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Bison basketball teams open season by sweeping Longhorns
(High School Sports ~ 12/02/05)
IMPERIAL -- The McCook High School varsity and junior varsity boys basketball teams opened the season Thursday night at Imperial with a sweep of the Longhorns. The McCook varsity boys defeated the Longhorns 78-48 and the Bison varsity girls won 58-44...
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Cambridge boys, girls down Hitchcock County
(High School Sports ~ 12/02/05)
TRENTON -- Cambridge's boys basketball team rolled over Hitchcock County Thursday 52-29. Brian Ballou tallied 16 points for the Trojans. Anthony Lytle was also a top scorer with 12 points. Chancy Carlson and Austin Scott were the top scores for Hitchcock County...
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Southwest wrestling team captures Cambridge dual
(High School Sports ~ 12/02/05)
CAMBRIDGE -- Cambridge wrestlers hosted their first dual of the season Thursday. Wrestlers from Bertrand, Southwest, Southern Valley, Alma and Arapahoe competed in the event. Southwest Roughriders finished first in the dual. Southern Valley followed in second and Cambridge finished in the third position. Bertrand and Arapahoe were fourth and fifth...
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Power being restored to Northwest Kansas
(Local News ~ 12/02/05)
JENNINGS -- The mayor of Jennings doesn't know whether to celebrate with a hot toddy or just crawl into bed for a long winter's nap. Mayor Bob Jones, his village board members and a group of volunteers have sheltered and fed Jennings residents and stranded travelers since the ice and snow of a blizzard dropped power lines and snapped power poles -- leaving the Jennings area without electricity since Sunday evening...
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Candidates vie for district judge position
(Local News ~ 12/02/05)
Approximately 30 people attended the open public hearing held by the Judicial Resource Commission in McCook Thursday morning, for the 11th Judicial District Court Judge position left open by John Battershell's' retirement in October. Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court John V. ...
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Holiday Home Tour to help fix up older homes
(Editorial ~ 12/02/05)
By taking part in the Holiday Home Tour Saturday afternoon, you will not only get to see the inside of some very special McCook homes, but you will also be giving a helping hand to a program to assist first-time homebuyers. The double bonus is possible because the entire Home Tour admission fee -- $12 per person -- is going into a fund to help fix up six older dwellings in McCook...
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Flipping through the days 'til Christmas
(Column ~ 12/02/05)
Snow covers the ground. Lights line the rooftops. Eight-foot blow-up figures are more common than pink flamingos on a 40th birthday. All tell-tale signs that the holiday season is nearing. But the most obvious signal that Christmas is just around the corner actually began weeks ago as our mailboxes became fuller and fuller with the arrival of catalogs and magazines...
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'I'll Be Home For Christmas' (Local News ~ 12/02/05)
Austin Molcyk, left, and Greg Pevoteaux dance in the living room on the set of "I'll Be Home For Christmas," which goes on stage tonight at the 4-H Building on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds. The Evangelical Free Church production, set in 1941, features a radio show, choir and the big-band music of the era. ...