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MCC women's basketball team stays alive at Region IX tourney
(College Sports ~ 03/07/06)
LA JUNTA, Colo. -- The 2005-06 season continued for the McCook Community College women's basketball team at the Region IX Tournament being played at Otero Junior College in LaJunta, Colo. The MCC women defeated North Platte Community College 60-51 in a first round game Monday afternoon...
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Bison alum Willie Williams earns accolades
(College Sports ~ 03/07/06)
NORFOLK -- Willie Williams was named to the First Team All-Conference in the Midwest Christian College Conference and Second Team All-Regional for the Southwest Region of the National Christian College Athletic Association. Williams, a McCook High School alum and the son of Mary Lichtenwaldt, McCook, is a sophmore at Nebraska Christian College, where he has played basketball for two years...
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Former city manager back in old job
(Local News ~ 03/07/06)
If McCook's new city manager seems familiar, it's because he is. The search for a city manager ended Monday night when McCook City Council members approved a contract with the former city manager, John Bingham. The contract, approved without an interview, passed 3 to 1 with Councilman Aaron Kicher voting against the approval and Councilmen Jim Kenney, Phil Lyons and Bill Longnecker voting for it. Mayor Dennis Berry was absent from the council meeting...
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County commissioners won't open meetings with prayer
(Local News ~ 03/07/06)
Red Willow County's commissioners won't open their meetings with a prayer or a pledge after a motion to do so failed for lack of a second at their regular weekly meeting Monday morning. Commissioner Leigh Hoyt said that he would like to open commissioners' meetings with a prayer, either by himself or possibly a member of the McCook Ministerial Association, and the recitation of the pledge of allegiance...
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Music, storytelling on tap next week
(Local News ~ 03/07/06)
Everyone is invited to an extraordinary evening of music and storytelling at 7 p.m. next Tuesday, March 14, at McCook's Bieroc Cafe. Sponsored by the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Committee, the program "Bach to Bluegrass" will be an entertaining meeting of the old time fiddle and the classical violin...
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Nebraska needs more thinking outside the box
(Editorial ~ 03/07/06)
Is the drought over? That depends, according to state climatologist Al Dutcher. Texas is still feeling the brunt of the rainfall shortage, but there's no evidence that it will definitely move this far north. How much moisture the state receives through the end of April will determine the breadth of the drought in Nebraska, he told a meeting of the Nebraska Climate Assessment Response Committee...
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No, it's not April Fool's Day yet
(Column ~ 03/07/06)
I came into the office today expecting the Kelley Park McCook Community College controversy to be the main topic of conversation. Instead, I found out from city editor Lorri Sughroue that our next city manager will be pretty familiar to anyone who remembers the last city manager...
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No surprise
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/07/06)
It's no surprise that Nebraska is withering. With a state constitutional amendment making non-heterosexuals unwelcome, I'm certainly not surprised that many other fair-minded Americans would rather live elsewhere. After all, they could be next. via e-mail...
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Did court goof?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/07/06)
Were their decisions on right to life, flag burning, ownership of property erroneous? (The) ruling on (the) Ten Commandments (was) a flawed precedent. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
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City agrees, in concept, with college plans for park
(Local News ~ 03/07/06)
Although the exact details and dimensions have not been worked out yet, McCook City Council members approved in concept the request from McCook Community College to use land in Kelley Park for an expansion project. The college is proposing to construct a 40,000-50,000 square foot event/athletic center, as well as off-street parking, on property adjacent to the college at Kelley Park...
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