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Movie Review - The Dark Knight
(Weekend Menu ~ 07/18/08)
Movie Review - The Dark Knight Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Micheal Caine, Aaron Eckhardt, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Directed by Christopher Nolan. Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace Runtime: 2 hrs 32 mins The Dark Knight is the second film in the 'new' Batman series. ...
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Harold Eugene Baker
(Obituary ~ 07/18/08)
Jan. 31, 1923 - July 15, 2008 BRIGHTON, COLO - Harold Eugene Baker, 87, formerly of Trenton, died Tuesday (July 15, 2008) at Brighton Care Center in Brighton, Colo. He was born Jan. 31, 1923, on his family's farm in Hitchcock County north of Trenton, the son of Charles W. and Irma (Evans) Baker. He attended country school near his home before attending and graduating from Stratton High School...
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Naida Lorraine (Hawes) Townsend
(Obituary ~ 07/18/08)
Dec. 18, 1921 - July 15, 2008 ATWOOD -- Naida Lorraine (Hawes) Townsend, 86, died Tuesday (July 15, 2008) at her home in Atwood. She was born Dec. 18, 1921, at DeWitt to Carl and Myrtle Lindquist Hawes. She attended Beatrice Nebraska Schools graduating in 1939. After graduation she went to work for the telephone company and was working on Dec. 7, 1941, when Pearl Harbor was bombed. She later reminisced about how the entire switchboard lit up at that time...
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Brock Adams
(Obituary ~ 07/18/08)
March 22, 1962 - July 16, 2008 ELWOOD -- Brock Adams, 46, died Wednesday (July 16, 2008) at his home in Elwood. He was born March 22,1962, at Albuquerque, N.M. to Larry and Carolyn (Loftus) Adams. He moved to Holdrege at a young age and was raised and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended rural schools and graduated from Holdrege High School in 1980...
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Newest shopping centers have nothing on us
(Editorial ~ 07/18/08)
Walking into a typical shopping mall is like drinking homogenized milk. It's a good, safe product that's the same every time you try it, but there's no cream floating at the top to make it interesting. Walking into a busy mall in Wichita, it struck us. This feels just like the one we visited in Austin, Texas, a few weeks earlier...
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SWAT team takes over MCC campus for State Patrol exercise
(Local News ~ 07/18/08)
By JEREMY BLOMSTEDT McCook Daily Gazette The terrible specter of school violence hangs fog-like over recent years. The deadly shootings at high schools and on college campuses will never be quite out of the national mindset. With that threat still carrying such horrible weight, educational institutions have enacted more security procedures than ever before. ...
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City to receive $1.25 million in special revenue
(Local News ~ 07/18/08)
Proceeds from the ACE revenue sharing program, at $27,595, are not earmarked for anything specific and it will be up to the council to decide how to spend, said McCook City Manager Kurt Fritsch at the budget workshop Monday night. Funds from ACE, along with grants listed in the 2008-09 budget under special revenue, are estimated at $1.25 million...
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City clears red tape for Sunday practice burn
(Local News ~ 07/18/08)
The McCook City and Volunteer Fire Department will conduct a training burn at the former Fireside Inn Restaurant located on East U.S. Highway 6 & 34 in McCook, beginning at 8 a.m. Sunday. The training provides firefighters with the opportunity to learn different tactics in fighting structural fires under a more controlled environment than the actual structure fires that firefighters respond to, according to Marc Harpham, fire chief...
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Main Street Farmer's Market open again Saturday morning
(Local News ~ 07/18/08)
Fresh eggs, beets, tomatoes, baked goods, onions and potatoes. Those are a few of the items that were available last Saturday at McCook Main Street's Farmer's Market. The market will be open again this Saturday from 8 a.m. to whenever the produce is gone (which was about 9:30 a.m. last week)...
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A new government?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/18/08)
A common sense government would be a dream come true, but what would this government be like? 1. It would have to be semi-isolationist. We have our own problems to solve first, before we think we can solve the world's problems. a. We would have to cut aid to other countries...
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