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MHS senior Jared Muehlenkamp to play baseball at MCC (College Sports ~ 03/09/05)
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(High School Sports ~ 03/09/05)
RVL basketball teams selected CAMBRIDGE -- The 2005 all conference teams were announced this week. Two Cambridge players, and two Arapahoe players made all conference boys first team. Waid Vontz and Anthony Lytle represent Cambridge, while Tony Braithwait and Blake Maaske represent Arapahoe. Rounding out the starting five is Andrew Winscot from Southern Valley...
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Ada I. Gray
(Obituary ~ 03/09/05)
May 16, 1931-March 5, 2005 BENKELMAN -- Ada Irene Gray, 73, died Saturday (March 5, 2005) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. She was born May 16, 1931, in Potter to Fredrick Laury and Helen Vida (Hite) Schwartz. She grew up in Sidney and graduated from Sidney High School...
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Ivah M. Alexander
(Obituary ~ 03/09/05)
April 4, 1909-March 7, 2005 OBERLIN -- Ivah Mae Alexander, 95, died Monday (March 7, 2005) in Oberlin. She was born April 4, 1909, to Harvey and May (Taylor) Alexander in rural Lyle, Kan. She was raised near Lyle and attended school at District 110 Country School. She graduated from Norcatur High School in 1929 and attended beauty school...
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Agnes Chambers
(Obituary ~ 03/09/05)
Jan. 28, 1918-March 8, 2005 OBERLIN -- Agnes Chambers, 87, died Tuesday (March 8, 2005) at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. She was born Jan. 28, 1918, to Wayne and Christine (Nelson) Cramer in Geneva. She was raised in Maywood. She graduated from Maywood High School in 1932 and attended the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis...
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Shaw birth (Births ~ 03/09/05)
Jeremy and Rylee Shaw of McCook announce the birth of their son, Caleb John Shaw, Feb. 23, 2005, at Community Hospital of McCook. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19 inches long. He has a sister, Karragan, 15 months-old. Grandparents are Gene and Linda Shaw of Hastings and Sid and Teresa Peterson of Bushnel. Great-grandparents are John and Darlene Kruse of Lexington, Fran Soucie of Lexington, Loretta Pilakowski of North Platte and Burt Ogg of Madrid... -
No smoking gun -- Nitrates likely from commercial fertilizer, natural source (Local News ~ 03/09/05)
The information revealed by a small-scale study of groundwater quality northeast of Swanson Lake at Trenton is "not a smoking gun," according to the liaison for the Natural Resources Districts and Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality who spoke this morning at the Middle Republican NRD's annual water conference in McCook... -
Roger Patterson named college alumnus of the year (Local News ~ 03/09/05)
North Platte -- Roger K. Patterson has been selected as Mid-Plains Community College's alumnus of the year for 2005. He was nominated by MPCC Board of Governors members Kent Miller and Dale Wahlgren, and was the unanimous choice by Dr. Michael R. Chipps, MPCC President, and the College Cabinet... -
Farnam fire station burns down
(Local News ~ 03/09/05)
FARNAM -- Farnam firefighters pulled out their new firetruck Monday evening, hooked it to a hydrant and fought the fire that was consuming the fire station. Nebraska Fire Marshal Dell Cerny said this morning the fire destroyed the station, three trucks, bunker gear, pumps and assorted firefighting equipment. He estimated damages to be at least $200,000...
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Gasoline -- breaking the $2 barrier
(Editorial ~ 03/09/05)
There aren't many $2 bills around, but if you ever find one in your wallet, you might be able to buy a gallon of gasoline with it. Providing you shop around. Most places, you'll have to kick in a couple of those pennies rattling around the cupholder on your dashboard...
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Only my dyin' will tell
(Column ~ 03/09/05)
We lost a good friend Tuesday. Picked him up in 1993 from behind a load of drywall, just a shiverin' and a shakin' like he was going to the hangman. Coal black, pure bred Labrador, he wasn't but a few weeks old and was to become companion to our three children and our aging mutt, VanDyke...
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Hooray for politicians
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/09/05)
**Dear Editor, I find it rather funny that some members of our city council feel a code of conduct is offensive. Why? Are they such good Republicans that they can walk on water, or do they feel that since the Senate, the Congress, and even the President seem to have no rules to live by, they don't need any either...