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Location for NSAA rules meeting has changed to MCC
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/06)
The location for the NSAA-sponsored rules meeting for volleyball and football has been changed from McCook Senior High School to McCook Community College. The volleyball rules meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday. The football rules meeting is 7 p.m. Wednesday...
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Passengers take search in stride
(Local News ~ 08/11/06)
Passengers checking their luggage at McCook Regional Airport this morning were good natured as they checked their pockets and purses for any liquid, gels or lotions. Air flight passengers are prohibited from carrying those items with them on board due to heightened security levels at airports around the nation. Terror alerts were elevated to Orange because of Thursday's foiled terrorist plot in London...
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Work plentiful for WEC offenders
(Local News ~ 08/11/06)
Almost $1 million has been estimated in cost savings to agencies in the area, due to work done by road crews from McCook's Work Ethic Camp, Raleigh Haas said at the WEC Community Involvement meeting Thursday. According to recent demographic statistics, as of July, a total of $981,235 has been saved since 2001, using the $5.15 minimum wage, with 190,531 hours put in since that time. ...
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Ag college deserves
(Editorial ~ 08/11/06)
Time to spread the word and tap into NCTA's powerful potential.
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Keenportz anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 08/11/06)
The children of Bud and Judy Keenzportz are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Aug. 15, 1956. Cards of congratulations can reach the couple at 805 West 12th, McCook, Ne 69001.
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Melvin Eugene Kogl
(Obituary ~ 08/11/06)
April 19, 1935 - Aug. 9, 2006 HERNDON -- Melvin Eugene Kogl, 71, died Wednesday (Aug. 9, 2006) at Collier Hospice Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo. He was born April 19, 1935, to Clemens (Clem) and Alvina (Nehring) Kogl in Herndon. He attended Herndon Schools and graduated from high school in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army for two years...
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Verna Fern Cormack
(Obituary ~ 08/11/06)
Nov. 17, 1932 - Aug. 7, 2006 ST. FRANCIS, Kan. -- Verna Fern (Gipe) Cormack, 73, died Monday (Aug. 7, 2006) at the Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis. She was born Nov. 17, 1932, to Harry Lee and Mary Edna (Burr) Gipe in Cheyenne County, Kan. She worked as a packaging laborer...
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Martha Rose 'Marty' (Albert) Haupt
(Obituary ~ 08/11/06)
Feb. 6, 1927 - July 8, 2006 EDEN?PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Martha Rose "Marty" (Albert) Haupt, 79, died July 8, 2006, in Eden Prairie, Minn. She was born Feb. 6, 1927, to Henry and Maxie (Gias) Albert in Culbertson. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Culbertson High School in 1945...
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The faces of childhood
(Local News ~ 08/11/06)
Matt Vacura makes faces as he pedals hard in the kids' pedal tractor competition Wednesday afternoon during the Decatur County Fair in Oberlin. Matt won the seven-year-old division after two full pulls, one in a tiebreaker. Matt's little brother, Brandon, won the four-year-old division. The boys are the sons of Bill and Amy Vacura of Norton...
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Seminar period appears on school board agenda
(Local News ~ 08/11/06)
Members of the McCook Board of Education will discuss resignations, donations and a consideration of approving the seminar period at the McCook High School, at their regular meeting Monday, 6 p.m., at the Junior High Conference room. Scheduled for new business is the acceptance of a resignation and consideration to approve a change order on the tennis courts. ...
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A hometown boy does good
(Column ~ 08/11/06)
Culbertson's all-star everything, Ben Eisenhart, finally got what he deserved this past weekend: an athletic scholarship to play football at the University of Nebraska. Something we often forget when we watch athletics at any level are the stories that every player has. ...
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Energy crisis needs focused leadership
(Editorial ~ 08/11/06)
Long-range solutions must be found and implemented.
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Betty Ann Jordan
(Obituary ~ 08/11/06)
Betty Ann Jordan Aug. 7, 1949-Aug. 11, 2006 Betty Ann Jordan left us Friday (Aug. 11, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 57 years old. She was born in Monroe, Wis., on Aug. 7, 1949 to Edward Leslie and Myrtle Leona (Olson) Robinson. She grew up in Fort Collins, Colo., and graduated from Fort Collins High School in Fort Collins, in 1967...
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