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Incumbent filing deadline passes
(Local News ~ 02/16/08)
Let the races begin -- local primary races, that is. Several elected offices are up for grabs this year and Friday was the last day for incumbents to file for the May 13 primary elections. An incumbent is anyone who currently holds an elected office and whose term has expired and is up for re-election...
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Going down -- Officials recommend cutting all old Norris Park trees
(Local News ~ 02/16/08)
By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor All of the 44 mature trees in Norris Park will come down, if the McCook City Council approves the recommendation to remove them at the regular city council meeting Monday night, 7:30 in the City Council Chambers at Memorial Auditorium...
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Lenten Lesson -- Warnings often unheeded
(Features ~ 02/16/08)
Displaying wisdom beyond his years, a young Mike Larson, pastor at Seventh Day Adventist Church, brought a word of warning to the gathering of 128 at Friday's community Lenten service at Memorial United Methodist Church. According to Luke's Gospel, Chapter 14: 15-24 a great feast had been prepared. Invitations had gone out to many guests and now the day of the banquet had arrived...
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Other adoptive couples victims of deception
(Editorial ~ 02/16/08)
A judge's ruling to take a baby away from the couple who were trying to adopt him has all the elements of a made-for-TV movie. There's the couple, who have been loving and caring for the 3-month-old boy since he was four days old. Then there's the biological mother, who had hoped for an open adoption, and had asked that her son be placed with an adoptive family with no other children...
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Words that work better than morphine
(Column ~ 02/16/08)
Last fall Ann and I visited a group in San Jose, Calif., that call themselves Adopt-A-Chaplain. They are mostly retired people that have banded together to support military chaplains worldwide. Ann has kept in touch and the following letter was forwarded to her this week. It is from one of the chaplains that we help support. I want to share as it vividly illustrates the courage of the wonderful young persons serving our country in Iraq today. Enjoy the read:...
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More thinking about things
(Editorial ~ 02/16/08)
A couple of hundred folks attended the Democratic caucus for President, held at the Red Willow County Courthouse, last Saturday. The turn-out was such that the caucus room had to be changed from the County Commission room to the District Courtroom. Since it was everybody's first caucus, there was some confusion about what was supposed to be done and how it was supposed to be done but everyone was pretty good-natured about everything until the votes were tallied. ...
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Bison boys fight off Vikings
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/08)
McCook hosts Cozad tonight The McCook Bison boys got a battle from the Grand Island Northwest Vikings Friday night at the MHS gym. McCook handed the Vikings a 64-48 loss and improved to 13-10. GINW dropped to 4-14. Cory Gaston led the Bison with 16 points. Zach Wieser scored 11 (9 in the fourth quarter) and Seth Schaeffer 10...
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