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State within reach for Rawlings, Cook
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/06)
NORTH PLATTE -- Rebecca Rawlings and Alyssa Cook are both close to qualifying for state in diving. Bison divers competed at North Platte on Friday and Kearney on Saturday. Rawlings placed first at both meets. Matt Hall continues to dominate the boys side with a first-place finish at both meets...
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Arapahoe teams sweep
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/06)
ARAPAHOE -- Arapahoe's boys rolled Northern Valley 74-38 Tuesday. The Arapahoe girls squeezed by the Huskies 59-56. Tony Braithwait led the Warriors with 22 points. Blake Maaske had 12 points and Dillon Breinig had 7. Maaske led in rebounds with 12...
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Wauneta-Palisade boys move up in OWH polls
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/06)
OMAHA -- After two weeks of conferences and tournaments, Wauneta-Palisade's boys move up in the Omaha World Herald basketball rankings. The Broncos are number 3 in Class D-1 up from 4 and 16-2 thus far. Arapahoe's boys are down from number 2 to number 6 this week. The Warriors fell to the Broncos in the GPAC conference this past weekend leaving them 18-1...
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Bison ninth grade girls, boys go undefeated
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/06)
Bison freshman girls team ends season at 9-0 HERSHEY -- The McCook High School freshman girls ended their season a perfect 9-0 Tuesday night with a 47-32 win over Hershey at Hershey. The Bison led a closely contested first half 17-13 before a strong third quarter stretched the lead to 10 at 30-20...
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Dundy County downs McCook-St. Patrick's
(Community Sports ~ 02/08/06)
BENKELMAN -- McCook's St. Pats girls came up short against Dundy County 48-28 Tuesday in the Benkelman tournament. St. Pat's also fell to Dundy County 's seventh graders in the second game 39-28. "The girls played 2 good games.They showed a lot of hustle and defensive effort, " said St. Pats coach Jim Steinke...
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Nebraska-Kansas area prep basketball scores from Tuesday
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/06)
NEBRASKA-KANSAS AREA BASKETBALL SCORES TUESDAY BOYS Arapahoe 74, Northern Valley 38 Chase County 57, Wray, Colo. 53 Hoxie 63, Wheatland (Kan.) 38 Maxwell 73, Maywood 41 Norton 56, Oberlin 37 Oakley 61, Brewster 60 Sharon Springs 68, St. Francis 55 Southern Valley 70, Southwest 35...
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Life returns to historic chimes
(Features ~ 02/08/06)
The restorer who brought back to life the chimes that once rang out over the McCook college campus told those gathered Tuesday for their rededication, "You have a rare treasure here." William Pugh of Manhattan, Kan., said MCC's chimes system is one of only three operating J.C. Deagan first-generation amplified acoustic chimes. Pugh said, "It was well worth the effort to restore them."...
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Searching for the cure
(Column ~ 02/08/06)
Alas, I have run afoul of the law. Or has the law run afoul of me? Time will tell. It was an early morning run for cold medicine. Who knew our old reliable even contained the law-triggering ingredient removing it from its formerly convenient space on the local retailer's shelf?...
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EAS cuts strike at heart of economic development
(Editorial ~ 02/08/06)
Here we go again. While giving lip service to economic growth, the Washing powers that be are pulling the rug out from under one of the key tools rural communities like McCook use to grow. The administration proposes to cut Essential Air Service subsidies by more than half, and require local communities to come up with money to continue the air service that can bring new jobs to town...
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Arlene Coan
(Obituary ~ 02/08/06)
June 10, 1925--Feb. 5, 2006 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Arlene Coan left her family and friends behind to head for Heaven on Sunday morning, Feb. 5, 2006. She was the second-born of Fred and Emma Pennell, and they welcomed her to the world on June 10, 1925. Growing up in Trenton, she learned the small-town values of the greatest generation, among them were kindness, faith, frugality and just a touch of spunk...
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Evan Harold Wach
(Obituary ~ 02/08/06)
July 15, 1986--Feb. 5, 2006 FARNAM -- Evan Harold Wach, 19, died Sunday (Feb. 5, 2006) in an automobile accident near Overton. He was born July 15, 1986, to Gary and Ricky Sue Barnes Wach at Osage, Iowa. He graduated from Eustis-Farnam High School in 2005, where he participated in cross country, football, basketball, track, art, music and FFA...
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Marvin Leroy Castor
(Obituary ~ 02/08/06)
April 26, 1936--Feb. 6, 2006 CURTIS -- Marvin Leroy Castor, 69, died Monday (Feb. 6, 2006) at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He was born April 26, 1936, to Glenn H. and Martha E. Gugelman Castor in Orafino. He graduated from Stockville High School in 1953...
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McCarville anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 02/08/06)
The family of Harold and Phyliss McCarville of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 56th wedding anniversary. They were married Feb. 9, 1950. Their children are Teresa and Dan Brown of Palisade; Tom and Sherri McCarville of Lincoln; and Tim McCarville of McCook. they have seven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 1301 Missouri Ave., McCook, NE 69001...
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