- Baby it's hot out (High School Sports ~ 07/25/08)
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Rams, Colts go 3-0 to claim MFL crowns
(High School Sports ~ 07/25/08)
The Rams and Colts both posted 3-0 records and are the champions of the McCook Football League, which concluded its season Thursday.
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Emotions should not play part in health warnings
(Editorial ~ 07/25/08)
A big car company wanted to sell more cars, naturally, so it spent a lot of time and money doing market research. Sitting down with customers, it found they were interested in better gas mileage and better safety ratings. Logically, then, the company introduced a new line of cars with better gas mileage and safety ratings. Thousands were left unsold when it was time to roll out the next year's models...
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Silence is golden
(Local News ~ 07/25/08)
I have often heard that talk is cheap because the supply always exceeds the demand. Never is that adage as true as when I am having a "conversation" with my 11-year old. The conversation is mostly one-sided with an occasional "uh huh" when I can fit a word in edgewise, just to prove I was listening. ...
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Carnival capers
(Local News ~ 07/25/08)
From blueberry-flavored cotton candy to fun-house mirrors, the Red Willow County Fair in McCook has it all Thursday evening. Cara, top left, and Bailey Oltmer of rural Indianola show off their blue smiles after eating cotton candy during the llama show, and Jacob Fritsche, top right, of McCook looks at his lo-o-o-o-ong fingers in the mirror in the merchants' building. ...
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'Hoppers wreaking havoc on crops
(Local News ~ 07/25/08)
STRATTON -- Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago, Lindy Whipps had a cornfield. Sunday morning, he didn't. Corn plants that had been about a foot tall or taller near the Whipps house between Stratton and Max were gone. Munched to the ground by grasshoppers...
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Brother acts take top spots at McCook Speedway
(Community Sports ~ 07/25/08)
The fair was in McCook Thursday night and that meant it was time for the fair races at McCook Speedway.
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Janice Allen
(Obituary ~ 07/25/08)
NORTH PLATTE -- Janice Allen, 57, a former longtime resident of Imperial, died Thursday (July 24, 2008) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Doug Allen of North Platte; daughter, Jennifer and husband, Jim Harris of Imperial; two sons, Aric and wife, Tiffany Allen of Imperial and Chad Allen, also of Imperial; her mother, Verna Sandman of Wauneta; two brothers, Bill and wife, Deb Sandman of Kearney and Greg and wife, Sandy Sandman of Curtis; two sisters, Jackie and husband, Terry Deewey of Grand Island and Vicki and husband Gary Grimes of Enders; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.. ...
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June Saum
(Obituary ~ 07/25/08)
Aug. 20, 1916-July 25, 2008 OBERLIN -- June Saum, 92, died Friday (July 25, 2008), at Oberlin. She was born Aug. 20, 1916, at Danbury, to Irvin and Bernice (Parker) Brown. She was raised in rural Danbury and attended Jolly Hills School and Decatur Community High School...
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