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On the record
(Other Record ~ 03/05/13)
This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...
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MCC women advance in Region IX Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/13)
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- The objective for basketball teams at any level in post-season play is to survive and advance. The McCook Community College women's basketball team will play again Tuesday, March 5, in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region IX Tournament. The Lady Indians turned in a solid effort in opening-round action Monday, March 4, with an 80-74 win over Central Wyoming College of Riverton...
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A nominee for the McCook Bison Sports Fan Hall of Fame
(Sports Column ~ 03/05/13)
I enjoy what I perceive as one of the greatest jobs on the face of God's green earth. I have a front-row seat to experience one of the passions in my life -- sports -- and I get the opportunity to try and bring those sporting events to life in black and white for Gazette readers. ...
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Forbidding landscape
(Local News ~ 03/05/13)
Crews hadn't yet cleared this back country road before Roxy Lang of Wilsonville got this shot Feb. 25, using these settings: f/16, 1/500, iso100, 70mm. The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. Readers can contribute to our daily weather page, subject to space and color availability, by emailing photos to editor2@ocsmccook.com or bringing them into the Gazette offices at West First and E Streets. ...
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Doane adds Mighty Tiger Marching Band
(Features ~ 03/05/13)
CRETE, Nebraska -- Taking the field in fall 2013, Doane's new Mighty Tiger Marching Band will bring both an academic and entertainment component to the Crete campus. "We are very excited to announce this addition to our instrumental music program," said Dr. ...
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Speech tournament results released
(Features ~ 03/05/13)
CURTIS, Nebraska -- Results from the 2013 Republican Plains Activities Conference speech tournament have been released. Humorous prose: Serious prose: Persuasive speaking: Poetry: Entertainment: Informative speaking: Extemporaneous: Duet Acting Oral interpretation of drama...
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Cliff Hillegass collection on exhibit at Wrightstone
(Local News ~ 03/05/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery on the MCC campus is celebrating the late Clifton and Mary Hillegas through an exhibit -- "The Hillegas Collection" -- on loan from the Museum of Nebraska Art. Known as great friends and benefactors to MONA, this selection is a fitting tribute and visual record of their dedication and fondness for MONA, according to MONA Director Audrey S. ...
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Cardio/ Respiratory Emergency class moved to April 3
(Features ~ 03/05/13)
The EMS Continuing Education: Cardio and Respiratory Emergencies class that had been scheduled for March 13 at McCook Community College has been postponed until April 3. These are training programs for EMS, Firefighters, and all emergency care providers and will teach the procedures that need to be followed by emergency personnel when coming in contact with various scenarios. ...
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Student News
(Features ~ 03/05/13)
Wesleyan honors LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its Academic Honors List for the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. A student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 (on a 4.00 scale) for 12 or more hours of coursework to qualify for the list...
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E-day
(Features ~ 03/05/13)
Area high school students were recently on the McCook Community College Campus participating in An Entrepreneurship Day (E-Day) Business Plan competition. Here the team of (from left) Henry Aufdenkamp, North Platte St. Pat's; Heather Carter, Dundy County; Monique Leahy, North Platte CC; and Adrianna Bolio, Dundy County scout out storefront property they plan to purchase at an auction to house their business "Andy's Handy Service." The event was sponsored in part by the MPCC Business and Technology Division, The Center for Enterprise, and Mid-Plains Community College Area Recruiters.. ...
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City Council advances plan
(Local News ~ 03/05/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council advanced a grant application that will provide more than $450,000 in improvements to the downtown McCook area. Councilors weighed whether or not the $111,700 in required matching funds was the best use of local dollars Monday evening during their regularly scheduled meeting, before unanimously approving the application...
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Search reopens for campus vice president
(Local News ~ 03/05/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The search for the top McCook Community College campus official will be reopened, according to Mid-Plains Community College President Ryan Purdy. "I met with the MCC VP search committee on Wednesday and we agreed that we will reopen the search with the expectation that we will have a candidate selected by the end of this spring semester," he wrote in a campus-wide email Friday...
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Beer tax, minors serving alcohol subject of committee hearings
(Local News ~ 03/05/13)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Making sure employees under age 21 won't serve alcohol to other minors was the purpose of a bill in the General Affairs Committee Monday, March 4. Another alcohol-related bill would increase beer taxes. Under the LB444, introduced by Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha, employees who sell alcohol would have to complete a training course to do so...
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Museum tour
(Local News ~ 03/05/13)
Mary Dueland points out some of the more interesting details of an old pipe organ at the Museum of the High Plains to her 4th Grade class, Friday. The organ used to provide music at the Fox Theatre. Fourth graders toured the museum as part of Nebraska Day, March 1, the anniversary of the day the Nebraska Territory became a state...
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Friends plan fund raiser for McCook woman
(Local News ~ 03/05/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Friends of Darla Ruppert, rural McCook, Nebraska, plan fund-raisers to help Darla's family with expenses as she has battled complications of pancreatitis in an Omaha hospital since the end of February. Starting about noon, Sunday, March 10, Garrett Nokes and Todd Thieszen plan a jackpot fund-raiser at the Kiplinger Arena on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in McCook. ...
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Municipal Center more than just a source of pride
(Editorial ~ 03/05/13)
Wags have described it as everything from the scene of a derailment to a World War II German bomber, but we think McCook's new Municipal Center will grow to be a source of pride for the community. We know it's already a source of pride for the people who work there...
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What it truly is
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/05/13)
I would like to further support the Open Forum letter written on Feb. 6 and submitted by Kathie Cappel. It is my desire to educate the public to what abortion truly is and support those who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy. Abortion has taken over 55 million lives of the most vulnerable and innocent in our society. ...
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New secretary of defense: Time will tell
(Column ~ 03/05/13)
Chuck Hagel native Nebraskan. Former U.S. Senator(R) Chuck Hagel from Nebraska. Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense. How about that? Combat wounded in Vietnam and decorated for valor, we in the great State of Nebraska can be proud to claim him as one of our own...
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Get to know the Department of Veterans Affairs
(Column ~ 03/05/13)
Nebraskans support our military veterans. We owe our freedom to those who have served and sacrificed. Our state plays a role in expressing that debt of gratitude. Through the Nebraska Department of Veterans Affairs we assist Veteran Service Organizations and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in addressing the needs of America's heroes...
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Evelyn Lytle
(Obituary ~ 03/05/13)
Evelyn G. Lytle July 30, 1924 - March 4, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Evelyn G. Lytle age 88, of McCook died at the Hillcrest Nursing Home on March 4, 2013. She was born in Hayes County, Nebraska, on July 30, 1924, to George and Rose (Anderjaska) McKillip. She attended and graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1941...
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Rick Allyn Davis
(Obituary ~ 03/05/13)
Rick Allyn Davis Jan. 30, 1966 - March 4, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Rick Allyn Davis, 47, of McCook died Monday (March 4, 2013), at Community Hospital. Memorial services will be Friday, March 8, 2013, 11 a.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home with Jerry Beckenhauer officiating. A private family inurnment will be at a later time...
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Teresa C. Black
(Obituary ~ 03/05/13)
Teresa Black Aug. 26, 1963 - March 3, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Teresa Black, 49 years old, of McCook, died March 3, 2013, from her battle with cancer. Teresa was born Aug. 26, 1963, in Lexington Nebraska, to Richard and Marlin Warta. She grew up on a farm north of Overton, Nebraska. She graduated from Overton High School in 1981. On Dec. 11, 1982, she married Troy Black from McCook and it was here they called home the first five years of their life together...
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