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‘How the West Has Fun’
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
Dirty Kitchen members, from left, Chris Luquette, Frank Solivan, Jeremy Middleton and Mike Munford deliver their eclectic blend of music held together by a bluegrass framework Saturday night at the Fox Theatre, the climax of the 21st annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival. Right, Kim Weitkamp, speaker, singer, songwriter and humorist, revealed the secret behind her candy cravings at the Fox. Organizers kept speakers busy throughout the weekend at various Buffalo Commons venues...
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Lois A. Hake
(Obituary ~ 06/12/17)
Lois A. Hake June 17, 1946 – June 9, 2017 GARDEN CITY, Kan. – Lois A. Hake, 71, died Friday (June 9, 2017) in Garden City. She was born March 17, 1946, in Colby, Kan. to William “Bill” Cheney and Blanche Turrell. She grew up in Rexford, Kan. and attended Vickers School. She...
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RPAC takes two in All Star Classic
(High School Sports ~ 06/12/17)
MINDEN, Neb. -- The Republican Plains Activity Conference went 2-2 in the New West All Star Classic held Friday and Saturday at Minden’s C.L. Jones Gymnasium...
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McCook Rebels thrash the Thrashers
(Community Sports ~ 06/12/17)
McCook’s 14-and-under Rebels Gray team needed only two innings to thrash the Thrashers, 13-0, in tournament play on Saturday. Trinity Sorensen delivered two hits with two RBIs to lead the Rebel attack. McCook plated five first-inning runs and another eight during the second before this game was called...
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Phillies win 5-4 at Felling, Mets prevail
(Community Sports ~ 06/12/17)
FELLING FIELD– The McCook Masonic Bodies Phillies defeated the First Central Bank Tigers 5-4 on Friday after taking the lead late in the game. The game was tied 4-4 with the McCook Masonic Bodies Phillies batting in the bottom of the fourth when Kolyn Gaston drove a single into right field that allowed teammate Isaiah Kendall to come around and score the go-ahead run...
- MNB Seniors respond to first two defeats (Community Sports ~ 06/12/17)
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Sen. Hughes here for two events Tuesday
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — District 44 State Sen. Dan Hughes will be in McCook Tuesday morning for back-to-back visits with the public at the Bieroc Cafe. The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce is coordinating a “Town Talk” with Sen. Hughes beginning at 9 a.m. at the Norris Avenue cafe. The monthly Coffee with a Cop meeting will follow at 10 a.m. with Sen. Hughes as the featured guest...
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Palisade Pioneer Days
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
“The Heart Brings You Back” to Palisade for the community’s annual “Pioneer Days” Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The summer celebration started with a wine tasting and book-signing by Palisade author David Hunt and ended with a community potluck dinner in Krotter Park. ...
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New banners welcoming visitors
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
Visitors to McCook this weekend were welcomed along B Street with 32 banners, a collaborative effort by several local organizations. Taking the lead were Jamie Mockry of McCook Area Chamber of Commerce and Linda Taylor of VK Electronics. The two have been working for several months to organize the project, which consisted of finding sponsors, working through the red tape to get permission from the state, approving designs, and having the banners installed...
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Cambridge speaker to recount pioneer life
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. – Cambridge, Nebraska, will celebrate the Annual Medicine Creek Days June 16, 17, 18. The acclaimed Humanities speaker, Cherrie Beam-Callaway, will present Promise in a New Land at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Trinity United Methodist Church. This program is provided by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, the United Methodist Church and cosponsors Cambridge Bed and Breakfast...
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Newspaper coverage
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
McCook residents, from left, Dorothy Hauxwell, Karen and Lynn Salyer and Sharon Bohling study “EXTRAs” of the McCook Daily Gazette printed during the newspaper’s coverage of the 1935 Republican River flood on Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1, 1935. ...
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Storytelling at the High Plains Museum
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
Storyteller Dr. Charles Peek, inset at the Museum of the High Plains Saturday morning, said that a community involved wants its story told, that people remember the hard times and the character it builds in them. The central theme of the 21st annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling festival Friday and Saturday was the 1935 flood of the Republican River and the central story of that event, Dr. ...
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Woman living in storage unit arrested on drug, weapon charges
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
BEAVER CITY, Neb. — Furnas and Harlan County sheriff’s officers arrested a 55-year-old woman — suspected of living in a storage unit in Oxford — on numerous drug charges and a weapon charge on Thursday, June 8. Sheriff Kurt Kapperman said that his and Harlan County officers responded to a request to check the welfare of a woman possibly living in the storage units located on the Harlan County side of Oxford. ...
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Larry Samway Memorial Fishing Derby this weekend
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Optimist Club is planning the return of the Larry Samway Memorial Fishing Derby and Casting Contest on Father’s Day Weekend, June 17 and 18, at Hugh Butler Lake. Contestants will compete for cash and prizes while sharpening their fishing skills...
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McCook man injured in single-vehicle rollover accident
(Local News ~ 06/12/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook man was injured in a one-vehicle roll-over accident east of McCook early Saturday morning. Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Bryan Walter reports that Joseph M. Troutman, 27, of McCook, was westbound on Highway 6&34 at 2:26 a.m., Saturday, in a construction zone east of McCook when he drove onto the shoulder of the highway. ...
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Busy summer of local event just getting started
(Editorial ~ 06/12/17)
If the kids (or you) say there’s nothing to do this summer, you haven’t been paying attention. Kudos to all the volunteers who made the 21st annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival a resounding success, from the sold-out History’s Mysteries Bus Tour Friday, to the Fox Theatre finale Friday night followed by an afterglow at the Bieroc Cafe...
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