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Area tracksters ready for Omaha
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/07)
OMAHA -- Area track athletes are gearing up for the Nebraska state track and field meet Friday and Saturday at Omaha Burke Stadium. Chase County and McCook's boys and girls will compete Class B. Mathew May leads the Longhorns. May will compete in the 100-meter dash, 200m dash, 400m dash and 1600m relay along with Taylor Wentz, Darrin Schultz and Brett Gooden...
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Hannah Putz seeded 3rd in No. 2 singles at state tennis
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/07)
LINCOLN -- McCook High School senior Hannah Putz is seeded third in No. 2 singles for the Nebraska Class B girls state tennis tournament. The Class B state tournament will be played Thursday and Friday at the Nebraska Tennis Center in Lincoln. Putz posted a sparkling 32-5 record during the regular season and placed second at the Greater Nebraska Activities Conference meet...
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Cambridge, Hitchcock County golf teams qualify for state
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/07)
CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge and Hitchcock County High School golf teams will be compete in the state tournament after their first- and second-place finishes in the Class C2-4 district tournament Tuesday in Cambridge. Cambridge won the district title with a team score of 357. Hitchcock County followed in second with a 375 and Elwood was third with 378...
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Natalie Brooks, NWU netters fall in NAIA opening match
(College Sports ~ 05/16/07)
MOBILE, Ala. -- In a battle of home-state players, it was Advantage California on Monday in the opening round at the NAIA Women's Tennis Championships as 11th-rated Point Loma Nazarene defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 9-0 at the Mobile Tennis Center. The Sea Lions hailing from San Diego and made up of six players from California, won all nine matches in straight sets and improved to 14-6 overall, while the Region III champion Prairie Wolves, with seven players from Nebraska, finished their season at 10-12.. ...
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Retirement commmunity sale expected to be finalized next week
(Local News ~ 05/16/07)
An agreement has been reached for the sale of Willow Ridge Retirement Community of McCook to Sunwest Management Inc. of Salem, Ore. Craig Larmon, president of Willow Ridge LLC, said the sale will be finalized next week. "The name of the facility, Willow Ridge Retirement Community, will remain unchanged and there should be few if any noticeable changing in staffing and operations," he said...
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Trenton native bringing Navy jet to Grand Island
(Local News ~ 05/16/07)
GRAND ISLAND -- When an F/A-18 Super Hornet lands at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport on Saturday for Grand Island's Armed Forces Weekend, Navy Lt. Christina Hidy will climb down from the cockpit. A Trenton native, Hidy, daughter of Barb Hidy of Trenton and Bill Hidy of Danbury, attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a Naval ROTC scholarship, graduating in 2000 with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy...
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Anne Morse honored as Exemplary Volunteer
(Features ~ 05/16/07)
Anne Morse first reported for duty as an army nurse in Europe during World War II, but she continues to "report for duty" at Community Hospital every week as an auxiliary volunteer. Her years of dedication and hours of service to Community Hospital are legend. Since her first days as a volunteer at St. Catherine's Hospital in 1973, Anne has dedicated more than 16,000 hours to Community Hospital...
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Waiting out the winter
(Column ~ 05/16/07)
The garden is in. Admittedly, it's a bit modest this year compared to last year's efforts, but it should be sufficient for our purposes. The buffalo grass has greened up for the fifth year in a row and my new irises are in full bloom. Spring. I didn't think I'd make it...
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Let's hope withdrawal happens quickly
(Editorial ~ 05/16/07)
Maj. Gen. Roger Lempke warned that he heard of one unit that was on the plane, ready to return to the United States, when the troops were told to get out of their seats and return to duty in Iraq. But Lempke, Nebraska's adjutant general, doesn't think that will happen to about 550 Nebraska National Guard members who have already been deployed four months longer than expected because of President Bush's "troop surge."...
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Paul DeLynn Thomas
(Obituary ~ 05/16/07)
April 17, 1936 - April 18, 2007 SANTEE, Calif. -- Paul DeLynn Thomas, 71, died April 18, 2007, at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, Calif. He was born April 17, 1936, in Trenton in Hitchcock County to Lloyd Wiley and Mildred Arlene (Evans) Thomas. He received his education at Trenton Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1954. While in high school he worked at Eller's IGA Store in Trenton...
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Wissbaum birthday
(Birthdays ~ 05/16/07)
The family of Esther Wissbaum is requesting a card shower in honor of her 97th birthday May 18. Cards of congratulation will reach her in care of Hillcrest Nursing Home, 309 W. Seventh, McCook, NE 69001.
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