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Wallace boys snap Broncos' win streak
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/07)
Wauneta-Palisade girls blast Wildcats WAUNETA-PALISADE -- Wauneta-Palisade hosted Wallace Tuesday. The Broncos won the girls game 58-28, but fell short in the boys game 62-59. The loss snapped the Wauneta-Palisade boys team's 25-game winning streak. Wauneta-Palisade went 25-0 en route to the Class D-1 state title in 2006-07...
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Sports shorts: Bison wrestling, Basketball for 9th girls, 8th girls, 9th boys, soph boys
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/07)
Kearney wrestling meet replaces Cozad invite on Bison schedule The McCook High School wrestling team will compete at the Kearney Invitational Dec. 29. The meet begins at 9:30 a.m. The Kearney meet replaces the Dec. 1 Cozad Invitational, which was canceled...
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Doloris Elizabeth Clifton
(Obituary ~ 12/06/07)
Jan. 27, 1924 - Dec. 4, 2007 Doloris Elizabeth Clifton of McCook died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 83 years old. Doloris was born on Jan. 27, 1924, at McCook to Louis John and Susan Anna (O'Dea) Colling. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1941, and St. Francis College of Nursing in Grand Island in 1947...
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Carolyn Sue Roth
(Obituary ~ 12/06/07)
July 23, 1956 - Nov. 26, 2007 Carolyn Sue Roth, died Monday (Nov. 26, 2007) at her residence in Denver, Colo., at the age of 51. She was born July 23, 1956, at McCook, the daughter of Rex and Joyce (Jordan) Remington. She grew up on the Remington family farm at Danbury, where she enjoyed riding horses and doing various jobs on the farm...
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Heineman, Nelson confirmed for Governor's Ball
(Local News ~ 12/06/07)
Both living governors with McCook ties, Dave Heineman and Ben Nelson, are planning to be in McCook Saturday for the Governor's Ball. Unless icy conditions interrupt their travel plans, Gov. Heineman and U.S. Sen. Nelson will both be at the ball with their First Ladies, Sally Ganem and Diane Nelson. This was confirmed today by Terri Shipshock, a member of the planning committee for the concluding event of McCook's Quasquicentennial Celebration...
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Be on alert, for signs of teenage trouble
(Editorial ~ 12/06/07)
The debate will continue for years about what caused another troubled young man to take out his troubles on strangers and then himself. Assault weapons, violent videogames, the Internet -- those and other influences are arguments for another day. Today is a day for comforting the mourning and caring for the wounded, including the young man's family and other adults and young people with which he was involved...
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Don't let movie manipulate youth
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/06/07)
I would like to urge readers of the Gazette and residents of McCook to give consideration to significant information about Hollywood's latest entertainment if they're considering attending The Golden Compass. The movie has been positioned as a must-see in the pre-holiday season. Its early December (7th) release is engineered to create the most buzz for the newly repackaged trilogy and influence its sales potential among young people during the holiday season...
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Pop, puffs and publishing
(Column ~ 12/06/07)
It seems as though I've caught the bug. This one is a bad one. I can't seem to move from where I'm sitting. The only thing I seem to be getting accomplished is drinking pop and smoking cigarettes and sitting in front of the computer. The "bug" I'm talking about doesn't come in the form of a virus or bacteria, but it does infect your brain to the point that you become fixated on one thing -- in my case that one thing is getting a book published...
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