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Kiplinger Arena construction scenes
(Local News ~ 01/10/03)
Progress continues quickly on the Kiplinger Equestrian Arena on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in McCook. Joe Leamon (above) of J.L. Construction of McCook, general contractors, said finish work is making progress inside after the roof was completed, including an office and restrooms...
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Uncertainty
(Column ~ 01/10/03)
Dear Editor, The headline on one of our Ag newspapers screamed, "Heading Into An Uncertain Future." Last year's drought has already forced a lot of farmers out of business and caused many farmers and ranchers to get a job just to stay on the farm or ranch until things turn around...
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Quality care
(Column ~ 01/10/03)
Dear Editor, Some say our society takes its blessings for granted. Be that as it may, add the high-quality medical care to the list of blessings we have in McCook. I recently had a very long stay at Community Hospital and plenty of time to observe. I guess once an editor, always an editor...
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Relief needed
(Column ~ 01/10/03)
Dear Editor, I really don't need to tell you or your readers how tough it is in agriculture or the businesses that rely on our industry. What I would like to do is to bring to your attention that there is a new push in Washington to provide some disaster relief for those who farm and ranch. This is happening right now, Jan. 8, with bills being introduced that would try to make something happen...
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Kiplinger arena offers variety of opportunities
(Column ~ 01/10/03)
If you're having trouble envisioning the size of the rapidly arising Kiplinger Equestrian Arena, take a drive by Weiland Field. Pause for a moment and peer out over the stadium to the field below. There you have it. The new equestrian arena will be as long -- 100 yards -- as a standard football field. Wow! That's big!...
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Zachary Tidyman
(Births ~ 01/10/03)
HAYES CENTER -- James and Daphne Tidyman of Hayes Center announce the birth of a son, Zachary James, born Tuesday (Dec. 31, 2002). He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Grandparents are Gary and Bev Kreis of Grant and Bill and Marlene Tidyman of Hayes Center. Great-grandparents are Leland Basinger of Bluffton, Ohio, Clayton and Rema Kreis of Gothenburg, Barbara Woodring of Curtis and Marvin Woodring of Stockville...
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Sale leaves city on hook for $1 million
(Local News ~ 01/10/03)
The $2 million auction of the old McCook Army Air Base means the city will have to pay back just over $1 million on the loan taken out on the property within a one-year period. Unless another way is found to pay the bill, that amount may have to be added to the city property tax levy...
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Annual Women's Winter Retreat Jan. 25
(Local News ~ 01/10/03)
The annual Women's Winter Retreat at the Evangelical Free Church will reveal "Reflections of God's Love" Saturday, Jan. 25. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. and following a day of workshops, music and inspirational messages, will close at 3:30 p.m...
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City building hits three-year high
(Local News ~ 01/10/03)
Despite a lagging national economy, a regional drought and local concerns over such issues as the city water supply, the city of McCook recorded a three-year high in building permits. Building and remodeling projects totaled $11,025,019 in 2002. That number is more than double the 2000 total of $5,163,788 and also beats out the 2001 total of $8,433,788, but falls somewhat short of the $20.7 million record set in 1998 -- the year Valmont Industries was built along South U.S. Highway 83...
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MJH Geographic Bee winners
(Local News ~ 01/10/03)
Nic Schilling (from left) took first place in the McCook Junior High School competition of the National Geographic Bee on Wednesday. Jennifer Herron took second and Tom Powers took third. Schilling will now take a written test, and up to 100 of the top scorers in each state will be eligible to compete in the state Bee on April 4. ...
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Truck collecting coordinates for new E-911 system
(Local News ~ 01/10/03)
The driver of the 1999 GMC Jimmy with signs reading "E-911 EMERGENCY SYSTEM" and "Official County Business" will be gathering information for Red Willow County's new Enhanced Emergency 911 System. Josh Reed, an employee of GeoComm Corp., will be driving throughout the county during the next four to six weeks, according to the county's E-911 Systems Administrator Ike Brown...
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Color Day royalty candidates
(Local News ~ 01/10/03)
Color Day royalty candidates at McCook Senior High are: (front) Katie Guthrie, daughter of Marty and Jane Guthrie. Second row: (from left) Tyler Randolph, daughter of Lynn and Rhonda Randolph; and Jessica Carter, daughter of Kent and Rhonda Carter. (Third row) T.J. ...
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Gambling: Like it or not, here it comes
(Column ~ 01/10/03)
Full-fledged gambling in Nebraska is no longer a question of if, but when. Backers of statewide gambling range from state senators who think casinos would end the state's economic shortfalls to the chamber of commerce in Omaha, which once opposed gambling but now supports it, to eastern Nebraskans who think the drive to the Iowa boats is too far...
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Relief pitchers snubbed again in Baseball Hall of Fame voting
(Column ~ 01/10/03)
The Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed two well-deserving newcomers into the fold Tuesday when Eddie Murray and Gary Carter were voted in by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Murray, the only switch-hitter with 500 home runs and 3,000 hits, was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, and Carter finally made it on his sixth try...
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Dennis Gary Ryschon
(Obituary ~ 01/10/03)
CULBERTSON -- Dennis Gary Ryschon, 60, died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 2003) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Sept. 20, 1942, at Valentine, to Frank and Helen Irene (Weller) Ryschon. He graduated from Valentine High School. On Dec. 22, 1970, he married Dorothy E. Huggins Henne at Pierre, S.D. They moved to the Culbertson community in 1979. He was employed by the Peter Kewitt Construction Company as a heavy equipment operator in road construction...
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