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Dale Wickizer
(Obituary ~ 09/01/09)
Aug. 18, 2009 MESA, Ariz. -- Dale Wickizer, 71, died Aug. 19, 2009, due to complications from a stroke suffered earlier this year. He was born in Benkelman and graduated from Stratton High School in 1955. He entered professional rodeo as a bull rider and when he could no longer ride, he became a barrelman. ...
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Dale Norman Wurm
(Obituary ~ 09/01/09)
Aug. 20, 1937 - Aug. 27, 2009 PASADENA, Calif. -- Dale Norman Wurm, 72, died Thursday (Aug. 27, 2009), at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., after a short battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 20, 1937, on the family farm in Decatur County, to George L. and Martha E. (Schrammel) Wurm...
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Bison junior varsity football action
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/09)
McCook JV linebacker Keldon Osterman shows good tackling technique as he stops Holdrege quarterback Matt Hansen for a loss. The Bison junior varsity won the game 39-7.
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End of the line for the light bulb?
(Editorial ~ 09/01/09)
Someone installed a new, hand-blown 4-watt carbon filament light bulb in the hose cart house on L Street in Livermore, Calif., in 1901. It has moved a couple of times and was off for a week in 1937 when the main firehouse was renovated, and was moved again in 1976, under full police and fire truck escort, to its present location, but other than those brief interruptions, it's been burning ever since, the record holder...
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Walmart remodeling on track for Sept. 30 completion
(Business ~ 09/01/09)
Anyone who is a fan of television remodeling shows -- the ones in which a whole house is completely renovated in a one-hour episode --should take the time to visit McCook's Walmart store each day. The store is undergoing a transformation before the eyes of its patrons, and changes can be seen from day to day, sometimes from hour to hour...
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'The Whole Shebang' -- Trenton Riverside Arena Association ready for rodeo revival Saturday night
(Local News ~ 09/01/09)
TRENTON -- The Trenton Riverside Arena Association plans a rodeo Saturday evening in an arena that hasn't seen rodeo action in probably 25 years. The organization has been re-energized and the arena rebuilt, ready for a Nebraska State Rodeo Association-sanctioned rodeo with all the traditional events. "A full-fledged rodeo ... the whole shebang," said association president Justin "Gus" Gestenslager of Trenton...
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Swim lessons begin soon
(Local News ~ 09/01/09)
McCook YMCA Tuesday and Thursday lessons begin Tuesday Sept. 8. Times are 5 - 5:45 and 5:45 - 6:30 Saturday Lessons begin Saturday, Sept. 12. Times are 9 - 11:30 a.m. A Parent-Tot class where one parent accompanies the child in the water, also begins Saturday, Sept. 12, 11:30 a.m. to noon...
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Bison JV football team bowls over Holdrege 39-7
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/09)
McCook High School's junior varsity football squad has put in a lot of time on the practice field -- more than enough of it, actually, according to coach Chad Lyons. "The kids were ready. It was time for us to have a game," he said. Monday, the Bison JVers finally took the field for the first time this season and promptly walloped the visiting Holdrege junior varsity squad 39-7...
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Guam revisited
(Column ~ 09/01/09)
Thank you for your two recent letters from the tropical Isle of Guam. We are happy to get your new address. Your first duty assignment, finance officer at Andersen AFB will eventually become a cherished memory. For sure this has been an exciting year for you: graduation from the Air Force Academy, driving your family back home to Fullerton, Calif., and touring Europe by yourself. That I call stepping out for a twenty-something year-old-young woman! You make me proud...
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