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Health care reform and small business
(Column ~ 04/06/10)
Small businesses form a huge part of the US economy, so now that health care reform is law, it's important to understand how it will affect small business owners and their employees. In Nebraska, nearly 80% of businesses have fewer than 100 employees, and these businesses are the economic lifeblood of the state...
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Robert M. 'Bob' Linden
(Obituary ~ 04/06/10)
June 12, 1915 - April 4, 2010 CLAYTON, Kan. -- Robert M. "Bob" Linden, 94, died Sunday (April 4, 2010) at Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kan. He was born June 12, 1915, at New Almelo, Kan., to Joseph Linden and Theresa Nusse. He grew up on a farm near New Almelo...
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Ralph E. Spradlin
(Obituary ~ 04/06/10)
Dec. 24, 1922 - April 3, 2010 CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Ralph E. Spradlin, 87, formerly of Imperial, died Saturday (April 3, 2010) at Lifecare Center of Cheyenne. He was born Dec. 24, 1922, in Metaline Falls, Wash., to Edward and Alice (Carver) Spradlin. He served in the U.S. Army...
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Converting armory would cost $500K more than new
(Local News ~ 04/06/10)
Converting the current National Guard Armory for city offices and the police department would cost about $500,000 more than constructing a new building, the McCook City Council learned Monday night. The council reviewed costs of rehabbing the armory with Jim Classe, an architect with the Omaha-based Prochaska and Associates, via a conference call Monday night at the regular council meeting...
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EcoRetreat plans to open in July
(Local News ~ 04/06/10)
The developer of an agri-tourism resort in Red Willow County told county commissioners Monday morning that she has one employee ready to start in mid-April, and hopes to open "EarthBlooms EcoRetreat" in July. During their regular weekly meeting, commissioners also discussed the future of the apartment building the county bought in February, applying for "Recovery Zone" bonds and the status of a county loan to a medical clinic in McCook...
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Auditorium alcohol request on hold pending liquor liability legal research
(Local News ~ 04/06/10)
A request to use the city auditorium for a wedding reception serving alcohol was put on hold by the McCook City Council Monday night at the regular meeting. By a unanimous vote, with Mayor Dennis Berry absent, the council voted to take up the item at the next council meeting April 19, so liquor liability issues could be cleared up...
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Web site contract awarded to Kansas firm
(Local News ~ 04/06/10)
The City of McCook will soon have a new presence on the Internet. The McCook City Council Monday night approved to authorize city staff to negotiate a $14,994 contract with Civic Plus of Manhattan, Kan., to upgrade the city's Web site. The city received three proposals for the Web site redesign. One did not meet requirements and another came in over budget at $28,615...
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Local subcontractors help keep hospital expansion work on schedule, under budget
(Local News ~ 04/06/10)
Phase I of Community Hospital's building project continues on schedule and under budget, with builders recently pouring the concrete for the floor of the new patient wing. The hospital's president said he's pleased to be using nearly 20 local and area subcontractors on the project so far...
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City buys more land for cemetery
(Local News ~ 04/06/10)
The city will spend $80,000 for new land for Riverview Cemetery. The city was approached by McCook citizen John Hubert to purchase 3.9 acres of land north of Riverview Cemetery, block 3 of the Bison Addition. The price is $15,000 less than appraised value...
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Inefficient use of energy costly in lives, dollars
(Editorial ~ 04/06/10)
West Virginians were hoping and praying this morning that four missing miners would be found alive following a blast that left 25 dead. It was the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1984, when 27 miners were killed in Utah. On the other side of the world, 115 Chinese miners were rescued after being trapped in a flooded mine for more than a week, five were killed and 33 are missing...
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A busman's holiday
(Column ~ 04/06/10)
Hooray for spring, sunshine and warmer weather. I made my first flight in "my" corporate twin engine Cessna sans clouds a couple of weeks ago. It was pure pleasure. We went south around 12,500 feet high and returned home later in the day at 8,500, the lowest altitude where I could find smooth air, but, then, it is spring in the mid-northern latitudes. ...
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History lesson
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/06/10)
Obviously, Haitian history is not Mr. Sehnert's forte. I scarcely don't know where to begin given the entire thing is a veritable mess. Firstly, Aristide's name is not Francois it is Jean-Bertrand (he mistakenly took him for Francois Duvalier who ruled Haiti from 1957 to 1971). Secondly, Aristide was not the first elected president. As far as the review of Haitian history let us just say that if I were a history professor grading the work it would be awash in red ink...
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Local youth exposed to B.E.S.T. basketball shooting program
(High School Sports ~ 04/06/10)
A former professional basketball player thinks he has found one of the "best" youth basketball teaching tools. He shared the program with a group of current and future McCook Bison basketball players Monday afternoon at the Senior High School gym. The B.E.S.T. ...
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