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Kendra Elizabeth (Janssen) Hock
(Obituary ~ 10/30/08)
June 17, 1985 - Oct. 27, 2008 HASTINGS -- Former Hastings resident, Kendra Elizabeth (Janssen) Hock, 23, of Gurley, Neb., died Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, near Eustis, Neb., as a result of an automobile accident. Services will be Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, 10:30 a.m., at North Shore Assembly of God Church with Pastor Tony Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Neb...
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Joseph Theodore Brown
(Obituary ~ 10/30/08)
March 18, 1928 - Oct. 25, 2008 ATWOOD -- Joseph Theodore Brown, 80, died Saturday (Oct. 25, 2008) at Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. He was born March 18, 1928, at Herndon to Wenzel and Theodora "Dora" (Barenberg) Brown. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Church in Herndon. He grew up in the Herndon and Achilles, Kan., area...
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Bison welcome Discoverers for Week 1 of playoffs
(Local News ~ 10/30/08)
Bison welcome Discoverers for Week 1 of playoffs The McCook Bison, ranked No. 1 in Nebraska Class B, No. 3 overall in all classes by the Omaha World-Herald and No. 5 in the Midwest Region by USA Today, will host the Columbus Discoverers in the first round of the high school football playoffs Friday night...
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Bison tennis players earn all-state recognition
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/08)
LINCOLN -- McCook High School boys tennis players Connor Larson, Austin Larson and Nate Crick were honored by the Nebraska High School Tennis Coaches Association. The NHSTCA, in cooperation with the Nebraska Coaches Association, announced the Class B All-State Boys Tennis Team for 2008...
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McCook 's Steve Lytle bowls 300 at TJ's Fun Center
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/08)
McCook's Steve Lytle became just the third bowler to roll a 300 game at TJ's Family Fun Center, formerly the Willow Lanes, when he achieved perfection during Thursday night's men's league action Oct. 23.
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Take extra care to make this a happy Halloween
(Editorial ~ 10/30/08)
Most McCook residents will be more concerned about the Bison-Columbus football playoff game Friday night, but the streets will probably be teeming with trick-or-treaters earlier in the afternoon. Attorney General Jon Bruning warns parents that there are 2,850 sex offenders in the state, a few of them in McCook and others in area towns...
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Short-term solution
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/08)
Short-term solutions Dear Editor, I have been a board member of the MRNRD for almost 30 years, serving many of those as chairman. I am proud of the many accomplishments in conservation and natural resource stewardship that were made by the MRNRD board and staff over that period. ...
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Manager responds
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/08)
Mr. Cappel's letter of Oct. 28 made several claims that I cannot support or agree with. His mix of fact and fiction, his distorted view of the past and his self serving interpretation of the statutes make it difficult to see through his smoke screen...
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False 'facts'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/08)
In a recent column Mike Hendricks proposed a test for voters. [www.mccookgazette. com/story/1470881.html] His list of "facts" about Barack Obama, were all false, (his opinion) and if a prospective voter marked any wrong he/she wouldn't be allowed to vote. Mike's column incensed one of my readers who gave me an earful and challenged me to respond...
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Under appeal
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/08)
One article in the Open Forum on Oct. 27 stated that 701 "was implemented last year and was a one-year deal." Nothing could be further from the truth. The State of Nebraska (Lincoln and Omaha) and the NRDs are appealing the ruling of Judge Merritt, who declared 701 unconstitutional. ...
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Join me tonight for the Great World-Wide Star Count
(Column ~ 10/30/08)
The usual conception of Halloween will includes a full moon, a witch, a black cat or a Jack-o-lantern. Not to burst your bubble but Halloween rarely sports a full moon. In fact the next Halloween to have a full moon won't be until the year 2020. A better item to associate with Halloween would be the Pleiades star cluster. How could a small star cluster be associated with the spookiness of Halloween you ask?...
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Did something right
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/08)
When Open Forum writers start taking pot shots at you, it's a good sign you are doing something right. That's why I'm proud to represent Buck Haag of Bartley, Jim Coady of McCook, and Rick McConville and James Uerling of Indianola in their bid to win election to the Middle Republican NRD Board of Directors...
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