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School board training must not be indoctrination
(Editorial ~ 08/08/12)
A proposal by State Sen. Burke Harr is well-intentioned, but like most such proposals, it is fraught with unintended consequences. Harr, who has used the interim session to study how public school boards could be more effective, plans to introduce legislation requiring mandatory professional development training for board members. ...
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Hurting economy
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/08/12)
You can imagine my dismay upon reading the Mc- Cook Gazette article of July 31, 2012 by Bruce Baker, City Editor, "Budget plan enacts fee for wireless". Our city council is working extremely hard to drive away current and future residents and businesses by this type of tax...
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A love story
(Column ~ 08/08/12)
It is the ultimate love story. Soldier meets girl in a foreign land, they marry and live happily ever after. Well almost. The soldier was actually a fighter pilot, flying an F-16. the hotrod single engine jet they call the "Viper." Ascribing to the typical fighter pilot creed of life in the fast lane -- fly, love, tomorrow we may die and may the devil take the hindmost -- Scot was stationed in Japan and living the life of a fun-loving bachelor...
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On the record
(Community News ~ 08/08/12)
This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...
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Nebraska Wesleyan announces Spring academic honors list
(Community News ~ 08/08/12)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its Academic Honors List for the spring semester of the 2011-12 academic year. A student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 (on a 4.00 scale) for 12 or more hours of coursework to qualify for the list...
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Nordhausen reunion brings more than 275 to local farm
(Community News ~ 08/08/12)
Carla Mahar WAUNETA, Nebraska -- As the brilliant orange orb of a full moon rose over Monte and Deb Nordhausen's farm in Southwest Nebraska, memories were shared and memories were made at the 2012 Nordhausen Family Reunion. Over 275 descendants of Dietrich and Dorthea (Wicke) Nordhausen gathered at the farm on Aug. 3 and 4 for the 12th tri-annual reunion...
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Farm Credit Services of America promotes Shaw
(Business ~ 08/08/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) has promoted Rylee Shaw to Country Home Loan Specialist. Shaw will be responsible for providing sales support for the Country Home Loan team throughout the Imperial, McCook and North Platte area...
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Fairgrounds, antique store burglar sentenced
(Local News ~ 08/08/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man caught on security camera burglarizing the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building in May received prison time Monday during a sentencing hearing in Red Willow County District Court. The burglar, 22-year-old Trevor D. Gray, was sentenced to 8-12 years with the Nebraska Department of Corrections after he accepted a plea agreement in the case that admitted guilt to a Class III felony burglary charge...
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McCook, Guam linked by mail -- Pen-pals keep up friendship for 65 years
(Features ~ 08/08/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- When a teenage girl on Guam accepted a ride from an American helping to rebuild her island after World War II, her world and that of another teenager, this one from McCook, Nebraska, would become forever intertwined. The lives of Pilar Lujan of Guam and Claudine Doyle Hickert of McCook came together in 1947 when Arthur Shaw of rural McCook, a civilian engineer, and his construction company camped near Pilar's home...
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Rain in Wauneta
(Local News ~ 08/08/12)
Dark clouds gather over the elevators in Wauneta, Nebraska, late Tuesday afternoon, just before dumping buckets of big sloppy drops of rain. Cameo Rector rescued her dogs from the hail that accompanied the two to three waves of rain that washed over the community...
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Sleep: Are we doing it all wrong?
(Editorial ~ 08/08/12)
Sleepy during the day? Have a hard time going to sleep at night? You might blame the Olympics, but they're going to be over soon, and so will that excuse. Too much caffeine? Perhaps. Long summer daylight hours? Those happen every year. Get used to it...
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Will voters tweak the term limit law?
(Column ~ 08/08/12)
In a year when the downside of term limits is being realized, voters will get a chance to tweak the law in the election, which is now less than 100 days away. There are 26 legislative races on the November ballot -- the 25 odd-numbered districts plus one even where the incumbent stepped down early. ...
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Tending the garden
(Column ~ 08/08/12)
I was on the phone with my mother-in-law a few weeks back. A long-time friend and neighbor whose health has been a concern for years, had suffered some setbacks and the prognosis wasn't good. I called Mom to see if she'd had any word on his condition and was pleasantly surprised to hear that Mike had rallied yet again. As we talked, we acknowledged that the reprieve was temporary. In fact, mere weeks later, Mike died...
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Bobinmyer anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 08/08/12)
65th anniversary Bob and Vera (Case) Bobinmyer of McCook will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Aug. 10, 2012. Their family includes children, Jim and Hazel Bobinmyer of Culbertson, Nebraska, the late Dave Bobinmyer, James and Vickie Bobinmyer of Stockton,Kansas, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...
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