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Shockers outslug Cornhuskers
(College Sports ~ 04/01/09)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Clinton McKeever's two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning broke a 7-all tie, as Wichita State pulled out a 9-7 victory over Nebraska Tuesday night at Eck Stadium. McKeever, who went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, sent an 0-1 pitch from Mike Nesseth through the hole between third and short, scoring Mitch Caster and Tyler Grimes with the winning runs for the Shockers...
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Wednesday shorts 4-1-2009
(Community Sports ~ 04/01/09)
Ogallala offers basketball camps OGALLALA -- Ogallala will have individual and team basketball camps beginning in June. Summer camps for grades 4-8 will be June 8-10, June 29-July 1 and July 27-29. Camps for grades 9-12 will be June 15-17 and July 20-22. The team camp for grades 9-12 will be July 13-15 and July 16-18...
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Darlene D. Wagner
(Obituary ~ 04/01/09)
Dec. 14, 1927 - March 30, 2009 Darlene Wagner died March 30, 2009, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 81. She was born Dec. 14, 1927, along with twin brother, Dallas in Red Willow County, the daughter of Lloyd and Daisy Blake. She graduated from McCook High School in 1945...
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Kim D. Fassler
(Obituary ~ 04/01/09)
June 12, 1945 - March 31, 2009 CULBERTSON -- Kim D. Fassler died Tuesday March 31, 2009 at Community Hospital in McCook after a short and courageous battle with cancer. He was 63 years old. He was born in McCook on June 12, 1945, to Donald W. and Merylin Rebecca (Rippen) Fassler. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1963...
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Arlene E. (Northrop) Christian
(Obituary ~ 04/01/09)
May 20, 1920 - March 27, 2009 GRAND ISLAND -- Arlene E. (Northrop) Christian, 88, died Friday (March 27, 2009) in Grand Island after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was born May 20, 1920, in Chicago, Ill., She married Kenneth Christian. She worked for the Jumble Shop in McCook and helped with the Congregational Church functions in McCook and Aurora, Ill...
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State commission ruling favors ESU 15 teachers
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
LINCOLN -- The Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations has ruled that the ESU No. 15 Education Association is the certified collective bargaining agent for the teachers at ESU No. 15. The CIR ruling came on March 24, ending a bargaining impasse of more than a year between the Association and the ESU No. 15 board. Teachers at ESU No. 15 had worked since Sept. 1 without a new contract...
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Be prepared
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
McCook Public Schools employees Bev and Brent Klein show storm chaser/disaster preparedness trainer Dr. Eddie Weiss (center) a floor plan of McCook Elementary, seeking advise about where to put 400 children during a tornado. Bev, a kindergarten teacher, told Weiss she is concerned about the wide span of the gym roof, and Weiss agreed that the center hallway of the original North Ward portion of the school, the original gymnasium stage area (now lowered) and the inner administrative offices of the new north wing would be better locations for the school children and staff to take cover. ...
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Culbertson cover company ready for the big time
(Business ~ 04/01/09)
CULBERTSON -- Being messy is just a part of being a baby or a toddler. Being busy goes hand-in-hand with being a mother. When is a busy mother supposed to find the time to change out, wash-and-dry and reinstall the cover/cushion of her messy baby's carseat? -- And, no less, at least once a week, as recommended by pediatricians?...
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Organizers plan Tax Day Tea Party at Lincoln Capitol April 11
(Local News ~ 04/01/09)
On the Feb. 19 edition of CNBC's "Squawk Box", analyst Rick Santelli called for a "Chicago Tea Party" at Lake Michigan on the fourth of Julybecause, he stated, "The government is promoting bad behavior." Citing the passage of the Stimulus Bill and most recently announced mortgage rescue plan, he noted, "You can't spend your way to prosperity." Floor workers cheered at the remarks and when Santelli questioned, "How many of you people want to pay your neighbor's mortgage...?" the workers booed. ...
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Nominee woes point out need for new tax code
(Editorial ~ 04/01/09)
An Obama nominee has tax troubles, and, as one blogger noted, "the sky is blue." The latest is Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who hired her own CPA, only to find that she owed nearly $8,000 because of errors concerning charitable contributions, the sale of a home and business expenses...
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Recall great things
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/09)
Perseverance -- hard work -- working together. If they haven't done so, I urge readers to read Walt Sehnert's articles on the McCook Army Air Base (March 16 and 23, 2009). Generations before us did great things by acquiring the tools they needed to win World War II. They had perseverance, worked hard and worked together to get the job done. Many were your grandparents...
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Christian recording artist Fernando Ortega here April 19
(Weekend Menu ~ 04/01/09)
The quote "music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak" is attributed to playwright William Congreve 1670-1729, in his play "The Mourning Bride." The timeline just won't work, but the phrase provides the perfect illustration for the music offered by Christian recording artist Fernando Ortega...
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A song in the night
(Column ~ 04/01/09)
My sister, Debi, and I were on our way to McAllen, Texas. It was September 1982 and in the back seat of our compact rental car, all buckled in together, were her two children, Dano and Krystal and my two youngest, Lisa and Patrick. We were on a mission of mercy as Mom had just undergone a radical mastectomy and was due home from the hospital in a couple of days...
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