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Kisker birth
(Births ~ 11/01/01)
Kurt and Linnette Kisker of Kearney announce the birth of their daughter, Kassidy Ann, on Sunday (Oct. 21, 2001) at Good Samaritan Hospital at Kearney. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce. She has a two-year-old brother, Will. Her grandparents are Dennis and Janice Kisker of McCook and Hal and Shirley McConnell of Trenton. ...
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City derailing county?
(Column ~ 11/01/01)
Dear Editor, What is up with the City Council? Are they trying to derail the county on the HWC building? Sounds just like the deal with the water at the old Air Base. Someone needs to get their head out of the sand and act like the professionals they are supposed to be. ...
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Hazmat team is a valuable asset to area
(Column ~ 11/01/01)
We all make preparations for things we hope never happen. We purchase life insurance, wear our seat belts and life jackets -- nowadays, we probably even pay more attention when the flight attendant goes through the safety drill. Some of us go a step farther. We take CPR classes and perhaps even become volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians...
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Taxing twice is wrong
(Column ~ 11/01/01)
Dear Editor, Taxing an animal more than once is unfair, unjust and illegal! The cattle complex is very competitive. The cow/calf man does not sell beef. Hath a right to promote sale of his beef. (Knowing the cowboy buying them is trying to to buy them as cheap as possible.) The cowboy running yearlings does not sell beef. ...
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Happy birthday USMC
(Column ~ 11/01/01)
Dear Editor, Did you know that Nov. 10 will be the 226th birthday of the United States Marine Corps? Marines and former marines will be getting together in various cities across the country to celebrate this birthday. With that in mind, several former marines are planning a get-together in McCook for "jarheads" in Southwest Nebraska. ...
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Coming out of the closet
(Column ~ 11/01/01)
After years of denying it, hiding it, even making fun of other people who actually participate in the activity, I've decided to admit defeat. Today is the day I come out of the closet. It's not easy. People know how I pretended not to like it, how I avoided activities that would throw me into the middle of the craziness...
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Elsie M. Peterson
(Obituary ~ 11/01/01)
Elsie M. Peterson ATWOOD -- Elsie M. Peterson, 86, of Atwood, died Tuesday (Oct. 30, 2001) at the Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. She was born Nov. 22, 1914, in a sod house in Union Township in Rawlins County, Kan., to Axel Gerion Albin and Beda Victoria (Peterson) Peterson. ...
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