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Linda L. Knapp
(Obituary ~ 01/05/10)
June 26, 1953-Dec. 31, 2009 LEBANON -- Linda L. Knapp, 56, died Thursday (Dec. 31, 2009), at Good Samaritan Hospital, at Kearney. She was born June 26, 1953, at Boulder, Colo., to Larry and Jean (Fogelberg) Leslie. She grew up in Boulder, Colo., and Orange Grove, Calif. She was a registered nurse for many years working in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities...
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Alfred E. Micek
(Obituary ~ 01/05/10)
April 25, 1933 - Jan. 3, 2010 COLBY, Kan. -- Alfred Micek, 76, died Sunday (Jan. 3, 2010). He was born April 25, 1933, to Timothy and Mary (Faimon) Micek. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Atwood and attended a rural school. He attended and graduated from St. Joseph Military School in Hays, Kan., and also attended McCook Community College, studying agriculture and playing football. During this time he was drafted into the U.S. Army and upon his discharge returned to the family farm...
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Paula A. Kastens
(Obituary ~ 01/05/10)
June 20, 1916 - Jan. 2, 2010 ATWOOD, Kan. -- Paula A. Kastens, 93, died Saturday (Jan. 2, 2010), at Rawlins County Hospital in Atwood. She was born June 20, 1916, near Carleton, to Louis and Emilie (Dunker) Neuhart. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedensau, received her formal education at the Lutheran elementary school in Friedensau, as well as Trinity Lutheran School north of Ludell. She was confirmed on Palm Sunday, April 14, 1930...
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Davis birthday
(Birthdays ~ 01/05/10)
The family of William H. "Bill" Davis is hosting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday on January 23. Cards will reach him at P.O. Box 445, Trenton, NE 69044.
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Ethanol plant's purchase is welcome news
(Editorial ~ 01/05/10)
It was good news for Cambridge and all of Southwest Nebraska with confirmation that an idle ethanol plant will soon be churning out fuel again. The modern plant sat idle for most of 2009 after Mid-America Agri Products, citing unfavorable economic conditions in the ethanol industry, declared bankruptcy, listing $80 million in assets and $66 million in liabilities...
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Epiphany
(Column ~ 01/05/10)
Tomorrow is Epiphany, a Christian feast day which celebrates the revelation of God Made Man in the person of Jesus Christ. It is the 12th day after Christmas and marks the visit of the Wise Men who came to celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. The Wise Men were non-Jews and therefore we Christians lay claim to the fact that Jesus, God in the flesh, came as Savior for us Gentiles as well...
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Fallen sports heroes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/10)
"Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot/ (Doc "Mr. Inside" Blanchard, 84, Chris Henry, 26, Jack Kramer, 88, Paul Hogue, 69, Kay Yor, 66) "And Never Brought To Mind/ (Wayman Tisdale, 44, Lou Saban, 87, Nick Adenhart, 22, Red Kerr, 76, Betty Jameson, 89) "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot/...
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Must be ill
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/10)
I must be ill when I find myself agreeing with Rush Limbaugh and now Dick Trail! I think when they unveil the statue of our beloved Ben, they should put a knife in his hand for the way he stabbed his hometown people, State of Nebraska and overall the country for his "yes" vote when we all said we DO NOT want it!...
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They told us so
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/10)
Dear Editor, We were warned about the same sex marriage law in Iowa, and how it would affect the sanctity of marriage. And now, Carl Rove gets his second divorce. What other explanation could there be? Bruce Hoffman, McCook
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Early arrival ensures McCook lad's First Baby honors
(Local News ~ 01/05/10)
Sarah and Brian Garcia of McCook had no idea their new baby might be the Gazetteland's "New Year's Baby 2010." The baby wasn't due until Jan. 10, and it seemed that by Jan. 3, someone else should have already claimed the title. "We weren't planning on him being a week early," Sarah said of her new son, Braidon Rex Garcia...
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Council ponders building options, costs
(Local News ~ 01/05/10)
The McCook City Council chewed over preliminary costs for a new city fire station and city police station-city office building at the West Ward site, as well as costs of renovating the existing school for a city facility. At the regular meeting Monday night, the council heard a review from architects at Prochaska and Associates of Omaha, the company initially hired by the city to come up with a plan for a new fire station...
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County accepts bid for new storage building at fairgrounds
(Local News ~ 01/05/10)
Red Willow County commissioners authorized the fair board to accept a bid for a storage building and shop on the fairgrounds in McCook during their weekly meeting Monday morning. Commissioners also denied -- again -- a resident's request that the county pay for dental work, and were updated on the status of a loan from the county's revolving loan fund...
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Company signs contract for Cambridge ethanol plant
(Local News ~ 01/05/10)
ZEELAND, Mich. --Nebraska Corn Processing LLC has confirmed that it signed an agreement with Mid America Agri Products/Horizon, LLC (MAAP/H) on Dec. 17 to acquire its corn processing plant. The plant, located in Cambridge, Neb., can process 16 million bushels of corn per year into 44 million gallons of ethanol and 400,000 tons of wet distiller's grains with solubles (WDGS)...
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