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Dixon, McConville dominate Hayes Center Invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/08)
Wauneta-Palisade's Blair Dixon continues to run rampant on the tracks of Southwest Nebraska.
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Arlyn Wesley Cox
(Obituary ~ 04/17/08)
May 7, 1934 - April 12, 2008 CHAMPION -- Arlyn Wesley Cox, 73, died Saturday (April 12, 2008) at Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln. He was born in Champion on May 7, 1934, to John "Kermit" and Wilma Cox. He attended Champion Grade School until the eighth grade. ...
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Tom T. Remus
(Obituary ~ 04/17/08)
Sept. 9, 1938 - April 13, 2008 AURORA, Colo. -- Tom T. Remus, 69, died Sunday (April 13, 2008) in his home in Aurora, Colo. He was born Sept.9, 1938, in Wellfleet to Mae (Gadway) and Alfred Remus. He graduated from UNSTA - Curtis in 1955 and he married Betty Fruit in 1964...
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Fritz McCoy
(Obituary ~ 04/17/08)
Oct. 4, 1936 - April 15, 2008 ARAPAHOE -- Fritz McCoy, 71, died Tuesday (April 15, 2008) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born Oct. 4, 1936, south of Arapahoe to Floyd and Mamie (King) Breinig. She was baptized in the Christian faith at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe. She graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1953. After graduation she attended business school in Denver, Colo...
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Candidate prizes his position as an outsider
(Local News ~ 04/17/08)
By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor One thing about Pat Flynn - he's not a seasoned politician. And he likes it that way. The 49-year old financial advisor from Schylur is vying for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Chuck Hagel, who decided not to run for re-election. He faces former U.S. Agricultural Secretary and former Nebraska governor Mike Johanns for the nomination...
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Hospital stepping up recruitment to replace three doctors
(Local News ~ 04/17/08)
Community Hospital of McCook is heightening its recruiting efforts as three McCook physicians make plans to practice elsewhere. Jim Ulrich, Community Hospital's president and CEO, announced Wednesday afternoon that Drs. Dan and Kathy Farrell's last day will July 30 and Dr. Toby Free's last day will be July 31...
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Does McCook welcome only average students?
(Editorial ~ 04/17/08)
Sometimes, we just have to scratch our heads. While there have been expansions and improvements in many areas of the school, notably a new ag program and improved and expanded sporting facilities, the McCook school board couldn't see its way clear to spend $7,200 on a program that would benefit perhaps a third of the junior- and senior-high student body by helping them catch up with core studies like readin', writin' and 'rithmatic as well as other subjects that can't be offered in the regular classroom.. ...
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Wonderful world of yard work
(Column ~ 04/17/08)
I hate to beat a dead horse, but it appears it's time for my annual "I Hate Spring" report. I noticed today that the lilac bushes are getting leaves on them and our apricot tree has blossomed once again into a beautiful bouquet of white flowers -- that's not the part I hate...
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Perfect nominee?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/08)
Is there such a thing as a perfect nominee? With the primary on May 13 and the presidential election Nov. 4, we are evaluating candidates. George Washington, our first president, was a stern disciplinarian. At first, he was not in favor of declaring American independence from Great Britain. He was made commander in chief of the Revolutionary Army in 1775 after rights of the colonists were violated. As a Federalist, he believed in strong government control...
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Why no fluoride?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/08)
LB 245 - I'm thankful for it! Here's why: Had this bill never (seen) the light of day, I would have continued in life thinking that the fluoridation of drinking water was nothing more than a distant memory of an era long since passed when there was a buzz, followed by a definitive push, then climaxed with a fevered pitch to fluoridate mankind via the public water systems...
- Kathy Marie Matson (Obituary ~ 04/17/08)
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