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McCook boys blaze through SWC field
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/19)
COZAD, Neb. — Consider McCook ran two of Class B’s four fastest recorded 100 meters on Saturday — and those weren’t even part of the Bison point team total! That’s how dominant the McCook boys were again while winning a Southwest Conference team title with 180 points...
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Dee Andrew Traphagan
(Obituary ~ 04/29/19)
Dee Andrew Traphagan April 30, 1941 - April 26, 2019 McCOOK, Neb. — Dee Andrew Traphagan, of McCook, passed away surrounded by his family on Friday, April 26, 2019, at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings. Dee was just four days shy of celebrating his 78th birthday...
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Kenneth W. Gibson Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/29/19)
Kenneth W. Gibson Jr. DENVER, Colo. — Kenneth W. Gibson Jr., 67, died Friday (April 26, 2019), at the Aurora Medical Center in Aurora, Colo. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, Kan.
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'Pure Shrimp' wins Hormel Competition
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Tyler McCarty’s idea to bring a shrimp farm to the area – “Pure Shrimp” was named winner of the 2019 Ben Hormel Business Plan Competition and $18,000 through McCook Community College’s Business and Community Education. “Pure Shrimp” was selected from among seven finalists who presented business plans Friday at MCC. ...
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Tom Osborne to appear at two events Tuesday
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
McCook, Neb. — Cornhusker coaching legend and former congressman Tom osborne will make two appearances in McCook on Tuesday. As co-founder with his wife, Nancy, of TeamMates Mentoring, he will speak on that topic at 2 p.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home, 305 West C...
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Hospital board affirms support of better Medicaid funding for nursing homes
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
McCook, Neb. — Meeting earlier this month, Community Hospital board members reaffirmed the hospital’s support for Hillcrest Nursing Home in light of the financial crisis in reimbursement the nursing home currently faces. With the current crisis facing the facility due to shortfalls in State Medicaid reimbursement, the board discussion covered three points:...
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Jail Standards Award
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
Red Willow County Sheriff Alan Kotschwar, left, and Red Willow County jail administrator Gerry Hunter display the 2018 "Excellence in Detention Facility Administration" award presented to the county's jail by the Nebraska Jail Standards Board during the NJS annual banquet in Kearney April 19. ...
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Cambridge boys earn RPAC team title
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/19)
OXFORD, Neb. — The Cambridge boys delivered enough great wins to take home an RPAC track and field team title Friday evening. BOYS Team scores and all Gazette-area top eight placers on Friday: TEAMS: 1. Cambridge 95, 2. Bertrand 85.5, 3. Wauneta-Palisade 75, 4. Southern Valley 72, 5. Dundy County-Stratton 59.5, 6. Paxton 53, 7. Arapahoe 37.5, 8. Maxwell 35, 9. Medicine Valley 30, 10. Alma 28.5, 11. Wallace 28, 12. Southwest 22.5, 13. Maywood-Hayes Center 22, 14. Hitchcock County 19.5...
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RPAC's best jumper; SV girls above all
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/19)
Cambridge junior Korynn Clason won the RPAC long jump (16’7”) and triple jump (34”7”) titles on Friday. Complete area girls’ RPAC results will appear Tuesday.
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MCC golfers going back to nationals
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/19)
TORRINGTON, Wyo. – The McCook Community College golf team finished the final regular meet of the year in second place, shooting a 307 Friday for a two-day total of 611. Eastern Wyoming won the tournament by 48 shots. The Lancers had already clinched the season-long point standings but finished besting MCC 114-86. Eastern Wyoming earns the automatic bid to the NJCCA National Tournament next month in Florida. MCC will also participate, as an at-large invitee...
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Bison girls break into SWC's top three
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/19)
COZAD, Neb. — Senior Mackenzie Smith won both Southwest Conference throwing titles as the McCook Bison powered their way to a top three team place at Saturday’s championship meet. The Bison totaled 90.5 points to outscore vie other squads in Cozad (71), Broken Bow (52), Ainsworth (41), Minden (28) and Valentine (15)...
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McCook tennis girls dominate visitors
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — No judge or jury was needed to see the McCook tennis girls were superb executioners on their home courts Friday and Saturday. The Bison literally didn’t drop a match all weekend as they warmed up for huge meets leading to Class B state now less than three weeks away...
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Mobile Pantry hopes to serve more seniors
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
CULBERTSON, Neb. — Mobile Pantry coordinators are hoping that more senior citizens will take advantage of the Mobile events in Hitchcock and Red Willow counties. Coordinators JoLyn Hare of Culbertson and Barb Ostrum of McCook were pleased with the turnout to the Mobile Pantry in Culbertson Saturday, but are still wishing that more senior citizens would take advantage of the Mobile events. ...
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Who's to blame for opioid crisis? All of the above
(Editorial ~ 04/29/19)
Unfortunately for pure democracy, the majority isn’t always right. Richard Nixon was re-elected by one of the biggest landslides in history just a couple of years before he was forced to resign in the Watergate scandal Fortunately, the founding fathers set up our Republic to keep the tyranny of the majority from trampling individual rights...
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Tending a garden of souls
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/29/19)
The medicaid funding crisis brought together many people who appreciate and care about their county nursing home. This dedication is a pleasant reminder of how Red Willow County citizens came together and voted to build Hillcrest Nursing Home in 1963. Hillcrest is not just a building. Yes, it is a senior health care facility but it is more...
- Darrel J. Ruzicka (Obituary ~ 04/29/19)
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