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Lottery event Thursday
(Business ~ 07/16/09)
LINCOLN -- The Nebraska Lottery will promote the 13th edition of its popular $2 Truck$ & Buck$ scratch game Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kabredlo's, 204 West B in McCook. The Truck$ & Buck$ Tour will give the public a first look at the Blackshirt edition Toyota Tundra the Nebraska Lottery is giving away as part of the Truck$ & Buck$ Second Chance Contest. ...
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Frankie Petersen competes in Miss Basketball tourney
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/09)
KEARNEY -- The 2009 Miss Basketball Showcase featured 64 prep girls all star teams from 11 states and many future Division I, II, III, NAIA and junior college players. The tournament was played at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Cambridge High School senior-to-be Frankie Petersen played on the Kearney Runza team and averaged 9.6 points per game...
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MFL kicks off 2009 season Friday
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/09)
The 2009 McCook Football League season begins Friday at Weiland Field in McCook. There are four teams in the grade 5-6 division, Yellow Blaze, White Express, Black Gamblers and Red Bandits. The four teams in the grade 7-8 division are Yellow Rage, White Demons, Black Outlaws and Red Blitz...
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Ronald D. Mousel
(Obituary ~ 07/16/09)
Sept. 24, 1940 - July 13, 2009 Ronald D. Mousel of McCook died Monday, July 13, 2009, at Hospice of Tabitha Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln. He was 68 years old. Ronald was born in McCook on Sept. 24, 1940, to R. Wendell and Velma M. (Hazen) Mousel. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1958, and continued his education at Kearney State College. He graduated from the University of Nebraska -Lincoln in 1963, and the University of Denver Law School in 1966...
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Apollo 11: What do you remember, where were you?
(Editorial ~ 07/16/09)
"Tranquility base here, 'Haystack' has landed." That's how it would have sounded July 20, 1969, had NASA not abandoned its original names for the command service module ("Snowcone") and lunar module ("Haystack") in time for the Apollo 11 mission, which blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on what was then known as Cape Kennedy, 40 years ago today...
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The give and take of orbital mechanics
(Column ~ 07/16/09)
Orbital mechanics giveth and orbital mechanics taketh away, and sometimes orbital mechanics giveth back, at least for a while. The bright, glowing dot of the International Space Station has been gone from the early evening skies for several weeks due to the way it orbits Earth being visible only in the very early hours of the day...
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Hospital project on track
(Local News ~ 07/16/09)
Community Hospital is on track to begin construction of a new patient wing and surgery addition, president and CEO Jim Ulrich said Wednesday. "We're very proud of the input obtained during the plan development process from the staff, medical staff and public," Ulrich told the Gazette. Officials should be able to sign off on the design development about Aug. 12, with final blueprints to be prepared after that...
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No recommendation by consultant on water bills
(Local News ~ 07/16/09)
According the financial summary included in the 2009-10 McCook city budget, the proposed water budget is based on a 3 percent increase as determined by past rate analysis by the city's consultant, Public Financial Management. Public Financial Management will analyze the data to determine if the past proposal is adequate...
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Veteran book deadline Aug. 1
(Local News ~ 07/16/09)
DANBURY -- Organizers remind families who want their servicemen and servicewomen included in the book honoring Danbury- and Marion-area veterans that the submission deadline is Saturday, Aug. 1. Wanda Miller, historian of American Legion Auxiliary 276 of Danbury, said this will be the first-ever permanent written record of those from the Danbury and Marion areas who have served their country. ...
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Service fee hike expected in solid waste collection
(Local News ~ 07/16/09)
A $1.50 increase in service fees will be charged in trash collection, the second year the fee will be implemented. The city auditor recommended the $3 change last year and the city split that up over two years. The increase was suggested as a way to keep the balance in the fund positive...
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Crime rate decreases
(Local News ~ 07/16/09)
Crime rate has decreased in McCook, including thefts and criminal mischief, said McCook Police Chief Ike Brown at the city budget workshop Monday night. According to the police division description in the 2009-10 budget, $261,615 worth of theft was recorded this year, a decrease of $2,437. The decrease in property damage due to criminal mischief was even more significant, with $49,048 reported this year, a decrease from $57,133...
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Possible sewer increases studied
(Local News ~ 07/16/09)
The preliminary sewer budget for 2009-10 is based on a 5 percent increase but numbers still have to be reviewed to see if the increase is needed. Jesse Dutcher, utility director, told the McCook City Council Monday night at the budget workshop that rates are more consistent for the sewer department, due to rates set in the winter months of December, January and February...
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The best K.I.S.S.
(Local News ~ 07/16/09)
Bob Elder's staff at the Sports Shoppe in downtown McCook puts a twist in Gene Simmonds' infamous KISS rock band to win first place in the 2009 Krazy Days costume contest sponsored by the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce. The staff's face paint and costumes most closely followed the theme of the annual summer sale celebration -- "Krazy Into Summer Savings" -- according to the judges. ...
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