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Best of GNAC wrestlers reach McCook Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — What a way to finish 2018 for wrestling fans as half of the GNAC tournament teams bring high Nebraska state rankings into McCook on Saturday. Class A No. 5 Columbus, Class B No. 3 Scottsbluff and No. 6 Hastings will all hit the mats for matches starting at 10 a.m. in McCook Community College’s Graff Events Center...
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Best of bowling in McCook
(Community Sports ~ 12/28/18)
Latest league results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook: Men’s Major Stockman’s Feed 301-209 Wagner’s Ford 281-225 Maris General Cons. 278-232 Pivotal Bowling 269-235 Five Loners 263-239 TJ’s Family Fun 250-259...
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Milestones don't end with birthdays
(Community Sports ~ 12/28/18)
Earlier this week, my youngest son celebrated his 10th half-birthday. While its’ primary purpose is to go out to eat for lunch, it also signifies the importance of each passing year. As kids, we count down the days, whether it’s the number of days left until summer vacation or the weeks left until a birthday…all birthdays were significant...
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Bison great playing in elite Patriot tourney
(College Sports ~ 12/28/18)
PHOENIX, Ariz. — McCook’s own Noah Hofman has been selected to play with 84 elite golfers from across the nation in this weekend’s Patriot All-American Invitational. The tourney teed off today and Golf Channel will be covering this tourney that tees off on Saturday and continues through New Year’s Eve...
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Post-Christmas observations
(Column ~ 12/28/18)
All of our celebrations, including Christmas, begin way too early anymore. When I was a kid, there was a two-week window, now it’s a month and sometimes longer. In fact, when one holiday is over, we begin to celebrate the next one. This is fueled primarily by business interests who have products to sell and they want to sell as many as possible. ...
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'Converting' photos becomes therapeutic exercise for self-taught artist
(Local News ~ 12/28/18)
CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Neb. — For Rachel Shepherd, painting is a passion … a therapy … an expression of what she sees in a photograph and feels in her heart. Rachel studies a photograph of a landscape, and then, in acrylic paints, she makes it her own on canvas. "The painting is what I see in the photograph … what I feel," she explains...
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Keith Messersmith
(Obituary ~ 12/28/18)
Keith Messersmith June 20, 1933 - Dec. 25, 2018 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Keith Messersmith, 85, of Farnam, Neb., died Dec. 25, 2018, in Cambridge. Keith was born June 20, 1933, to Herbert and Zella (Adkisson) Messersmith. The family lived off the land and ate a lot of wildlife to get them through the tough times. ...
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David E. Berger
(Obituary ~ 12/28/18)
David E. Berger Jan. 19, 1925 - Dec. 27, 2018 KENT, Wash. — David E. Berger, 93, died Thursday (Dec. 27, 2018), at Kent. He was born Jan. 19, 1925. He served in the U.S. Marines during World War II. He will be buried at the Tacoma, Wash., Veterans Cemetery...
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Original high school, junior high school, on West First
(Column ~ 12/28/18)
How many remember that there used to be two school buildings on the block that now holds Central Elementary? The beginning was the East building facing West 1st street built to house the senior high classes. The second building was erected in the fall of 1922 and built for the junior high and set to the west of the senior high building...
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Electrical malfunction blamed for fire
(Local News ~ 12/28/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The cause of a Christmas eve fire was apparently electrical in nature, according to an update issued by the McCook Fire Department. According to the release, the department responded to a reported structure fire at approximately 2:14 p.m., on Monday, Dec. 24 at 1100 East A Street, Lot 1...
- Wayne Allen Spilinek (Obituary ~ 12/28/18)
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