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Encounters with unlucky animals
(Column ~ 05/16/03)
Ten items or less - It was one of those perfect, beautiful nights this past week which didn't require a jacket or even an umbrella. I sat on my porch, just gazing at the trees rustling in the light breeze and listening to the birds chirping from high up above. The children were asleep and the dishes could wait until later. All was peaceful...
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Never forget
(Editorial ~ 05/16/03)
If you watch the war movies, soldiers are overwhelmingly depicted as men and women in their late-20s or early-30s, but in reality that age group is the exception to the rule. In reality, the soldiers who have fought -- and yes, the soldiers who have died -- are not in their late-20s and early-30s. They are young men and women, fresh out of high school, beginning their life -- tasting, for the first time, the independence they have worked so hard to obtain...
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Mabel Lean Pingetzer Scott
(Obituary ~ 05/16/03)
LINCOLN -- Mabel Lena "Pingetzer" Scott, 78, died Wednesday (May 14, 2003) at the Lancaster Nursing Home in Lincoln where she had been living for the past year. She was born July 17, 1924, to Calvin Eugene and Charlotte Ruth (Creek) Roblyer in Cass County...
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Della L. Klima
(Obituary ~ 05/16/03)
OBERLIN -- Della L. Klima, 73, died Wednesday (May 14, 2003) at the Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born Dec. 3, 1929, at Riley, Kan., to Delbert and Florence (Ayres) Phalen. She was raised in Riley and Cuba, Kan. and graduated from Cuba High School...
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Never forget
(Column ~ 05/16/03)
If you watch the war movies, soldiers are overwhelmingly depicted as men and women in their late-20s or early-30s, but in reality that age group is the exception to the rule. In reality, the soldiers who have fought -- and yes, the soldiers who have died -- are not in their late-20s and early-30s. They are young men and women, fresh out of high school, beginning their life -- tasting, for the first time, the independence they have worked so hard to obtain...
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Toasted Ponies, Hasselstrom to join returning headliners
(Local News ~ 05/16/03)
The stories of the Buffalo Commons and the tales of the Golden Plains are back again May 30-31. The award-winning Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival, in its seventh year, will include encore performances from Deb Carpenter and Barbara McBride-Smith and will feature fresh headliners Linda M. Hasselstrom and The Toasted Ponies...
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Nelson votes for tax cuts
(Local News ~ 05/16/03)
U.S. Sen Ben Nelson crossed party lines to vote for an economic stimulus tax-cut plan that also provides Medicaid and other support to states. Before he did, however, Nelson spent about 20 minutes visiting with McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee, via telephone on Thursday...
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Baker: State must mend fences
(Local News ~ 05/16/03)
Before the state of Nebraska can reach a successful conclusion to its current budget problems, it will first have to mend a few broken fences, State Sen. Tom Baker told the McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee Thursday morning. "We've got to communicate with the executive branch and be a little more civil to one another," Baker said when asked about the mood in the state capitol. "We have to work together," he said...
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Cambridge boys claim C-10 district track title
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/03)
GRANT -- While qualifying several athletes for the State Track Meet next weekend in Omaha, the Cambridge boys also won the C-10 District team titles with 121 points. Dundy County placed third with 89 points, while Southern Valley came in eighth with 10 points...
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McCook boys track qualifies 10 for state
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/03)
OGALLALA -- The McCook High School boys track placed second at the Class B-6 District meet Thursday afternoon at Ogallala. The Bison will send 10 athletes to the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships next week at Omaha Burke High School. Gothenburg won the B-6 district boys title with 107 points, followed by McCook 93, Gering 80, Sidney 66, Chase County-Imperial 60, Alliance 41, Chadron 35, Valentine 23 and Ogallala 22. Kimball did not earn any team points...
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McCook girls sending eight to state meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/03)
OGALLALA -- The McCook High School girls track team will be represented by eight athletes at next week's Nebraska State Track and Field Championships. The Bison girls finished second at the Class B-6 District meet Thursday afternoon at Ogallala. The meet took place despite wind, rain and cold conditions...
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Capt. Edward H. McDowell, Ret.
(Obituary ~ 05/16/03)
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Capt. Edward H. McDowell, Ret., 82, died Tuesday (March 11, 2003) in San Diego, Calif. He was born July 16, 1920, in Brush, Colo., to Elzy and Grace (Hayward) McDowell. He received his elementary education in McCook before the family moved to Hayes County where he graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1939...
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