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Renovation bond on city council agenda
(Local News ~ 01/17/09)
The McCook City Council will discuss a $1.115 million bond for renovation costs at the Keystone Hotel, at Monday night's regular meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. The council originally was going to be asked Monday night to authorize a bond in that amount, to be paid back with a portion of city sales tax proceeds committed to the McCook Economic Development. ...
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Almost ready
(Local News ~ 01/17/09)
Bill Steinhour, a McCook High School 1979 graduate, has been busy getting ready for Inauguration Day Tuesday as part of his job working for the Senate Recording Studio in the U.S. Capitol, placing cameras in strategic areas to record the event. Steinhour was stationed at the White House in 1982 while he was in the Navy, and has lived in the DC Metro area ever since. ...
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Law to require jail time for speeding not needed
(Editorial ~ 01/17/09)
Gearheads would have something more to aim for than bragging rights and their name in the court news if an Omaha state senator has his way. Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha introduced a bill that would force drivers convicted of speeding between 100 and 120 miles per hour to spend at least a day in jail...
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Well days
(Column ~ 01/17/09)
The second grade teacher called me from school the other day. She told me that I needed to come and pick up my child. "I think he's sick," she said. "He says he's hot and he's not feeling well." It wasn't surprising to me because my daughter was sick a few days before. I told the teacher that I'd be there in a few minutes...
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I'll tell you what I would have done
(Column ~ 01/17/09)
The Love and Relationship class I'm teaching at the college got off to a good start this week with an enrollment of 20 which includes Kugler pilot, flight instructor and fellow Gazette columnist Dick Trail and his wife Ann. I look forward to the contributions a seasoned married couple can make to the class and the insights they will be able to provide our traditional students in the class who aren't yet married. ...
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