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Return Memorial Day to original date, original meaning
(Local News ~ 05/31/11)
We've never been to a Memorial Day parade, and wonder if we would have made it to McCook's observance had it not been part of our job. That's a tragedy not only for those who gave their all for their fellow citizens, but for those of us who call ourselves citizens of the United States...
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Noted with pride
(Column ~ 05/31/11)
It was a week of contrasts. Ann and I were filling our fuel tank in a filling station in Falcon, Colorado late Wednesday evening. Arriving in the next bay was a couple of American youth in a beat up car. Both were mid twenties, one considerably overweight dressed in shorts to show off his tattooed legs. The other, dirty, long unkempt hair, skinny, the belt on his jeans well down on his butt--pretty typical of that generation...
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Tails and Trails: Shepherding the Story
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/31/11)
EDITOR'S NOTE -- William "Bill" Kloefkorn was a Nebraska poet and educator and was appointed the State Poet of Nebraska. He died May 19. The Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival will take place June 10 and 11 in McCook. It was one of those balmy days in early summer when life bursts into full bloom. The music swayed and dos-i-doed around the old Norris Park band shell as Ruthie Ungar called, "Gather 'round!"...
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NRDs to retain additional groundwater levy authority
(Local News ~ 05/31/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Despite opposition from State Sen. Mark Christensen, LB 400 was approved by Gov. Dave Heineman Thursday. Earlier that day, during a morning conference call with the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce, Christensen had called the bill a tax increase and saw a veto by Heineman as a possibility...
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Buffalo Commons storytelling festival next week
(Local News ~ 05/31/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- If you would like to hear the music of your past and make memories for your future, don't miss the 15th annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival in McCook Friday and Saturday, June 10-11. The event not only attracts the nation's top storytellers and musicians to entertain and inspire, but it provides a means to learn, practice and preserve the unique culture of every individual, family and community...
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Marjorie Estella Gregory Engell
(Obituary ~ 05/31/11)
Aug. 3, 1917 - May 25, 2011 WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Marjorie Estella Gregory Engell was born Aug. 3, 1917, the last of nine children, to James Foster and Stella Bell (Aughe) Gregory on the family farm south of Reynolds, Nebraska. She attended her first year of school in Reynolds before moving with her family to Byron, Nebraska for a short time and later on to Munden, Kansas, where she graduated from the eighth grade. ...
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Anita May Real
(Obituary ~ 05/31/11)
Aug. 6, 1933 - May 26, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Anita May Real, age 77, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away May, 26, 2011, at her home in McCook. Anita was born Aug. 6, 1933, in Hayes Center, Nebraska, to parents William and Clara (Trainer) Crooks. She was one of five children. Anita attended school in Hayes Center...
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Day death
(Obituary ~ 05/31/11)
LAGUNA BEACH, California -- Cody Day, 15-year-old grandson of former Wilsonville residents Gwen (Wolfe) and LeeRoy Lienemann, passed away May 25, 2011, after a courageous five year battle with brain cancer. Cards will reach the Lienemanns at 344 Laurel Ct., Oxnard Beach, CA 93035-4427. Cody's parents, Sheryl and David Day, may be reached at 964 Noria St., PO Box 5524, Laguna Beach, CA 92651-3710...
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Scoring marks fall in Cambridge girls all-star game
(High School Sports ~ 05/31/11)
CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- There's probably very few Nebraska high school girls basketball players to ever play in a game with 197 total points scored. The 20 participants in the 2011 Cambridge Sports Organization (CSO) All-Star Games did just that Friday, may 27, at the Cambridge High School gym. Area basketball fans were treated to a shootout in the girls all-star game, as the West held on for a 100-97 win over the East...
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Wa-Pa's Martin breaks '3' record in West All-Star win
(High School Sports ~ 05/31/11)
CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Everyone on the East All-Star squad apparently forgot to read the memo that Wauneta-Palisade's Ricky Martin could shoot the basketball. Martin got wide-open looks all night long, and the West All-Star shooter tallied a game-high 27 points Friday, May 27, to lead his squad to a 117-71 win in the nightcap of the annual Cambridge CSO All-Star Games...
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McCook American Legion Baseball Teams
(Local News ~ 05/31/11)
Peters Transportation Jr B Red (6-0) Front from left, Travis Wallen, Dalton Goodenberger, Caleb Sheets, Mitchell Reitz. Second row, Cole Leach, Bret Baumbach, Nick Fuchuck, Colton Lashley. Back, coach Shane Wallen, Caleb Suda, Logan Kircher, Cameron Waddell, coach Greg Larson. Not pictured: Casey Taylor and Kaden Sitzman...
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