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Harry Ross Archer
(Obituary ~ 02/15/07)
March 24, 1933 - Jan. 31, 2007 ATWOOD -- Harry Ross Archer, 72, died Jan. 31, 2007, in Atwood. He was born March 24, 1933, in Cheyenne County, Kan. He worked as a farmer. Survivors include his brother, Arlie Archer of McDonald, Kan. Memorial services will be Saturday, 10 a.m., at Knodel Funeral Home in St. Francis. Inurnment will be in Grace Cemetery in McDonald, Kan., at a later date...
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Velma Althea Hilty
(Obituary ~ 02/15/07)
Oct. 10, 1919 - Feb. 12, 2007 ST. FRANCIS -- Velma Althea (Holl) Hilty, 87, died Monday (Feb. 12, 2007) at Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis. She was born Oct. 10, 1919, in Cheyenne County, Kan. She married Carl Hilty. She worked as a homemaker...
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Theodore 'Ted' Wittman
(Obituary ~ 02/15/07)
Aug. 20, 1916 - Feb. 13, 2007 BAZINE, Kan. -- Theodore "Ted" Wittman, 90, died Tuesday (Feb. 13, 2007) at Ness County Hospital in Ness City, Kan. He was born Aug. 20, 1916, in Russell, Kan., to John and Elizabeth (Keil) Wittman. He moved to Bazine Community as a child and attended school there...
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Lawrence 'Larry' A. Reiners
(Obituary ~ 02/15/07)
Nov. 15, 1940 - Feb. 12, 2007 SIGNAL?MOUNTAIN, Tenn. -- Lawrence "Larry" A. Reiners, 66, died Monday (Feb, 12, 2007) after a long battle with cancer. He was born Nov. 15, 1940, to Lawrence and Florence Reiners in Indianola. He grew up in Indianola and graduated from the University of Nebraska...
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Assault, attempted kidnapping investigated
(Local News ~ 02/15/07)
Red Willow County sheriff's officers are investigating the alleged assault and attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old boy in a break-in of a home at the Red Willow Dairy about eight miles northeast of McCook Wednesday evening. Chief Deputy Alan Kotschwar said this morning that the 11-year-old, who was home alone, was not injured. ...
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Christensen still seeks input on statewide smoking ban
(Local News ~ 02/15/07)
LINCOLN?-- LB395, which would prohibit smoking in all public places including restaurants and bars, has been left smoldering in the Legislature but Sen. Mark Christensen still wants input from his constituents about the issue. Lawmakers debated the bill Tuesday and Wednesday and Sen. Joel Johnson of Kearney asked that further debate on the measure be delayed until Feb. 28...
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In a fog
(Local News ~ 02/15/07)
Ground fog or steam off wet, warming concrete rises from Highway 6&34 at the top of the hill in McCook at noon Wednesday. Residents are hoping a fair amount of snow accumulation will disappear by next week, when temperatures are expected to reach nearly into the 50s...
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Water interests need a good plan, and soon
(Editorial ~ 02/15/07)
Will state officials buy a plan to pump water back into the Republican River to meet Nebraska's obligations to Kansas? More importantly, will Kansas officials accept it? Republican River Natural Resources District boards were expected to present a pumping plan, combined with reducing trees and vegetation along the river, to state officials at a meeting in Cambridge today as an alternative plan for keeping Nebraska from paying millions of dollars to the Sunflower State instead of providing the water it is owed.. ...
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Awaiting 'all clear'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/07)
My old neighborhood in Denver had residents who had escaped from Hitler's bombings and conquest of Europe. John Mott, a fellow student in our fourth grade class, described spending the night in a London bomb shelter. We were active 9-year-olds who sat frozen in our seats. He said that each time the "all clear" signal sounded, his family would return home, wondering if their house had been demolished by German bombs...
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Thanks from WEC
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/07)
I would like to personally thank all law enforcement personnel who participated in the search of the two offenders who absconded from the Work Ethic Camp on Feb. 10, 2007. I would especially like to thank Deputy Joe Koetter, who was the first to arrive on the scene after I contacted the two individuals and was unable to convince them that it was in their best interest to turn themselves in...
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How about some sunshine -- and now
(Column ~ 02/15/07)
Am I the only one who's noticed the change in people's moods lately? Is your husband a little more irritable when he comes home from work? Are your children a little more disobedient than they once were? Has it been two weeks since you've actually felt like cooking a home-cooked meal after you've spent the day taking care of irritable children or grouchy bosses?...
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