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Stay safe on roads this winter
(Column ~ 11/26/01)
We knew it had to happen sooner or later. After a balmy October and most of November, reality is arriving with the first blast of winter weather. While most of McCook's much-welcome moisture arrived in the form of rain, those to the west of us are dealing with serious amounts of snow and ice...
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Tennis, anyone?
(Column ~ 11/26/01)
Dear Editor, If you want new tennis courts in McCook to replace the unsafe Elks City Courts, you need to attend and vote at the last McCook City Council wants-and-wishes meeting, Thursday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. McCook's city manager, John Bingham, has made it very clear that tennis players, parents and supporters of tennis need to show up in large number to vote for needed improvement to McCook tennis courts...
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Quite a deed
(Column ~ 11/26/01)
Dear Editor, It is, indeed, a great accomplishment for young musicians to make the All-State Chorus all three years of their eligibility. It takes a lot of hard work on the part of the student to prepare for those auditions. Sam Stritt of Bartley (Twin Valley High School) is another outstanding musician who has been in the All State Chorus all three years...
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Learning a lesson from the Army
(Features ~ 11/26/01)
I entered the Army in 1950, five months after the North Koreans invaded South Korea, and was sent to Fort Sill in Oklahoma for basic training. At that time in my life, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the Army life. I wasn't looking forward to going to Korea and getting into combat, but I liked basic training. I was single and the Army seemed like grownups' summer camp...
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Josephine Eunice Leibrandt
(Obituary ~ 11/26/01)
Josephine Eunice Leibrandt TRENTON -- Josephine Eunice Leibrandt, 88, died Thursday, (Nov. 5, 2001) at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was born Jan. 31, 1913, at Hastings to Jacob and Clara (Trupp) Wagner. The family moved to McCook when she was eight years old. She graduated from McCook High School in 1931...
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Clifford Wayne Tourtellotte
(Obituary ~ 11/26/01)
Clifford Wayne Tourtellotte Clifford Wayne Tourtellotte, 77, died Saturday (Nov. 24, 2001) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Feb. 21, 1924, at McCook to Harold O. and Margaret Susanne (O'Brien) Tourtellotte. He began working with his father at a very young age. He was designated a professional mechanic at age 15 and quit school, completing 10th grade. He worked at his father's garage until his father died in 1969...
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Norma Peterson
(Obituary ~ 11/26/01)
Norma Peterson HAYES CENTER -- Norma Jean Nitsch was born at White on July 10, 1932, to Carl L. and Leona E. (Lewin) Nitsch. She attended elementary school in rural Hayes County and graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1949. Norma lost a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday (Nov. 21, 2001)...
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