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Fall TV preview: Of two new CBS crime dramas, one stands out
(Column ~ 10/04/12)
Once more, with feeling: The new season is upon us, so it's time to start looking at the pilots that made it to series at the broadcast networks. I'm always excited to see the new line-ups at the start of the fall, even though I know that pilots can be a mixed bag. ...
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Backyard chickens would be step toward better self-sufficiency
(Editorial ~ 10/04/12)
While most of us are harvesting fall household crops and thinking about cleaning up the garden for the year, "urban agriculture" proponents in one Nebraska town have been frustrated in their attempt to expand the practice. Not content to supplement their family food supply with traditional garden vegetables, several of them went before the Papillion City Council to request permission to keep up to four chickens in their back yards...
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Playing chicken?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/04/12)
Dear Editor, Are we playing a game of "chicken" in our 2012 election year? The media keeps things stirred up for us. They tell us about the monumental spending spree of the Democrats. Then they shift gears and tell us that if Mitt Romney is elected only the wealthy will benefit...
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Poor Daddy
(Column ~ 10/04/12)
I know every week I write about myself and what I'm going through, but I thought this week I'd speak for the silent one. The only male in a house full of females, and no, the dog doesn't count, although he's Hubby's ONLY ally and probably the only other living creature that somewhat thinks along the same lines in life. ...
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Ready for the Great Worldwide Star Count
(Column ~ 10/04/12)
The Great World-wide Star Count starts in just a few days. I hope you have your star charts ready. If not, point your favorite web browser to the following: www.windows2universe.org/citizens_scienc.... Now that October is here, time once again to take a dip into the celestial ocean to play with the critters there...
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Coat Closet coat distribution set for November
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook, Nebraska's 31st annual "Coat Closet and Winter Clothing Give-Away" will be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 7, 8 and 9, in McCook's Memorial Auditorium, at West Fifth and C streets. Winter coats, hats, mittens and gloves, snow boots, overalls and coveralls, sweaters and sweatshirts of all sizes -- in clean, wearable condition -- can be taken to the City Auditorium Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 5 and 6, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m...
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Teens face charges in area crimes
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
HAYES COUNTY, Nebraska -- Hayes County, Nebraska, plans a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Oct. 10, for an 18-year-old McCook man charged with breaking into the Hayes Center school in late July. Miguel Navarro and 17-year-old Hugo Escamilla of Cozad were arraigned in Hayes County court Sept. 28, and charged with felony burglary stemming from the school break-in...
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'Flo Jo' still on the run
(Features ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The German shepherd has been running the streets and alleys of McCook, Nebraska, for about a month or so, and until Tuesday afternoon, she hadn't let police officers close enough to catch her, even for her own safety. Police officers chased her off-and-on throughout the morning as she jogged from McCook Elementary toward the YMCA, to the area around McDonald's and Wendy's, onto Heritage Hills Golf Course, east on J Street and O Street and back toward the school...
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Planning begins for downtown redevelopment
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A group of roughly 30 citizens gathered at the Heritage Senior Center Wednesday evening to discuss the planning phase for spending an anticipated CDBG grant for downtown development in 2013. The City of McCook has hired RDG Planning and Design of Omaha, using funds from Phase I of the grant, to lead the process of determining the best way to use the Phase II implementation grant money...
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Two companies win rights to new 3G, 4G service
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
WASHINGTON -- Two local wireless communication companies have purchased the rights to establish 3G or 4G mobile service in parts of Southwest Nebraska. Pinpoint Wireless Inc. of Cambridge won the "Mobility Fund" auction to provide the service over 61.39 road miles for $270,177.39 in Furnas County, and 71.52 road miles in Red Willow County for $314,759.52...
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Code effort results in second conviction
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The second man arrested during a CODE task force raid of a McCook residence in February was sentenced to 24 months probation, Monday, in Red Willow County District Court. The offender, 33-year-old Travis L. Hanes of 409 E. Fourth Street, was convicted on a Class IV felony charge of possession of methamphetamine...
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Tootsie Roll Drive set Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Knights of Columbus have changed the date of their annual "Tootsie Roll Drive" for citizens with intellectual disabilities from April to October, and Knights will be at Schmick's Market and Wal-Mart in McCook, Nebraska, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Saturday...
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Polio benefit race Oct. 27
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Rotary Club is sponsoring a "Race to End Polio" 1 Mile and 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Oct. 27 to help eradicate polio around the world. Registration will be from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. at the High Plains Museum. Early registration fee is $20 for the 5K and $15 for the 1 Mile by Oct. ...
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Medical fund raiser set for Oct. 28
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
HAYES CENTER, Nebraska -- The Hayes County community plans a medical expenses fund raiser Sunday, Oct. 28, for 28-year-old Justin Hamilton of rural Palisade, Nebraska, as he battles a congenital skin condition and seeks treatment. Proceeds from a sloppy joe supper and an auction will help Hamilton as he checks out treatment options for a condition called CEP, or congenital erythropoietic porphyria, at the UTMB Porphyria Center in Galveston, Texas. ...
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Food collection begins Oct. 12
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Scouts will drop off grocery bags Friday, Oct. 12, for the McCook Pantry's main food drive, and pick them up Saturday, Oct. 13. Residents are asked to contribute non-perishable food items to be distributed through the Pantry, located in the Canterbury House as 509 W. First. Food donations also can be dropped off at the Pantry. Incorrect dates were provided in an earlier story...
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Job training workshop planned
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Karen O'Connor from the Nebraska Workforce Development will be in McCook on Thursday, Oct. 11 to lead training for employers looking for employees and job seekers applying for jobs. From 10 to 11 a.m., she will host employers and demonstrate how they can go to the NEworks web site and look for future employees. ...
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Fred McKee
(Obituary ~ 10/04/12)
Fred McKee HOXIE, Kansas -- Fred McKee, of Hoxie and formerly of Selden, Kansas, died Thursday (Oct. 4, 2012). Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Selden.
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On the record
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
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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To Every Thing There is a Season
(Local News ~ 10/04/12)
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA, -- The Byrds sang the classic tune in 1965, "To everything there is a season (turn, turn, turn)." Pete Seeger wrote the original in 1959, taking it from Eccelesiates 3:1. The timeless truth it contains -- there is an appropriate time for everything -- seems especially apparent during the Fall season, when even nature knows the right time to "turn."...
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Janeil Jensen
(Obituary ~ 10/04/12)
Janeil Jensen OBERLIN, Kansas --Janeil Jensen, 68, died Thursday (Oct. 4, 2012), at the Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.
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