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Bison girls have same woes in GNAC first-round loss
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/09)
NORTH PLATTE -- The good news for the McCook High School girls basketball team is the Bison won't have to face North Platte again this season. The bad news Tuesday was a 72-22 loss to the Bulldogs in the opening round of the annual Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference Tournament. The score was nearly identical to the outcome of a regular-season meeting between McCook and host North Platte Dec. 18... -
Bison boys can't rally from early deficit in GNAC first-round loss
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/09)
NORTH PLATTE -- Things went downhill for the McCook High School boys early, and it was an uphill battle for the Bison in Tuesday's Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference Tournament game against North Platte. McCook fell behind early and the Bison could never get a rally going en route to a 58-50 loss to the host Bulldogs in a first-round GNAC Tournament game at the North Platte High School gym... -
Small towns get big data pipeline
(Local News ~ 12/30/09)
CAMBRIDGE -- Cambridge Telephone Co. created "a pipe to the future," and "future-proofed" a portion of rural Nebraska with the official unveiling Tuesday of its state-of-the-art infrastructure upgrade from copper wire to fiber optic cable connectivity... -
'First Night' offers unprecedented variety of activities
(Local News ~ 12/30/09)
McCook's inaugural "First Night" offers an unprecedented array of activities for the young and young at heart, including a fire pit and s'mores at McCook Glass and Mirror and for those who want to bring 2010 in with style, a dinner buffet at Sehnert's Bakery and Biéroc Cafe...
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Fiber optic system clears way for future economic possibilities
(Editorial ~ 12/30/09)
The first decade of the 21st century is almost over, and we're still not commuting to work in pneumatic tubes or strapping on our jetpacks to run to the store. There are advances of which, however, sci-fi dreamers of a half century ago could never have dreamed...
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Reaching our destination
(Column ~ 12/30/09)
I didn't expect it to come back quite so easily. Frankly, I thought it was gone for good. You see, I've been directionally challenged since moving to Southwest Nebraska 12 years ago. Prior to that move, knowing north from south and east from west was second nature. I was raised along the Front Range in Colorado where the mountains are always west and the other three directions easily plotted from that immovable point...
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