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THE UNIVERSITY | THE UNK VOLLEYBALL TEAM: #1 IN THE NATION |
Kearney is home to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, or simply "UNK". If you love college sports, UNK has much to offer. As I write this, the UNK volleyball team is ranked # 1 in the nation among division 2 schools. Last year (2003) the men's basketball team was one of the top 8 teams in the nation and featured the division 2 national player of the year, Nick Branting. The wrestling team is presently ranked # 3 nationally. The football team has won seven in a row as of this writing. UNK has won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all-sports championship for several years in a row. The student athletes generally do very well in the classroom also.%x** |
| BEAUTIFUL HARMON PARK IN KEARNEY, NEBRASKA |
|  | HARMON PARK On the first day we ever spent in Kearney, many years ago, we had a picnic lunch in Harmon Park. We thought it was the most beautiful city park we had ever seen, and we have not changed our mind. It features a large rock garden, complete with flowing water. This was actually constructed by the WPA during the Great Depression. Also there are tennis courts, a softball field, lots of trees, a swimming pool and more. And yes, that is a lighthouse....in the middle of Nebraska. Don't laugh, because ever since it was built we have not had a single shipwreck around here!* |
THE MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART The official state-wide museum of Nebraska Art, known as "MONA", is located in Kearney. It is in the 2400 block of Central Avenue. Highway 30 goes by just to the north of it.
Inside the museum are ever-changing displays of art works that have some connection to Nebraska. There is also a very nice gift shop.
The photo is taken in the sculpture garden of MONA. The subject of this fine sculpture was a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska; the late Cliff Hillegass. Who is he, you ask? Well, did you ever use "Cliff's Notes" to get through a troublesome college course? Yep, this is the "Cliff" who founded Cliff's Notes.
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| Pros: | "Friendly people, clean, modern surroundings, a slower pace of life. its hard to beat." | | Cons: | "Its a long way to the ocean from here! (We are equadistant from Boston and San Francisco)" | | In A Nutshell: | "just a really great place to live, or to visit" |
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Cichlide Thu May 11, 2006 19:20 UTC
Nice page, I will use your tips in the next 2 weeks. I'm working for Baldwin Filters in Belgium Europe and I will come to Kearney this Saturday to visit the main office. With a bit of luck we will bumb into each other :-) | luckyzen Thu Feb 2, 2006 02:54 UTC
Thanks! Greetings from Cape Town. | caffeine_induced78 Fri Aug 5, 2005 03:46 UTC
If I was a student at UNK would I possibly get an email address that would be Caffeine_induced78@eloper.unk.edu? | Packerman Sun Jul 10, 2005 15:17 UTC
Your Kearney page clinched my desire to stop and check it out next week as I travel to Colorado on I-80. I was always interested as I passed below that museum and now you have convinced me to stop and maybe stay overnight. Very helpful page!! |
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