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Bison bowlers get second at Ogallala
(High School Sports ~ 11/23/16)
OGALLALA, Neb. -- The McCook unified bowlers had one team finish runner-up and another take fourth place at Saturday's South Platte Invite in Ogallala...
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D1-9 all-district football teams announced
(High School Sports ~ 11/23/16)
Thirteen Gazette-area football athletes received D1-9 first team all-district honors...
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Rundback birthday
(Birthdays ~ 11/23/16)
80th birthday The family of Charlotte Rundback of Palisade, Neb., is requesting a card shower for her 80th birthday. She has been a cosmetologist for nearly 60 years and has owned the Beauty Nook in Palisade. Her children are Cheryl Aragon, Guy Rundback, Michael Rundback and Michelle Martinez. She has 7 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Please join us in honoring her. Cards may be sent to: 35969 RD 728, Palisade, NE 69040...
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Maywood men face felony child porn, assault charges
(Local News ~ 11/23/16)
STOCKVILLE, Neb. -- Two Maywood men face felony charges of child pornography and sexual assault of a child, and were bound over to Frontier County District Court Friday. According to the Frontier County Enterprise newspaper, Joshua Tobiasson, 29 years old, and Terry Tobiasson, 25, waived their rights to preliminary hearings in county court and will be arraigned in district court on Tuesday, Dec. 13...
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County names temporary assessor
(Local News ~ 11/23/16)
TRENTON, Neb. -- Hitchcock County commissioners named an acting county assessor during their meeting Monday. As acting assessor, Pat Albro takes the place of Marlene Bedore, who was removed from office through a recall election Nov. 8. Bedore had been assessor since January 2015...
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Bank fire investigation continuing
(Local News ~ 11/23/16)
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Don Moore, board chairman and CEO of First Central Bank, said this morning that he expected the Nebraska state fire marshall and a building inspector/structural engineer in Cambridge today to continue the investigation into the cause of the fire that destroyed the Cambridge location of First Central Bank and an adjoining Cambridge Telephone Co. building Sunday morning...
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Fiber optic installation
(Local News ~ 11/23/16)
Work continues despite an afternoon rainfall for equipment operators in front of the McCook Valmont plant Tuesday. Great Plains Communication was approved earlier in the week to occupy city easement to install underground fiber optic cable and extend service to the Valmont factory...
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Smoke in the classroom
(Local News ~ 11/23/16)
McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham checks on a Central Elementary student waiting outside the front door of the school as firefighters inside the building try to figure out the source of smoke filling a classroom about 3:55 p.m., Tuesday. School had dismissed at 3:20 p.m. ...
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Councilman: No rush on choosing gas company
(Local News ~ 11/23/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook's representative on the ACE board of directors is encouraging residents to review all options before choosing a natural gas supplier during the 2017 selection period. "You may be receiving offers to sign up now with a particular supplier. ...
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A victim of the weather
(Local News ~ 11/23/16)
Don't ya hate it when your snowman loses his head? Violet, left, and Harper Stevens' "Frosty" lost considerable girth, and then his whole head, in Monday's unseasonably warm temps. He wasn't very big to begin with, the girls having constructed him with just the tiny, crusty skiff of snow that fell through the night last Thursday. ...
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The Bushes and the Saudis
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/23/16)
"House of Bush, House of Saud" published in 2004 by Scribner and written by Craig Unger clarifies the problems of international terrorism. It is a lot like a John Grisham or a James Bond mystery story, only the long relationship between the Bush family and Saudi royal family is true...
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Good news just in time for Small Business Saturday
(Editorial ~ 11/23/16)
During the presidential campaign, President Obama voiced concern about his legacy -- unless Hillary Clinton won, his achievements would be lost to posterity. He probably didn't expect it to begin before he even left office. Businesses across the country were struggling to comply with a regulation going into effect Dec. 1, that would require them to pay overtime for salaried administrative or professional workers who make less than about $47,500 a year...
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Where do we get constellations?
(Column ~ 11/23/16)
Okay folks, let's go to the old mailbag -- or should I say email -- for a reader's question, "Where do we get constellations?" There are 88 recognized and approved constellations in the night sky. I say approved because nobody can just go willy-nilly naming constellations and stars. There is a whole group of people who are responsible for naming things like that...
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