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First up for Bison: Sidney Red Raiders
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/08)
After all of the two-a-day practices, drills and the pad-popping scrimmages, the McCook Bison football players are ready to play against someone other than themselves for the first time in nearly a month. "It's time to play a game," said McCook head football coach Jeff Gross. "We're tired of practicing against each other."...
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Football season kicks off tonight: Maywood Tigers host Stapleton
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/08)
The 2008 football season begins tonight with Maywood and Stapleton. Maywood is ranked fourth in class D2 in the Huskerland Prep report. Faron Kraft enters his second season as head coach at Maywood. He leads a strong team, since a majority of his team will be returning this season...
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Huskers pick captains for Western Michigan game
(College Sports ~ 08/28/08)
LINCOLN -- The Nebraska football team practiced in half-pads for two hours inside Memorial Stadium Wednesday as they prepare for their first game of the season on Saturday night against Western Michigan. Kickoff is 6 p.m. After Wednesday's practice, NU head coach Bo Pelini announced which players were named captains for the season opener...
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Disc golf tourney slated for Sept. 13 at Kelley Park
(Community Sports ~ 08/28/08)
The Fire in the Hole Disc Golf Tournament is scheduled for Sept. 13 at Kelley Park in McCook. Registration is at 9 a.m., followed by a players meeting at 10 a.m. Singles tournament play begins at 10:30 a.m. and doubles tournament play begins after lunch...
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Travel to a 'T'
(Local News ~ 08/28/08)
Dick Smith, above, uses a windshield-mounted GPS unit to keep track of his speed --since his 1926 Model T pickup truck has no speedometer. Smith joined Dennis Lambert, right, with Lambert's 1923 Model T and 11 other antique cars on a tour through Southwest Nebraska by the Northern Colorado Model T Club. ...
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Proposal would widen role for WEC
(Local News ~ 08/28/08)
Allowing more inmates to the attend the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook is the goal behind legislation that will be proposed next year. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services will introduce the new proposal when the Unicameral meets in January, according to discussion at the Work Ethic Camp Community Involvement meeting Aug. 19...
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Hospital gets high marks in surprise survey
(Local News ~ 08/28/08)
McCook Daily Gazette Half-an-hour's notice was all Community Hospital of McCook was given before surveyors arrived to conduct their unannounced Joint Commission Survey on July 30 through Aug. 1. "I found out at 7:30 that surveyors would be there at 8," Jim Ulrich, hospital president and CEO, said following a hospital board meeting Aug. 20. And the hospital had financial auditors perusing its financial records at the same time, he said...
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Coal could provide alternative fuel
(Editorial ~ 08/28/08)
Isn't it funny how relieved we feel that gasoline is selling for less than $4 a gallon? Many see the danger now, that we'll grow complacent and accept the lower price, while going back to our old energy-wasting habits. There's no reason to pay as much as we do for transportation, and send as much money as we do for foreign oil...
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Spotting a planetary pair
(Column ~ 08/28/08)
Clouds ... again. Only these were not the all-over-cover-the sky kind; rather, they blocked a strip of sky right along the western horizon -- right where I wanted to look; of course. The clouds partly hid the conjunction of Venus and Mercury on Wednesday, Aug. ...
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