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Frances Marie Flaherty
(Obituary ~ 01/23/06)
Jan. 25, 1917--Jan. 20, 2006 Frances Marie Flaherty, 88, died Friday (Jan. 20, 2006) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born in Utica on Jan. 25, 1917, to John and Frances (Conway) Sullivan. She attended school in McCook. She married Patrick Joseph Flaherty on Oct. 13, 1942, in McCook. They made their home for several years north of Indianola, then moved to the McCook area in 1947...
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Paul G. Gehring
(Obituary ~ 01/23/06)
June 18, 1917--Jan. 21, 2006 ARAPAHOE -- Paul G. Gehring, 88, died Saturday (Jan. 21, 2006) at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Arapahoe. He was born June 18, 1917, in Gosper County to Charles J. and Amelia (Hinz) Gehring. He attended Immanuel Lutheran School...
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Bison girls, boys salvage 7th at Colby
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/06)
COLBY -- McCook's basketball teams took seventh in the Annual Paul Wintz Orange and Black basketball Classic Saturday. The Bison girls celebrated a 69-44 victory over Scott City and tied a school record to boot. Beloit won the championship after defeating Wichita South in the girls division...
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Hitchcock County boys crush Paxton
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/06)
TRENTON -- Hitchcock County's boys crushed Paxton Saturday 64-34. Hitchcock County's girls fell short against Paxton 49-34. John Thompson posted 23 points for the Falcon win. Chancy Carlson tallied 11 points. Adam Wright and Josh Kershaw had 9 points...
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Cambridge Trojan boys, girls bring home first-place trophies from Oberlin Invitational tourney
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/06)
OBERLIN -- Cambridge's boys and girls trumped Hoxie for the championship in the Oberlin Tournament Saturday. The girls edged out Hoxie 61-56 in a up and down scoring game. The Trojan boys kept the ball rolling, winning 66-48 against Hoxie. Cambridge's girls are now 10-2 and boys 11-1...
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Campus plan on agenda for college board
(Local News ~ 01/23/06)
McCook Daily Gazette NORTH PLATTE -- A long-term campus development plan for McCook Community College is likely to be modified before this week's meeting of the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at North Campus Room 200 at 1101 Halligan Drive in North Platte...
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California couple sentenced for stolen treasury warrants
(Local News ~ 01/23/06)
OMAHA -- U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon on Jan. 17 sentenced a California couple arrested in Cambridge last summer after they attempted to pass stolen U.S. Treasury warrants. U.S. Attorney Mike Heavican announced Jan. 18 that Maria Lagunas, 28, was sentenced to time served (five months and 21 days) and Michael Munoz, 27, both of Santa Ana, Calif., was sentenced to six months, for their involvement in a conspiracy to forge endorsements on U.S. ...
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Antique car buyers get bargains
(Local News ~ 01/23/06)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The world-renown Barrett-Jackson auction sale of a Trenton man's very collectible cars didn't go as well as hoped. And on top of it all, one of two men who accompanied the cars to Scottsdale, Ariz., got sunburned. Rod Berry of McCook, who, with Clint McKenzie, took Milo Smith's 1937 Pierce-Arrow limousine and his 1928 Packard roadster to the auction said this morning that he and Smith were disappointed in the selling price of both cars...
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MAC attack
(Local News ~ 01/23/06)
Kyle Gaston (55), right, a member of the McCook sixth grade boys basketball team, plays tough defense on Atwood's Marcus Porchey Saturday morning during the MAC Attack basketball tournament, sponsored by the McCook Optimist Club. Fifty teams competed in the tournament and 71 games were played at four sites -- McCook High School, McCook Junior High, St. Patrick's Elementary School and McCook Community College...
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Counting the costs of county consolidation
(Editorial ~ 01/23/06)
There's talk in Lincoln of consolidating Nebraska's 93 counties, reducing the total number of county units to as few as 44. As residents of rural Nebraska, we hope that never happens. In less populated counties, the courthouse is one of the things holding rural areas together. It serves as a place to do basic government business -- paying property taxes, getting licenses, holding court and voting...
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An awesome conference
(Editorial ~ 01/23/06)
The praise keeps coming for the Christian Women's Winter Retreat at the McCook Memorial Auditorium. "Awesome;" "well planned;" "excellent program;" and "very well done" were among the many compliments heard. Because the conference came off so well, it's hard to believe that such a last minute rush was required to get the new stadium seats installed in time...
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Fun event to watch
(Editorial ~ 01/23/06)
While residents of the Golden Plains didn't have the thrill of watching Milo Smith's cars sell, we were introduced to a fascinating experience: the Barrett-Jackson collectible car sale. The event -- televised on the Speed network -- attracted many area viewers because of the sale of Milo's 1928 Packard Roadster and 1937 Pierce-Arrow Limo. Both sold Saturday morning before televised coverage began...
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The aeroplane becomes a weapon of war
(Column ~ 01/23/06)
World War I was a product of miscalculation, misunderstanding, and miscommunication on behalf of all the major players, on both sides of the conflict. No one expected a war of such duration, and no one could imagine a war of the magnitude of destruction that ensued...
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