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Rebels 16 and under squad posts 2-2 record at state
(High School Sports ~ 07/05/07)
HASTINGS -- The McCook Rebels 16 and under team posted a 2-2 record at the Class B State Softball Tournament Saturday at Hastings. Rebels 5, Lincoln Thunderbolts 4 Alyssa Smith 1-2 with an RBI, 1 walk, 2 stolen bases and 1 run scored. Katelin Hoffmaster had 2 walks, 3 stolen bases, 2 runs scored including scoring the winning run on a wild pitch...
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A glorious Fourth
(Local News ~ 07/05/07)
Bill and Kelly Hanson, top, of Holdrege pedal "Uncle Sam" down Nebraska Avenue, during Arapahoe's annual red-white-and-blue parade spectacular on the Fourth. Race cars and mini trucks raised a ruckus and rattled the rafters at the Hitchcock County race track Tuesday evening, but Nicole Dewey, above, the 6-year-old daughter of Shad and Jane Dewey rural McCook, muffled the rumbles with headphones. ...
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Good harvest, high prices for wheat crop
(Local News ~ 07/05/07)
All things considered, the 2007 wheat crop is turning out to be one of the best in the history of the McCook region. "It's an outstanding wheat crop," said Doug Brown, the operations manager for Frenchman Valley Farmers Co-op in McCook, Culbertson and Perry. "Yields are ranging from 50 to 70 bushels per acre, and some fields are topping 85 bushels per acre."...
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Farmers Market opens Saturday
(Local News ~ 07/05/07)
Are you ready for those fresh tomatoes, melons, green beans or succulent Nebraska sweet corn? The McCook Farmers Market will open at 8 a.m. Saturday. Gardeners, farmers, crafters, bakers and others are welcome to come and sell their fresh produce or food items. The market will again be in the parking lot between Peterson's Jewelry and Farrell's Hallmark in the 100 block of West B Street...
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Teenagers transformed
(Local News ~ 07/05/07)
Colt Hiatt as "Bumblebee," (from left) Paul Larington as "Megatron" and Derek Judd as "Optimus Prime" -- each 15 years old and from McCook -- celebrate the Fourth of July world premiere of the "Transformers" movie with a late-evening jaunt down McCook's B Street Tuesday. ...
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Vintage baseball
(Local News ~ 07/05/07)
Tom "Blabber" Bredvick gets ready to steal to second base, while Darrell "2 Tall" Volquardsen keeps an eye on the batter, at the vintage baseball game Wednesday night. Between 400-500 "cranks," or fans, showed up at the Jaycees Ball Complex to watch the local "all stars" play the game using rules from the late 1800s...
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Train travel travails
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/05/07)
Excellent article, it'd be hard to disagree on any of the points made ["The travail of train travel" (http://www. mccookgazette.com/story/1219190.html) -- Mike at Night] Recently Amtrak and Union Pacific again agreed to add more time to the Zephyr's schedule on the assumption that this would cure the problem of lateness. It has not...
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Fourth marks turning point for summertime plans
(Editorial ~ 07/05/07)
By all accounts, it was a successful holiday, with family and community activities galore, followed by spectacular fireworks against clear skies. Now, how about we all take stock of the street in front of our houses, cleaning up our fireworks debris and safely disposing of the duds...
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