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Sold! Land brings $2 million
(Local News ~ 01/09/03)
McCook city officials erupted into a round of applause Wednesday afternoon following a last-minute bid for $2 million on the city-owned McCook Army Air Base. The phone bid came from Norman Timmerman of Timmerman Land and Cattle Co., as auctioneer Don Hazlett of Farm and Ranch Realty of Colby counted down the last few minutes of the auction...
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Growing season
(Column ~ 01/09/03)
Dear Editor: Thank God, seed catalogs are hitting the mail box. Still it ain't what it use to be. On average I would get maybe a dozen yearly. Most were like carbon copies of each other. Today however the Internet has over 70,000 sits to help in gardening. From growing food to herbs for health and then useful plants that give usable products. Thanks to Internet I also can sell products for many times what locals will pay!...
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New land owners return to the land
(Column ~ 01/09/03)
"What goes around, comes around." That old saying came to mind Wednesday when the Timmerman Land & Cattle Co. placed the $2 million bid to purchase 1,929.8 acres of land at the old McCook Army Air Base. "It's ironic, but we first looked at the air base land in 1973 when we were searching for a feedlot location in Southwest Nebraska," Norman Timmerman said. ...
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Brendon Michael Dame
(Births ~ 01/09/03)
Roger and Linda Dame of McCook announce the birth of a son, Brendon Michael, born Thursday (Dec. 12, 2002) . He weighed 8 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces. He has one sister, Branigan, and two brothers, Brady and Bryce. Grandparents are Claudine Hickert and Bob and Verna Dame, all of McCook...
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Hauxwell
(Births ~ 01/09/03)
Brent and Loretta Hauxwell of McCook announce the birth of a daughter, Lexi DeNae, born Thursday (Jan. 2, 2003). She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces. She has one sister, Kylee, age 2. Grandparents are Cliff and Eileen Randel of Indianola and Rich and Jeanie Hauxwell of McCook. Great-grandparents are Maurine Hofferber of McCook and Selma Hauxwell of Arapahoe...
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Madelyn Jo Miller
(Births ~ 01/09/03)
LINCOLN -- Kyle and Jen Miller of Lincoln announce the birth of a daughter, Madelyn Jo, born Wednesday (Dec. 11, 2002). She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces. Grandparents are Kelvin and Leigh Ann Miller of McCook, Kim Miller of North Platte and Bob and Peg Weisenberg of Hooper. Great-grandparents are Andy and Coralee Knepp of Curtis, Larry McCarty of McCook and Roma Weisenberg of Hooper...
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Mason Paul Michaelis
(Births ~ 01/09/03)
Brian and Terra Michaelis of McCook announce the birth of a son, Mason Paul, born Thursday (Dec. 19, 2002). He weighed 8 pounds, 5.6 ounces. He has one sister, Kassidy, age 2. Grandparents are Jerry and Barb Michaelis and Dale and Glenda Ellerton of McCook. Great-grandparents are AM Johnston and Dolores Ellerton of Huron, S.D...
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Shayli Jane Wilkinson
(Births ~ 01/09/03)
LINCOLN -- Heath and Keri (Guthrie) Wilkinson of Lincoln announce the birth of their daughter, Shayli Jane, Dec. 29, 2002. She weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces. Grandparents are Earl Wilkinson, Sue and Les Fahrenbruch and Marty and Jane Guthrie, all of McCook. Great-grandparents are Vernon and Bonnie Brenning of Culbertson, Grace Hanthorn of McCook and the late Moe Hanthorn and Lewis and Beverly Guthrie of Holbrook. Ethel Beebe of McCook is the great-great-grandmother...
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Swearing in
(Local News ~ 01/09/03)
Red Willow County Judge Cloyd Clark swears in county officers during a ceremony Thursday morning. Officials taking the oath of office include: (from left) Sheriff Gene Mahon, county attorney Paul Wood, county commissioners Earl McNutt and Lee Hoyt, county surveyor Gary Dicenta, clerk of the district court Beverly Dodge, county clerk Pauletta Gerver, county treasurer Marleen Garcia and county assessor Sandra Kotschwar. ...
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Sen. Baker elected as committee chairman
(Local News ~ 01/09/03)
LINCOLN -- State Sen. Tom Baker of Trenton won a three-way race to run the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee on the opening day of the legislative session. He defeated Sen. Nancy Thompson of Papillion and Omaha Sen. Pat Bourne. Baker said it's the first time in a long time someone from western Nebraska has chaired the committee, and eastern interests may be some "unhappy campers."...
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Miss Rodeo America 2003
(Local News ~ 01/09/03)
The wind sends clouds of dust scuttling across the dry plains, and Lori Bortner tips her white felt hat into the gusts. In the distance, cattle graze on hay scattered across the winter pasture. In the farmyard, Lori's horse snuffles against her shoulder...
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Staying positive
(Column ~ 01/09/03)
A co-worker told me this morning he was glad the year had finally ended. "The stock market's down. The lakes are down and the Husker season sucked," he told me. In my never ending quest for improvement, I've decided to take a more positive attitude toward life...
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Mayme Ardena Dodson
(Obituary ~ 01/09/03)
CURTIS -- Mayme Ardena Dodson, 89, died Tuesday (Jan. 7, 2003) at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. She was born Nov. 17, 1913, at Frontier County, to Leo and Sophia Seigel Dold. She attended school in Maywood. On March 1, 1938, she married John Stanley Dodson. They farmed and ranched in Frontier County until moving to Curtis after his retirement...
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