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Glenda Kay Critchfield
(Obituary ~ 01/20/11)
March 23, 1956--Jan. 18, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Glenda Kay Critchfield, 54, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 18, 2011), at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha after a courageous battle with leukemia. Glenda was born on March 23, 1956, in McCook to Walter Ray "Pinky" and Thelma June (Meissner) Warburton. She graduated from McCook High School in 1975. In 1976, she was united in marriage to Martin Critchfield in McCook. To this union two children, Gabriel and Stacy, were born...
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Larry Duane Clark
(Obituary ~ 01/20/11)
BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Larry Duane Clark, 67, died Tuesday (Jan. 18, 2011), at his home near Benkelman. Funeral services are Friday, 10:30 a.m. MST, at Forch Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with Larry Forch Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at the Benkelman Cemetery...
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Arrina M. 'Irene' Roose
(Obituary ~ 01/20/11)
BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Arrina M. "Irene" Roose, 88, died Monday (Jan. 17, 2011), at Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Funeral services are Monday, 10 a.m. MST, at Forch Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with the Rev. Steve Butler officiating. Interment will follow at the Benkelman Cemetery...
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MCC-North Platte basketball action postponed to Thursday
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/11)
The McCook Community College basketball teams ran into an unbeatable opponent Wednesday, Jan. 19 -- Mother Nature. The MCC teams were scheduled to host North Platte Community College Wednesday night in Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference (NCCAC) women's and men's basketball action. But hazardous winter conditions in southwest Nebraska Wednesday helped officials from both schools decided to postpone the games 24 hours...
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McCook's American Idol connection
(Editorial ~ 01/20/11)
Bieroc Cafe fans were thrilled to see "one of their own," Caleb Hawley, appear on Wednesday night's "American Idol" talent show. The New York City singer-song writer appeared in McCook in September. You can check out part of that performance here. and his American Idol profile...
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The wobble in our stars
(Column ~ 01/20/11)
The world of astrology (yes, I used that word) was set on its collective ear last week when astronomer Parke Kundle of the Minnesota Planetarium Society was quoted in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Monitor as adding a 13th constellation to the zodiac and proposing a change in the dates for when the sun was in any particular zodiacal constellation...
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City planners prepare for future wind generation issues
(Local News ~ 01/20/11)
BRUCE BAKER City Editor McCOOK, Nebraska -- A zoning ordinance amendment approved by the McCook City Council Monday evening, only allows for domestic use wind turbines to be built in the agricultural district, but may be a stepping stone for the energy producers to one day be allowed within city limits. Other Nebraska cities such as Grand Island have already put similar ordinances in place and have done so with the intent of promoting safe, efficient and effective use of wind energy...
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Gun bill brings comments at chamber call
(Local News ~ 01/20/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Two days following his introduction of LB516, a bill that authorizes security guards, teachers and administrators to carry concealed handguns into schools, State Sen. Mark Christensen told participants in a Chamber of Commerce conference call at the Keystone Business Center, Thursday morning, that "I don't like guns in schools either. But I wouldn't take a knife to a gunfight."...
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Republican River should get trust fund money, too
(Editorial ~ 01/20/11)
Republican River Valley residents may feel like the kid in the back of the classroom, waving his hand with the answer, who can't get the teacher to call on him. The Nebraska Legislature, which was all too happy to place the entire burden of dealing with the Republican River Compact on basin irrigators and property owners, is now being asked to obligate the entire state to pay for similar issues on the Platte...
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New midseason TV: superheroes, jungle docs and a burger joint
(Column ~ 01/20/11)
The second half of the 2010-11 television season has begun with a number of new series on the major networks. There will be more to come; some better, some worse. (And, to bring up another inexorable fact, some of the better ones will die on the vine, while some of the lousy ones will become smash hits -- or at least resemble them.) Here's my look at three of these new series: two of them dramas, the other a comedy...
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