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Seniors, Juniors games at Lexington rained out
(Community Sports ~ 06/16/06)
LEXINGTON -- An American Legion baseball doubleheader at Lexington was rained out Thursday night. The McCook First Central Bank Juniors and McCook National Bank Seniors were slated to play Lexington's teams. The Seniors (10-7) will host a 3 p.m. doubleheader Saturday against Chadron...
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MCC softball camp July 11-13
(College Sports ~ 06/16/06)
The McCook Community College Summer Softball Camp for girls 12 to 18 is set for July 11-13 and will feature professional instruction from college coaches, former athletes, a softball clinician and a fitness trainer. McCook Community College softball coach Della Mitchel heads this year's camp with assistant from Texas Tech University assistant coaches Kellyn Tate and Amy Hanson as well as fitness trainer Robbin Smith...
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Lake Atwood County Challenge Race July 4
(Community Sports ~ 06/16/06)
ATWOOD -- The 26th running of the Lake Atwood County Challenge Race will be on July 4 beginning at 7:30 a.m. The men will run four times around the lake for a distance of 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) and the women will run twice around the lake for a distance of 4 kilometers...
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Entry deadlines approaching for 2006 Cornhusker State Games
(Community Sports ~ 06/16/06)
LINCOLN -- Cornhusker State Games officials have issued a reminder that the early entry deadline for the 2006 Cornhusker State Games is Tuesday. Entries will be accepted from June 21-27 with a $5 late fee. The Games will take place July 14-23 in Lincoln...
- McCook Speedway Thunder on the Plains (Other Sports ~ 06/16/06)
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Fly-in sponsors keep eye on sky
(Local News ~ 06/16/06)
The 2006 Nebraska State Fly-in this weekend at McCook Regional Airport will host balloonists, stunt flyers, vendors and aviation displays, all free to the public and beginning tonight. "This fly-in gives the public a chance to kick the tires and talk to the pilots," said Doug Vap, one of the organizers of the event...
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Dr. Mary E. Nickolaus
(Obituary ~ 06/16/06)
June 19,1933 - May 27, 2006 LOVELAND, Colo. -- Dr. Mary Elizabeth Nickolaus, 72, died May 27, 2006 of polycystic disease. She was born June 19, 1933, in Holdrege, to Bill and Fran Nickolaus. Her hometown was McCook. She lived in Greeley for the past year, before moving to Loveland...
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Dentist, author recalls years in McCook
(Features ~ 06/16/06)
Memories of McCook and reflections on friends living there fill an autobiography written by a former McCook dentist. Harlo "Mac" McKinty, now of Apache Junction, Ariz., has donated a copy of "Mortal Sojourn" to the McCook Public Library. Head Librarian Patty Hall met recently with McCook residents Walt Sehnert and Donna Harr, whose help with the book's layout McKinty acknowledges in the book's preface. ...
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Frank A. Cameron
(Obituary ~ 06/16/06)
March 29, 1917 - June 15, 2006 OBERLIN?-- Frank A. Cameron, 89, died Thursday (June 15, ,2006) at Wesley Towers Long Term Care in Hutchinson. He was born March 29, 1917, to Loe and Anna (Broadbent) Cameron in Dresden, Kan. He attended school at Dresden and graduated high school there...
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Irene Wilma (Hardman) Wagoner
(Obituary ~ 06/16/06)
Oct. 21, 1907 - June 14, 2006 OBERLIN -- Irene Wilma (Hardman) Wagner, 98 years old, died on Wednesday, (June 14, 2006) at Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin, where she was loved and cared for. She was born Oct. 21, 1907, to William and Gertrude (Hutton) Hardman, in a sod house seven mile northwest of Hill City, Kan. ...
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Drought aid welcome, but not enough
(Editorial ~ 06/16/06)
When disasters strike in rural America -- like the devastating drought in the Great Plains -- there's all kinds of talk about how the government is going to help out with emergency assistance. After seven years of disastrous dryness in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas, we know the drill by heart. ...
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Bilking residents
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/16/06)
The (Wilsonville) board has raised water rates for two consecutive years, close to doubling the cost of water. Increases are commonplace in these times, with everything going up, but there has been no improvement in the system. This will show in the water tests -- for many years, the water has failed many tests year after year...
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Map confirmed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/16/06)
This is in response to the criticism by Robert Swanson of the USGS office in Lincoln (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1156630.html). He says the surface water trend map produced by WaterClaim is misleading. Our research and map creation started as a review of the claims made by those wanting to shut down irrigation on the Platte River. This group claimed that there was less water in the Platte now than there used to be...
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Lori (Baumfalk) Hoff
(Obituary ~ 06/16/06)
May 25, 1964 - June 14, 2006 Lori Jean (Baumfalk) Hoff, 42, died Wednesday (June 14, 2006) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born in Oberlin, on May 25, 1964, to Eugene and Cleta (Riley) Baumfalk. She graduated from McCook High School in 1982 and attended McCook Community College...
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Flying in
(Local News ~ 06/16/06)
The Colorado Yak Pak, flying Russian-designed, radial-engined training planes, did a formation fly-over of McCook on Friday afternoon before this weekend's Nebraska State Fly-In at McCook Regional Airport. Events include balloon launchings at 7 a.m. ...
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