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William F. Shaner
(Obituary ~ 03/14/18)
William F. Shaner March 28, 1929 - Feb. 23, 2018 McCOOK, Neb. — William F. Shaner, 88, of McCook, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at Bryan Medical Center East Campus in Lincoln, Neb. Funeral services were 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd., 6601 38th Ave., Moline, Ill. Visitation was prior to the service, at the funeral home. Burial took place at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, Ill. Memorials may be made to The American Heart Association...
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Quakers stun KU? Never know with Madness
(College Sports ~ 03/14/18)
Time to bounce around a few March Madness exactly how Gazette scribbler R.B. (Rabid Bonnies Fan?) Headley fills out his first tournament bracket: Five minutes or less, baby! “My only perfect Final Four was a Sunday night in 2001: Duke, Maryland, Michigan State and Arizona with Duke winning it all,” Tar Heel fan R.B. ...
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Bison alum's team falls in national final
(College Sports ~ 03/14/18)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – It was an inopportune time for the Concordia University women’s basketball team to get swept up by a perfect storm. The second quarter turned into a disaster and the second-ranked Bulldogs never recovered while making their second appearance in four seasons in the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship Game...
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Indians change diamond plans for softball
(College Sports ~ 03/14/18)
The McCook Community College softball schedule has once again been altered in anticipation of possible wet weather for the weekend. MCC’s scheduled doubleheader Friday with Central Community College has been moved up and the teams will play Wednesday instead -- at the Jaycees Sports Complex. Games will start at 3 and 5 p.m...
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Bison swinging into spring sports
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/18)
The McCook Bison golfers went to work on Heritage Hill’s driving range Tuesday afternoon iin preparation for their first varsity tournament next week. More details about McCook and all the area spring sports teams will be featured in upcoming editions of the Gazette...
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YMCA title chase already heating up
(Community Sports ~ 03/14/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Attack Pack’s right on the heels of Hauxwell Motors and Messinger following week two in McCook YMCA Adult Women’s Volleyball League play. The league co-leaders are both unbeaten at 4-0 following Thursday night games, but Attack Pack remains close at 3-1...
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Cycle helps Indians roll to home sweep
(College Sports ~ 03/14/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Starting pitcher Jacob Lombardelli pitched a four-hit shutout Wednesday in a 3-0 win in the opening game of a doubleheader with Hastings College JVs and Jake Sanford smashed home runs in both games besides hitting for the cyle in game two Tuesday.’...
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SWNCTA production: 'Dreamcoat' colorful, uplifting performance
(Local News ~ 03/14/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Tuesday night’s rehearsal ran about an hour and a half, but the time flew by as the Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre Association put finishing touches on the upcoming production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Any need for improvement was difficult to see in the return performance of an Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice musical first presented by SWNCTA in 2004...
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Bring on the rain dance
(Local News ~ 03/14/18)
Beaver Valley firefighters, with help from Red Willow Western firefighters and tank trucks, fight a short-lived fire in the neighborhood of County Roads 705 and 387 south of McCook and west of Marion Tuesday evening. The fire is believed to have spread from burning trash. ...
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Spring housecleaning
(Local News ~ 03/14/18)
Sorting at the Helping Hand thrift shop in McCook Saturday for a load for the “Orphan Grain Train” of Grand Island are, top right, Beth Stark of Inland, right, and Denise Rakes of Cambridge, and Lori Leibbrandt of Cambridge, above right, and Barbara Baca of Wilsonville. ...
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Board wants practice for graduation ceremony
(Local News ~ 03/14/18)
Lorri Sughroue Associate Editor McCOOK, Neb. — With two months to go, preparations for May 13 graduation are beginning, with a member of the McCook Board of Education requesting if they could attend practice with students before the big day. Board member Teresa Thomas said at Monday night’s regular meeting that the 30 minutes the board usually gets the day of graduation is not enough time, especially for coordinating the rotation of board members in handing out diplomas. ...
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Two homes, garage destroyed on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 03/14/18)
BENKELMAN, Neb. — An early morning fire in Benkelman Tuesday destroyed two homes and a garage, although a family of six escaped with their lives and the clothes on their backs. The Benkelman News reports that the Roy Shapley family awoke to glass breaking in the adjacent mobile home and quickly evacuated their home. The fire spread from a mobile home owned by Kristie Pankonin, who does not live in Benkelman, to the garage and then to the Shapley home...
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Government falling down on fulfilling information requests
(Editorial ~ 03/14/18)
The Freedom of Information Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966, generally provides that any person has a right, enforceable in court, to obtain records from federal records. There are nine specific exemptions, including personnel, medical, classified, trade secrets or others, but otherwise, the law promotes open government...
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