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Goodenberger brings home medal from Hastings tourney
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/07)
HASTINGS -- McCook High School senior Aaron Goodenberger fired an 82 and claimed a medal at the Hastings Invitational boys golf tournament Thursday. The tournament took place at Lockland Country Club in Hastings. Goodenberger tied with three other golfers for 25th place and each received a medal. He shot a 39 on the front nine and 43 on the back nine...
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Hannah Putz tops No. 2 singles field at Lexington Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/07)
Lyster-Lester doubles duo places second LEXINGTON -- McCook High School's Hannah Putz captured first place in No. 2 singles at the Lexington Invitational girls tennis tournament Thursday. Putz posted a 6-0 record en route to winning her title. Teammates Melissa Lyster and Amy Lester posted a 4-2 record and captured second place in No. 1 doubles...
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Cornhuskers ready for Saturday's spring game
(College Sports ~ 04/13/07)
LINCOLN -- Nebraska hit the practice field before dawn on Thursday for its final practice before Saturday's Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers took the field in the Hawks Championship Center shortly after 6 a.m. and completed a one-hour and 45-minute workout...
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Yet another postponement for MCC baseball team
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/07)
LA JUNTA, Colo. -- The Region IX baseball series at La Junta, Colo., between McCook Community College and Otero Junior College will be pushed back yet again. The four-game series was originally slated for Thursday and today, then changed to today and Saturday, is set now for Sunday and Monday...
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MJH girls tracksters compete at Gothenburg
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/07)
GOTHENBURG -- McCook's eighth and seventh grade girls competed in the Junior High quadrangular in Gothenburg Tuesday along with Broken Bow, Gothenburg and Holdrege. Jessa Sughroue was a double winner placing first in both the 1600-meter run and running the anchor leg on the 4x100 relay...
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Sports shorts: YMCA softball; Husker baseball at OU; UNK vs. UNO baseball; NU bowling
(Community Sports ~ 04/13/07)
Swanson Sign YMCA softball league needs more players The Swanson Sign YMCA men's softball league is looking for more team players. Interested men may contact Joe Schmitz at 737-7023 or Mark Chitwood at 350-0241. Husker baseball team to play road games vs...
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Vera V. Lambert
(Obituary ~ 04/13/07)
March 20, 1916 - April 12, 2007 BEAVER CITY?--?Vera V. Lambert, 91, died Thursday (April 12, 2007) at her son's home in Beaver City. She was born March 20, 1916, at Randolph, to Charles and Etoily ( Totton ) Champlin. She was raised at Plattsmouth and moved to Nebraska City at the age of 9. The family then moved to Beaver City in the mid 1920's. She attended Beaver City High School...
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Is Friday the 13th really unlucky?
(Editorial ~ 04/13/07)
The dire weather predictions for today have been moderated somewhat, but as this was written this morning, we still had the potential for a bad day in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas, with several inches of snow still expected, along with gusty winds...
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Watch webcast
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/13/07)
The controversy over the reading program at McCook Elementary has been unfortunate. One of the concerns of citizens has been about the reading assessment that is being used. I urge your readers to educate themselves about a related approach that all schools in our area and across the nation are encouraged to use. This approach is called Response to Intervention or RtI for short. ...
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Other side of story
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/13/07)
This letter is in reply to Daniel McCarville. Your sister got hurt and you are angry, but before you condemn a boy you don't know or a family you have never met, perhaps you should take a step back and look at what values have not yet been instilled in your own family...
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Do something
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/13/07)
I have been waiting for a letter such as this one, and I, too, worry about kids causing injury to a child by another child. The child who beat up the other should be taken off the bus for the rest of the school year, or Mom or Dad has to ride with the child, causing problems...
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Benefit garage sale
(Local News ~ 04/13/07)
Humane Society officials Ivan Schmid and Ann Dowd, center, join Work Ethic Camp probationers, counter-clockwise from left, Tyler Franssen, Terrance Gilmer, Miguel Martinez, Cody Rhyne, and Stephanie Leduc, back, in preparing for this weekend's McCook Humane Society rummage sale. It will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the 4-H Building on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds. All proceeds will go for the benefit of unwanted and neglected pets of the area...
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Virginia M. Duke
(Obituary ~ 04/13/07)
April 23, 1923-April 11, 2007 BENKELMAN -- Virginia M. Duke, 83, died Thursday (April 11, 2007), at Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. She was born April 23, 1923, in Otero County, Colo., to Harry P. and Edna (Wisiman) Jones and attended school near her home. She attended and graduated from high school in La Junta, Colo...
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Marcile M. Woodruff
(Obituary ~ 04/13/07)
June 24, 1921-April 13, 2007 BEAVER CITY -- Marcile M. Woodruff, 85, died Friday (April 13, 2007), at Harlan County Hospital in Alma. She was born June 24, 1921, at Long Island, Kan., to Joseph and Lela (Gebhard) Young. She grew up in Long Island and attended Freedom District No. 92. She graduated from Long Island Kansas High School with the class of 1937 and attended Fort Hays State College at Hays, Kan...
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Erma L. (Curtin) Cox
(Obituary ~ 04/13/07)
May 26, 1921-April 11, 2007 ATWOOD -- Erma L. (Curtin) Cox, 85, former longtime Atwood resident, died Wednesday (April 11, 2007), at Medicalodge in Kinsley, Kan. She was born May 26, 1921, at Gem, Kan., to John E. and Jessie L. (Montgomery) Curtin. In 1942, she married Marvin Lee Cox at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atwood...
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Edna Mae Donze
(Obituary ~ 04/13/07)
March 17, 1916-April 13, 2007 TRENTON -- Edna Mae Donze died Friday (April 13, 2007), at the McCook Community Hospital in McCook, Neb., at the age of 91. She was born March 17, 1916, at Orion, Kan., the daughter of the late Edward Kelly and Grace Eva (Jenkins) Moss. ...
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Official wants to close yard waste sites
(Local News ~ 04/13/07)
By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor The McCook City Council will be asked to close down three yard waste collection sites because of the way they are being misused. Public Works Director Kyle Potthoff will ask the council at its regular meeting Monday night to remove the 600-gallon compost containers from Kelley Park, East H street and the Jaycees ball complex because of ongoing abuse of the sites...
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Council to consider liquor on city property
(Local News ~ 04/13/07)
The McCook City Council will take up discussion again about whether to allow alcohol to be served on city property, at their regular meeting Monday night, 7:30 p.m., at the City Council Chambers in Memorial Auditorium. Matt Sehnert and Mo Dough LLC have requested a Special Designated Liquor License to cater a reception at Heritage Senior Center July 13. ...
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You're soooo good lookin'
(Local News ~ 04/13/07)
A sparrow gets a full-length view of himself, oblivious to Friday's cold, wet snow. The sparrows make a daily habit of admiring themselves in the rearview devices of two school buses that park in the driveway at McCook Elementary every school day, waiting to deliver local students back to their own nests...
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McCook can market itself better
(Editorial ~ 04/13/07)
McCook is in a position to reverse the trend toward population decline, if we get serious about it. That's reading a lot into what an expert told a Lincoln audience Thursday, but it's probably not out of line. The expert, Larry Swanson, director of the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, said Nebraska cities with fewer than 10,000 residents have the best chance of reversing the trends, but only if they move with haste...
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Straight ahead and under control
(Column ~ 04/13/07)
From your National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) files: DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, 1 MILE FROM SCOTTSBLUFF AIRPORT, SCOTTSBLUFF, NE WEATHER: BFF 092255Z 15011KT 10SM FEW110 17/02 A2950...
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