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McCook swimmers take home meet title
(Community Sports ~ 06/26/07)
The McCook Swim Team won the meet they hosted here Saturday at the McCook City Pool with a score of 420. Other team totals were Grant with 255, Benkelman with 241 and Indianola with 215. There were more than 300 entries for this half-day event. One of the younger swimmers, Hannah Kohl, captured firsts in all of her events. She won the 50 meter freestyle, 25 meter breaststroke and the 25 meter freestyle in her age group...
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Jason Paul Allen
(Obituary ~ 06/26/07)
Nov. 27, 1979 - June 24, 2007 HERNDON -- Jason Paul Allen, 27, died Sunday (June 24, 2007) near Atwood. He was born Nov. 27, 1979, in McCook to Patrick and Diana (Kummer) Allen. He grew up in Herndon, graduating from Herndon High School. He was united in marriage to Tasha Mabile on Dec. 28, 2001. He worked for Murfin Drilling and Production...
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Wendell L. Strohm
(Obituary ~ 06/26/07)
Jan. 20, 1935 - June 21, 2007 ATWOOD -- Wendell L. Strohm, 72, died Thursday (June 21, 2007) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born Jan. 20, 1935, in Rockville, Ill., to Charles T. and Edna M. (Charlotte) Strohm. He was retired from the military, and worked for 28 years for the Denver Union Station in Denver, Colo. He was a resident of Atwood...
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Lorraine Maxine Love
(Obituary ~ 06/26/07)
Dec. 18, 1918 - June 24, 2007 SAN?DIEGO, Calif. -- Lorraine Maxine Love, 89, died Sunday (June 24, 2007) in San Diego, Calif. She was born Dec. 18, 1918, at Cedar?Bluffs, to John Ranie Sr. and Hattie Bruce (Hawkins) Love. She grew up in Oberlin and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1935. She attended Kansas University, graduating in 1940...
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Lester T. Donohue
(Obituary ~ 06/26/07)
June 8, 1928 - June 24, 2007 BENKELMAN -- Lester T. Donohue, 79, died Sunday (June 24, 2007) at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. He was born June 8, 1928, on his family's farm in Cheyenne County south of Benkelman to James Harry and Alice Maude (Ivie) Donohue, and attended school near his home...
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Mary Lucille Curry
(Obituary ~ 06/26/07)
Dec. 6, 1921 - June 20, 2007 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Mary Lucille Curry, 85, of Hermitage, Tenn., formerly of Lincoln and Holbrook died Wednesday (June 20, 2007) in Nashville, Tenn. She was born Dec. 6, 1921, in Stromsburg to Wesley and Mildred (Carlson) Ericson...
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Bonnie Jean Grant
(Obituary ~ 06/26/07)
July 27, 1917 - June 18, 2007 BENKELMAN Bonnie Jean Grant (Fallert) of Benkelman died Monday (June 18, 2007) in Lakewood, Colo., at the age of 89. Daughter of William F. and Alma Rose Fallert, Bonnie was born July 27, 1917, in Benkelman. She was the youngest of four children, her siblings included; Valieta (Foster), Beryl (Russell) and William "Dale" Fallert...
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Joe and Frances Segar
(Obituary ~ 06/26/07)
Joe Segar Dec. 11, 1921 - June 6, 2007 LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Joe Segar, 85, a resident of Los Alamos, N.M., since 1959, died on June 6, 2007. He is survived by his three children, Linda Patterson of Albuquerque, N.M., and Larry Segar and Nancy Barnes, both of Los Alamos; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lowell Seger and wife, Mary Ellen of King City, Ore., and Rev. ...
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Wheat harvest shifts into gear
(Local News ~ 06/26/07)
Wheat began pouring into the elevator Sunday as the harvest got under way in earnest, according to an official at the Frenchman Valley Farmers Co-op in McCook. Test weights were good, at 62-63 pounds, but it was too early to judge the yields, said Doug Brown, operations manager for Frenchman Valley...
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Tower power
(Local News ~ 06/26/07)
These circular concrete bases -- completed last Thursday -- form the foundation for a communication tower which will link McCook with the area, and eventually the entire state of Nebraska. The tower, to be erected at a cost of $340,000 by McCook Public Power, also will be utilized by area law enforcement agencies and the McCook Fire Department. ...
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Major issues await new Curtis city manager
(Features ~ 06/26/07)
CURTIS -- A number of tasks faced Doug Schultz when he took over as the new city administrator, clerk and treasurer for the City of Curtis. "Curtis is in the midst of making arrangements for an ethanol plant," Schultz said. As the largest municipality in Frontier County, Curtis is taking responsibility for spot annexing the plant site, which is eight miles away in Moorefield. This will allow the city to apply for TIF financing for the project...
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Vegetation control meetings planned for Republican River valley
(Local News ~ 06/26/07)
CAMBRIDGE -- The South West Weed Management Area board of directors plans community meetings in July to discuss with landowners a vegetation control project along the Republican River. The SWWMA is applying for a $1.2 million grant from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, which, when added to $97,000 in area funds, will be used to help reduce and control invasive trees and weeds on the Republican River as it flows through Southwest Nebraska...
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The safest way to enjoy the Fourth of July
(Editorial ~ 06/26/07)
Things are poppin' around the Golden Plains -- or at least they will be, soon. Recent warm summer evenings have been punctuated by the bang and crackle of fireworks, despite the official first day of sales not arriving until Thursday. Fireworks are allowed to be sold for only a week in McCook; plenty of time to enjoy them, but also plenty of time for them to become a problem...
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Need a 'Sane Gang'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/26/07)
Real estate taxes, vehicle taxes, gasoline taxes, income taxes, personal property taxes, capital gain taxes, estate taxes, alcohol taxes, cigarette taxes, use tax, lodging tax, sales tax, and sneaky taxes, disguised as, franchise fees, lottery proceeds, Keno proceeds, permits for this, permits for that, license fees for this, license fees for that. Remember when many of these were supposed to be temporary? Which of these do you have any control over?...
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Farmers Market
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/26/07)
It is time to start harvesting the fresh produce that gardeners and farmers are growing this year. McCook Main Street Farmers Market is a social event where you meet friends and neighbors while you shop the vendors. This event is not only a growers' market, but open to baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, rolls, and fruit pies. No cream pies or baked good which require refrigeration will be allowed...
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Let's clone big ears
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/26/07)
Research funding should be increased to clone big ears. President Bush should be allowed to grow bigger ears. Why? So he can better hear what the enemy is saying. Total victory in Iraq is only possible by ... the bigger the ears, the better. That's what I always say...
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Senators home for interimn studies
(Column ~ 06/26/07)
The Nebraska Legislature has adjourned for the year and has entered the interim period. During this time when the senators head back to their districts, attention is turned to interim studies, preparations for the next session, and following the implementation of bills passed in the last session. I would like share with you what studies I introduced and other studies I will be involved with, or that are important to the district...
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