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Trojan golfers tie for top three in 'C'
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/19)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — They stared straight into the face of strong winds whipping across Lake Maloney Golf Course and Cambridge’s state golfers never flinched. The Trojans didn’t just match their top five state finish in Class C from a year ago. They played even better, tying for third place overall as four Cambridge girls fired lower rounds than in Monday’s near-perfect weather...
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Tough Indians repeat title despite 'not best ball'
(College Sports ~ 10/16/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College volleyball team claimed its second straight Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference Championship Tuesday downing North Platte in four sets 25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 25-23. “That was a really tough match to win. I thought it was an even match for both sides but I thought we struggled the whole time,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza. “This was not our best volleyball.”...
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'Hands & Voices' hearing loss presentation Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/16/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Fire safety concerns for anyone who is deaf or hard-of-hearing will be addressed at a special collaborative presentation by "Hands & Voices" and the City of McCook Fire Department on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m., at the fire station in the 300 block of West Fifth...
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New bus on horizon for school
(Local News ~ 10/16/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — A new over-the-road school bus will be up for approval by the McCook Board of Education in the near future. McCook Schools business manager John Brazell told the school board Monday night that preliminary information has been received concerning the purchase of a new bus. This bus will be used for long trips across the state...
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Lied Center to bring "Night of Broadway" to Fox Theater on Monday
(Local News ~ 10/16/19)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The Lied’s Night of Broadway will be performed at the Fox Theater in McCook on Monday, Oct. 21st at 7 pm. The concert is part of the Lied Center’s Arts Across Nebraska program, presented free of charge thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation...
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Big Give to benefit 29 organizations
(Local News ~ 10/16/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Big Give McCook will have 29 organizations participating on Thursday, Nov. 7 including the ABC Pregnancy Center, which is new to the event, and the Family Resource Center, which is one of the agencies served by Community Chest. The ABC Pregnancy Center uses trained volunteers to provide free and confidential help to women and girls who are in in a planned or unplanned crisis pregnancy...
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Technology taking on more roles that humans used to fill
(Editorial ~ 10/16/19)
Did you ever get assigned to be a hall monitor? Some of us reveled in the authority to check passes and tell fellow students where they could and could not go. Now that role is likely filled by a ceiling-mounted CCD, feeding a video signal to a bank of monitors in the school office...
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If you can't change circumstances, try changing perspectives
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/16/19)
Dear Editor, A few years ago, a blizzard was nearly a whiteout. When I opened the door for the dog to brave the elements, the door came open only wide enough for him to get through. When he returned, his coat was covered with snow. School had been closed for two days. The highways were closed. I thought this must be the worst blizzard we’ve had in many years...
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Wolves sink Sailors for 24th straight win
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/19)
MAYWOOD, Neb. — Senior Jaycee Lapp served 20 points on a 25-for-25 effort during Maywood-Hayes Center’s 25-21, 25-16, 25-9 sweep of Sutherland Tuesday evening. Junior Jaycee Widener was good with another 10 points as she didn’t miss any serves (16 for 16)...
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Trojans rebound to topple Roughriders
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/19)
BARTLEY, Neb. — Battling injury and a painful earlier defeat, the Cambridge Trojans rallied like reigning ditrict champs to top host Southwest 25-20, 25-11 Tuesday evening. The Trojans (16-10 record) took charge with senior Korynn Clason turning many of setter Brielle Miller’s 24 assists into 17 kills...
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Falcons pick off two big wins at Bartley
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/19)
ARTLEY, Neb. — The Hitchcock County are soaring with confidence and could be playing up to their Falcon nickname during next week’s RPAC volleyball tournament. “We’re excited. We just want to pick each team off,” coach Lisa Faimon declared on a post-game radio interview Tuesday evening...
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Bison battle sickness, drop two at Bow
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/19)
BROKEN BOW, Neb. — McCook High volleyball players will focus on getting healthy following two tough losses at Tuesday’s Broken Bow Triangular. The Bison battled powerful 24-2 Bow first where juniors Tiara Matson and Liviya Wier both blasted four kills...
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Intersection accident
(Local News ~ 10/16/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — At least two people were taken to Community Hospital by ambulance Wednesday afternoon following a collision at West 2nd and H streets in McCook about 2 p.m. A car southbound on West 2nd was apparently struck by a westbound vehicle which then traveled across a lawn and into a pickup truck parked in the driveway of the next home. More information will be published when it becomes available...
- Loren Dale Doetker (Obituary ~ 10/16/19)
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