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MCC women roll past Brown Mackie
(College Sports ~ 02/08/08)
The McCook Community College women's basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Brown Mackie College-Salina 73-62 Wednesday night at True Hall Gymnasium. The MCC women improved to 7-17 overall. Bridgette Riddick led the Indians with 23 points. Heaven Johnson added 21 and Ashley Foe 11...
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Russell Lynn Gohl
(Obituary ~ 02/08/08)
Dec. 12, 1954 - Feb. 6, 2008 HAYES CENTER -- Russell Lynn Gohl of Hayes Center died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, at UNL Medical Center in Omaha after a valiant and courageous battle with cancer. He was 53 years old. Russ was born on Dec. 12, 1954, in McCook to William F. and Melva A. (Korell) Gohl. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1973. He continued his education at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln graduating in 1977...
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Thelma Walker
(Obituary ~ 02/08/08)
Aug. 27, 1933 - Feb. 6, 2008 LINDSBORG, Kan.-- Thelma Walker, 74, formerly of Oberlin, died Wednesday (Feb. 6, 2008) in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 27, 1933, in Jennings, Kan., to Marion C. and Rozella B. (Brown) Brock. She grew up in Jennings and graduated from Jennings High School...
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Battreall anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 02/08/08)
Bob and Aloha Battreall of North Platte celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Feb. 7, 1948.
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McCook Bison boys, girls split Shootout openers
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/08)
The McCook Bison boys and girls basketball teams played close games Thursday night in the first round of the East-West Shootout.
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Eustis-Farnam girls roll past Med Valley
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/08)
CURTIS -- Eustis-Farnam's girls ripped Medicine Valley basketball team Thursday 47-13. "We wrapped up a nice regular season," said Knights coach Brad Dunlap. "I think the girls are focused and ready to play some good basketball at sub-districts next week...
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Car flips 5 times, driver treated and released
(Local News ~ 02/08/08)
Speeds estimated at 100 miles an hour resulted in a spectacular debris-scattering accident that relocated a fire hydrant and sent a McCook teen to the hospital late Thursday afternoon. The driver, Logan Tschacher, 18, was treated at Community Hospital in McCook and released after rolling and flipping his 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix five times in the North U.S. Highway 83 right-of-way in front of T.J's Family Fun Center bowling alley at 4:59 p.m...
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Professional rodeo cowboy to speak at chamber banquet
(Local News ~ 02/08/08)
The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce plans the 83rd Annual Chamber Banquet on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building. Social hour will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner, catered by Taste of Texas, scheduled for 6:45 p.m...
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Sure signs spring is on its way
(Editorial ~ 02/08/08)
There may be many reasons we live in Nebraska instead of some warmer clime, but if the change of seasons is one of them, we shouldn't be disappointed this year. After a few unusually warm and dry years -- remember mowing the lawn in January, because it needed it? -- we've been "blessed" with a true winter, complete with ice and snow that have never entirely gone away...
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Our mattress has Alzheimer's disease
(Column ~ 02/08/08)
When my husband and I first married, we slept on a waterbed. It was warm in the winter and cool in the summer and it satisfied our thirst for adventure on the high seas. However, it wasn't long before my husband's 185 pound frame turned into one of a linebacker. The combination of his weight gain, his restless sleeping habits and our free-flow waterbed caused me to feel as if I were a small ship on a stormy sea...
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Naomi Annette Meitl
(Obituary ~ 02/08/08)
July 25, 1964-Feb. 6, 2008 DRESDEN - Naomi Annette Meitl, 43, died Wednesday (Feb. 6, 2008) at her home in Dresden. She was born July 25, 1963, at Kansas City, Kan., to Paul and Jeanette (Shirley) Reis. She was raised in Grapevine, Texas, where she attended school...
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