- Third annual Grand Duke Alexis Rendezvous and Great Buffalo Hunt (Local News ~ 10/09/02)
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Writing art on display at McCook Gallery
(Local News ~ 10/09/02)
Connie Harvey of McCook is the McCook Fine Arts Gallery's Vault Artist for October. Harvey has many different pieces on display in the vault, including paintings and pieces with calligraphy lettered on the paintings. She grew up in Santa Monica, Calif., where she was introduced to calligraphy in seventh grade by her architectural drafting teacher...
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Give peace a chance
(Column ~ 10/09/02)
Dear Editor: According to accurate sources I am not presently at liberty to reveal, there are little green men (with pointed ears) living on the moon. They might have the capacity to make "nukuler" bombs. They have germs and poisons right now! It is absolutely certain they might attack us sometime or another. Right now even. Or maybe ten years from now. No one knows for certain...
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Police responsibility
(Column ~ 10/09/02)
Dear Editor, Re: "A little balance," Speakout, Oct. 8, 2002. A police officer saw a truck parked beside the highway. The driver was working his way around the truck, pounding on the sides with a two-by-four. The officer asked the driver the reason for his unusual activity...
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Council's efforts are encouraging
(Column ~ 10/09/02)
Nothing is signed, sealed and delivered, but it certainly was refreshing Monday night to hear some encouraging words about efforts to resolve McCook's water controversy. Two separate developments give hope that the City Council and the community are turning the corner and heading towards a positive resolution to the long-standing log-jam over water...
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Former C-Mart store to reopen as Kabredlo's
(Local News ~ 10/09/02)
Mike and Mark Olderbak, owners of a new convenience store in McCook, hope to open their doors soon. Kabredlo's will open in the former C-Mart location at West B and First Street. Melinda Pankonin, former manager of C-Mart, will be taking over the reins as manager of the new store...
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Walk to remember Oct. 20
(Local News ~ 10/09/02)
Community Hospital of McCook is sponsoring its fourth Walk to Remember on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, according to Obstetrics Coordinator, Joleen Bradley, R.N. Walk to Remember is dedicated to babies who have died due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth and infant death, she said. It is not a fundraiser, but is for the hearts and minds of families who have suffered a loss. All are invited to gather in memory of the children they love and lost...
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McCook man sentenced to prison on charges of meth distribution
(Local News ~ 10/09/02)
OMAHA - A McCook man will serve 211/2 years in prison after a federal court Tuesday found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Darin R. Mason, 25, of 1502 West 10th, was sentenced to 259 months in prison and ordered to serve five years of supervised probation following his release...
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Water committee ready to vote recommendation to City Council
(Local News ~ 10/09/02)
The Water Advisory Committee will hold its final meeting as scheduled on Tuesday at the Heritage Senior Center, beginning at 7 p.m. Because of a delay in receiving critical information in Olsson Associates report, Jeff Tidyman, the committee's chairman, had considered postponing the meeting...
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House destroyed
(Local News ~ 10/09/02)
Firefighters work at the Sharolyn Troutman home in Stratton this morning. The house was a total loss, but firefighters were awaiting a visit from the State Fire Marshall before releasing any further information.
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County borrows funds to build equestrian arena
(Local News ~ 10/09/02)
Red Willow County commissioners borrowed $280,611.99 on Tuesday for the construction of the new Kiplinger Equestrian Arena on the fairgrounds in McCook. The building will arrive Oct. 25. The arena project is being paid for with a $600,000 gift from Southwest Nebraska rancher Tom Kiplinger of McCook. Kiplinger has made one $150,000 payment, and will make another in January...
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Getting what we deserve
(Column ~ 10/09/02)
It seems we have become a nation of entitlement. Somebody, somewhere, owes me something, we seem to think, it's guaranteed by the Constitution. Oftentimes, when I hear the phrase, "I don't deserve this, I deserve better," whether coming from my own lips or from someone else's, I have to wonder, what would happen if I truly got what I deserve...
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Doris Lucille 'Cookie' Ross Schipman
(Obituary ~ 10/09/02)
PALISADE -- Doris Lucille "Cookie" Ross Schipman, 88, of Palisade died Saturday (Oct. 5, 2002) at Hospice of Johnston in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born Oct. 4, 1914, at Mound City, Mo. to James Edgar and Julia Ann (McCumber) Ross. At the age of one year her family moved to a farm near Stratton and later moved to Eden Precinct, where she completed grade school and attended high school at Stratton. ...
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