairview No. 77 and graduated from Dresden High School in 1936...
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Thelma M. Panzer
(Obituary ~ 01/03/06)
Sept. 21, 1916--Jan. 1, 2006 KEARNEY -- Thelma M. Panzer, 89, died Sunday (Jan. 1, 2006) at Northridge Retirement Home in Kearney. She was born Sept. 21, 1916, in North Platte to Carl and Mary (Wills) Thompson. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1935...
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Neva Kahler Erway
(Obituary ~ 01/03/06)
Oct. 22, 1938--Dec. 30, 2005 TROPHY CLUB, Texas -- Neva Kahler Erway, 67, died Friday (Dec. 30, 2005) as the result of Lou Gehrig's Disease. She was born Oct. 22, 1938, in Maywood to Frank and Emma (Hayden) Kahler. She graduated from Maywood High School...
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Leo Joseph Kometscher
(Obituary ~ 01/03/06)
April 29, 1916--Dec. 31, 2005 CAMBRIDGE -- Leo Joseph Kometscher, 89, died Saturday (Dec. 31, 2005) at the Cambridge Hospital. He was born April 29, 1916, in Lawrence to Henry and Catherine (Kuppenbender) Kometscher. He attended school in Lawrence. He married Mary C. Walz on Feb. 23, 1938...
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Brice Rueter
(Obituary ~ 01/03/06)
WAUNETA -- Brice Rueter, 61, died Friday (Dec. 30, 2005) at the Heritage of Wauneta Nursing Home. Survivors include several cousins. Services will be today, 1:30 p.m. MT, at the United Methodist Church of Christ of Wauneta with the Rev. Judy Dye officiating. Inurnment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Wauneta...
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Snowtrap
(Local News ~ 01/03/06)
Taking twice the number of strokes you need to make par is called a "snowman" in golf, but Ellis Sutton gives new meaning to the term during a Monday outing at Heritage Hills. Sutton, who will turn 85 next month, and other golfers, are enjoying the January thaw. (Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette)...
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McCook baby apparently first of the year
(Local News ~ 01/03/06)
It appears the Gazette's "New Year's Baby" of 2006 may be a new little boy born Jan. 1, at Community Hospital of McCook. April Kendall of McCook reports that she and her husband, Michael, have a new son, Isaiah, born at 7:59 a.m., Monday. Isaiah's arrival was about two weeks early, April said, and he weighed 5 pounds, 14.4 ounces...
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Stop and enjoy the area vistas
(Editorial ~ 01/03/06)
The eastern sky was painted with beautiful shades of orange this morning, as the morning sun glistened through the clouds to create a spectacular sunrise in the High Plains of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas. As the New Year begins, it was a reminder to all of us to take time to appreciate the scenic splendor which surrounds us. The beauty is there to behold. It's up to us to take time to view -- and feel -- the majesty of nature...
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Labor costs excessive
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/03/06)
**Dear Editor, To the Irrigators of the Frenchman Cambridge Irrigation District: I have followed the irrigation district budget hearing for the last two years. I am concerned with the labor cost. With the 3 percent raise, and another 3 percent increase for health insurance this year's labor costs will run over $510,000...
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