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Jesse Hughes
(Obituary ~ 01/25/10)
Nov. 10, 1982 -- Jan. 23, 2010 ST. PAUL -- Jesse Dean Hughes, 27, died Saturday (Jan. 23, 2010), at Bryan LGH Medical Center East in Lincoln. He was born Nov. 10, 1982, at Clear Lake, S.D., the son of Jeffrey J. and Penny L. (Reed) Hughes. Jesse first lived in Clear Lake, but as a young boy, moved with his mother to live with his grandpa and grandma Reed, near Farwell. He attended St. Paul Public Schools through his junior year and graduated from Elba High School in 2001...
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Ronald D. 'Reggie' Shepard
(Obituary ~ 01/25/10)
Feb. 4, 1951 - Jan. 21, 2010 LINCOLN -- Ronald D. "Reggie" Shepard, 58, died Thursday (Jan. 21, 2010). He was born Feb. 4, 1951, in Lincoln to Robert Lee and Fern (Oppie) Shepard. He attended Lincoln High School and graduated in 1969. He was a machinist for Turn-Key Tooling and worked as a Sales Representative for Wonderbread...
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Sales tax for NRDs not 'new' tax
(Column ~ 01/25/10)
While the Legislature is in session, I hold two conference calls every week. One of the calls is on Tuesday, for the western end of District 44, and the other call is on Thursday for the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce. Last Thursday, part of the discussion during the call was on the last bill I introduced for this session, Legislative Bill 1052...
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A vision for strengthening education
(Column ~ 01/25/10)
Nebraska was among 40 states to recently submit an application to the U.S. Department of Education for a portion of the federal Race to the Top funding available to help states advance academic learning. Nebraska's proposal was developed by my office along with Commissioner of Education, Dr. ...
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Independent can't run for sheriff
(Local News ~ 01/25/10)
A McCook man will not be allowed to run for county sheriff, as the state of Nebraska does not recognize non-partisan, or Independent candidates for that office. David C. McConnell tried to file with the Red Willow County Clerk's office for the county sheriff's office Friday, but was unable do so as he is registered as an Independent, or non-partisan, he said...
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Downtown building sold
(Local News ~ 01/25/10)
A half block of property on the 100 block of West C, where the former Ben Franklin store was located, was sold to the owner of a McCook car dealership for $30,000. Michael and Dalye R. Deveny, owner of Deveny Motors, purchased four lots on the property from three sellers: Diane Kay Hayes and Lemoine Anderson, co-trustees for the Diane Kay Hays Trust; Diane Kay Hayes and Lemoine Anderson, for the William M. Volentine Trust and Nancy Kay Popenhagen, David Alan Popenhagen and Leta Popenhagen...
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Bipartisanship: Prescription for what ails us
(Column ~ 01/25/10)
If you can read one thing into the recent election in Massachusetts it is that America needs bipartisanship now more than ever to create jobs, boost our economy, clean up our environment and to fix a national health care system that 70 percent of Nebraskans want fixed, according to a recent newspaper poll...
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Trouble with the law
(Column ~ 01/25/10)
I have always attempted to be a law-abiding citizen, yet things have happened from time to time, things beyond my power to control, which have put me in a nervous position, in regard to the law. When I was about 10 years old our family took a vacation trip to Mexico. ...
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Can't run for office
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/25/10)
(Friday), I took all my paperwork to the Red Willow County Clerk's office and was prepared to file to run in the election for sheriff. After a few minutes there, I learned that as an Independent (now referred to as a Non-Partisan) candidate, I would not be allowed to run in the election. ...
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Census count vital part of our American system
(Editorial ~ 01/25/10)
It's only a couple of months until census forms will be mailed out to everyone in the United States and Puerto Rico, asking 10 simple questions: 1. How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2010? 2. Were there any additional people staying here April 1, 2010 that you did not include in Question1?...
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Medicine Valley nips Cambridge for RPAC mat crown
(High School Sports ~ 01/25/10)
BARTLEY -- The Medicine Valley High school wrestlers thought they had finished second in the 2010 Republican Plains Activities Conference wrestling meet. The standings had the Raiders trailing Cambridge by two points for the team championship at the conclusion of the Friday, Jan. ...
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McCook girls come close to first win; Bison boys third in Kansas tourney
(High School Sports ~ 01/25/10)
COLBY, Kan. -- The McCook High School girls were literally just seconds away from their first victory of the season Saturday, Jan. 23. The Bison girls watched a big slip away, and Wichita South claimed a 54-51 victory in the seventh-place final of the annual Orange and Black Classic at the Colby, Kan., High School gym...
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Nelson calls for end to unfunded mandates
(State News ~ 01/25/10)
January 25, 2010 -- Today, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson spoke on the Senate floor about the need to end unfunded mandates. The text of his speech as prepared for delivery is below: I rise to discuss a serious problem with the way Washington has done business for years. The problem is its habit of passing unfunded federal mandates onto the states that throw state budgets into disarray...
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