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Cambridge Trojans football record-setting road to history
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/07)
Cambridge is home to a consistently competitive athletics program that has many state championships and records to its credit. Successfully, during the 1990s, the Cambridge Trojan football team represented Cambridge winning multiple state championships and captured the state 11-man record for the most consecutive wins (48)...
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Bison boys tennis team takes matches from Kearney Catholic, Grand Island CC
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/07)
KEARNEY -- The McCook High School boys tennis team won a pair of duals Monday at Kearney. The Bison defeated Kearney Catholic 6-3 and Grand Island Central Catholic 5-4. McCook plays today at North Platte and Thursday at Holdrege. Both meets start at 4 p.m...
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Bison JV football team routs NP sophs
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/07)
The McCook Bison junior varsity football team improved to 3-0 with a 35-7 win over the North Platte sophomore squad Monday night at Weiland Field. McCook junior Mike Grabowski threw two touchdown passes -- a 36-yard strike to Jeff Lorentz and an 8-yarder to Ryan Hardin...
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Rotherham places 6th in Ogallala golf invite, Hager records a 97
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/07)
OGALLALA -- Dundy County/Stratton's Megan Rotherham finished sixth in the Ogallala Invitational Monday with course score of 91. McCook's golfers also competed at the West Wind golf club, finishing sixth in the team standings with a total score of 419. Dundy County/Stratton shot 616...
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Maywood gets 2nd victory
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/07)
LOOMIS -- Maywood's football team blasted Loomis 62-14 Friday for its second win of the season. Maywood's Kelvin Arent scored on a 17-yard touchdown run and the Tigers got a 57-yard TD pass from Trent Whitman to Dan Stinman. In the second quarter, the Tigers got a 40-yard TD pass from Whitman to Tylan Peterson and a 39-yard TD run from Arent to lead 16-6...
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Perkins County spikers claim Bridgeport Tournament title
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/07)
BRIDGEPORT -- Perkins County triumphed Saturday in the Bridgeport volleyball tourney. Perkins County won the tournament title with a 3-0 record. "We got our number one goal and that was to win this tournament," said Perkins County Coach Penny Hite. "They had very tough net play and our blocking has improved, but we still know that offense wins games and we are still striving to eliminate the hitting errors. Several girls stepped up today and gained valuable experience and did a super job."...
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Bison JV spikers post 2-0 mark at Southwest Triangular
(Local News ~ 09/18/07)
SOUTHWEST -- The McCook High School junior varsity volleyball team posted a 2-0 record Monday at the Southwest Triangular. The Bison defeated Arapahoe 25-9, 25-22 and Southwest 25-23, 25-20. Leading servers for the Bison were Brianna Watkins, 6-of-9 with 5 aces; and Morgan Chitwood, 10-of-13 with 3 aces. Watkins was 6-of-8 hitting with 5 kills and was 21-of-22 setting with 10 assists. Jordan Baumbach was 24-of-24 setting with 8 assists...
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William 'Joe' Joseph Nitsch
(Obituary ~ 09/18/07)
Aug. 31, 1937 - Sept. 15, 2007 HAYES CENTER -- William "Joe" Joseph Nitsch, age 70, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, at the Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis. Joe was born on Aug. 31, 1937, on the family farm in Hayes County to Carl Louis and Leona Elinor (Lewin) Nitsch. He attended country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1954...
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Ballot questions ready for voters
(Local News ~ 09/18/07)
With little discussion, the McCook City Council unanimously approved three ballot questions concerning renewing and increasing the city sales tax that will be set before voters Nov. 13. Councilman Aaron Kircher clarified that the first ballot question will ask to continue the current 1-cent sales tax for 10 years, with revenue to go toward city improvements and property tax relief. He then asked what specific projects would benefit from an economic development program, as stated in question two...
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Council OK's more J Street funds
(Local News ~ 09/18/07)
Construction on J Street is expected to finish later this week, but problems encountered along the way amounted to an additional $5,000 the McCook City Council was asked to approve Monday night. Project engineer Greg Wolford told the council after pavement was removed, crews discovered that a 12-inch storm sewer crossing at West 14th was found to be in such bad condition that it had to be replaced so it wouldn't leak...
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Let brand inspectors get to work
(Editorial ~ 09/18/07)
It has all the earmarks of a classic scandal -- 43 state workers paid $170,000 for more than 10,000 hours of work they never performed. It's the kind of revelation that can help make political points for a state official with ambitions for higher office -- and those who aren't are a rare bird, indeed...
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An early-morning appointment
(Column ~ 09/18/07)
I am not an early morning astronomer. It is just not in my nature. Unless there is something that is really worth looking at, like the Perseid Meteor shower last month, then I might get up. But, there are occasions, however, when need compels that I be up and about at an early hour. Such was the case last week when I had to be out on the road by 5 am. And as I always do when outside, I looked up...
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What about Milford Lake?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/18/07)
A question. After reading in the Sept. 12 issue of the Gazette about the budget for the NRD water buyout, I wondered what was the status of the Milford Lake near Junction City, Kan., which is the first dam to catch the water we are sending to Kansas...
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County asks for share of city sales tax
(Local News ~ 09/18/07)
Allocating some of the proceeds from the half-cent sales tax to the county would allow all citizens in the area to benefit, the McCook City Council was told Monday night. Red Willow County Commissioner Leigh Hoyt read from a prepared statement and asked the council to consider giving some of the revenue of the half cent tax the city is proposing to the county for road maintenance...
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