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On the record
(Community News ~ 11/20/12)
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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Oberlin airport manager honored for service
(Features ~ 11/20/12)
OBERLIN, Kansas -- Longtime Airport Manager at Oberlin Municipal Airport, Robert "Bob" Fraker, was awarded the Federal Aviation Administration's Charles E. Taylor Master Mechanics Award, Thursday evening, during a gathering at the Gateway Civic Center...
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County can't change street's name, because it's really in the city
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners decided Monday morning the county can't change the name of a McCook city street, and, like city officials, are reluctant to consider exceptions to the numbering system used to summon emergency personnel...
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County nets $250K for bed licenses
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners finished the paperwork Monday morning that sells for $250,000 the 20 Medicare/Medicaid bed licenses that the county-owned Hillcrest Nursing Home no longer needs. Hillcrest administrator Colinda Nappa told commissioners during their weekly meeting that she planned to send signed documents electronically yet Monday, and expected a check for $250,000 to be Fed-Exed to her the same day...
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The stars come out
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
Ryan Davis, owner of Davis Tree Service, levels a new poly-resin star applied to the facade of the Historic Fox Theater in downtown McCook, Nebraska, this morning, with the help of Fox supporters Lloyd Benjamin and Charles Coleman. Cambridge sculptor Gary Ginther made a mold from the original (damaged and aged) stars and poured 25 new stars for the facade and four spares. ...
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Merry Christmas from the Coreys ...
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
Rosemary and Gerald Corey's "Corey's Christmas Corner" opens the Christmas season in the Culbertson and McCook, Nebraska, area, Thanksgiving night, Thursday, and their Christmas light display will run from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. every evening through New Year's Eve. ...
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Fix it right
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/20/12)
I have been an appliance repairman for 40 years. My natural inclination is to fix things. As I look at the state of national affairs today, nothing seems to be working right. One hardly knows where to begin the repair. May I suggest tax reform? The income tax discourages investment and productivity. ...
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Don't let this holiday turn into a turkey
(Editorial ~ 11/20/12)
If your turkey is still frozen, you might want to make other plans for Thursday's big meal. That's because you should defrost your frozen turkey in the refrigerator at a rate of about 24 hours for every five pounds. It's best to put the turkey in the refrigerator or in cold water to prevent the growth of microorganisms. If using water, change it every 30 minutes. Cook the turkey immediately and do not refreeze it...
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Racist is the charge
(Column ~ 11/20/12)
I didn't know that I was a racist but evidently it is true because "Mike at Night" stated it as fact. "Racism was the underlying current in both of Obama's races for the Presidency and it's the underlying current in the secession movement as well." writes Mike Hendricks in his column titled "A Nation Divided."...
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Emergency generator purchase likely
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
BRUCE BAKER City Editor McCOOK, Nebraska -- City staff answered questions from the McCook City Council, Monday evening, surrounding the likely emergency purchase of a generator for the new Municipal Facility and the situation which brought it about. ...
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Hillcrest receives VA approval
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska, has been approved by the Nebraska Department of Veterans Affairs as a VA-contracted facility. What that means, Hillcrest administrator Colinda Nappa told Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning, is that the VA will pay for veterans' care at Hillcrest, and that veterans will be allowed to keep their Social Security and retirement benefits...
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County gets workers comp check
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska's workers compensation insurance company presented the county with a $9,022 dividend check during the county commissioners' weekly meeting Monday morning. Larry Eisenmenger of McCook, representing Employers Mutual, said the check is representative of the county's "excellent loss ratio on workers comp of 0.56 percent. That's not 56 percent -- it's less than 1 percent."...
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Extension board vacancy open
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Red Willow County is served by a seven member board of volunteers. Board members provide financial oversight and direction for local programs in agriculture, family and consumer science and the 4-H youth development program...
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Meet Tom
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
"This is Tom," said the little girl on her scooter in front of the house at 907 W. First, McCook, Nebraska. Tom and fellow inflatables of all sizes are ready for Thanksgiving, Nov. 22.
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And the winner is...
(Business ~ 11/20/12)
Kathy Lewis poses with the Husker bench she won from Jeremy Bain of JLB Welding of McCook. The bench was part of a raffle during the McCook Farm and Ranch Expo at JLB's booth. All proceeds, which totaled more than $700 from the raffle went to the McCook Toy Box. Bain builds and sells the steel benches in his shop and Gerver Metals provided the "N" cutout...
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St. Patrick's math-a-thon raises $2,689
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
Every year the students at St. Patrick's raise money for St. Jude's Hospital. This year St. Patrick students raised a total of $2,689. St. Jude's Math-a-thon teaches students the importance of helping others as well as helping them improve their math skills. St. Jude's treats the world's sickest children battling cancer and other deadly diseases for free -- no family ever pays St. Jude's for anything...
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Sen. Nelson announces service academy nominations
(Features ~ 11/20/12)
Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson today released the names of 60 young Nebraska men and women he has nominated to attend the nation's four U.S. Service Academies. "I am very pleased to again have the opportunity to nominate an outstanding group of young people to attend the various service academies," said Nelson. ...
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Veteran honors
(Features ~ 11/20/12)
St. Patrick students honored Veterans at the annual Veteran's Day program, singing the songs "Star Spangled Banner," "Oh, I love America," "Americans We," and "God Bless America." The band played "America the Beautiful." Eighth grade students read poems, the ABC's of the Military and the story of Taps. At right, Liviya Wier gives her great-grandfather, Willis Jones, a World War II veteran, a hug...
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Gift of Giving
(Features ~ 11/20/12)
The 2nd grade students at McCook Elementary experienced the "gift of giving" during this holiday season by donating toys, school supplies, and necessity items to the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child. The students donated enough items to fill 24 shoeboxes that will be delivered to impoverished children in other countries. ...
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Foundation selects new board members
(Features ~ 11/20/12)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Community Foundation elected the following executive committee members at its quarterly meeting in November: Judith Brockmeier of Eustis was elected secretary. Semi-retired from banking, Brockmeier is a part-time tour director and bank travel coordinator. She was first elected to the NCF board in 2008 and also serves as vice chair of the Eustis Area Community Foundation Fund...
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Student Council awards
(Features ~ 11/20/12)
McCook, Nebraska, High School Student Council members and former sponsor Sharon Bohling display the awards they won at the Nebraska Association of Student Councils state convention Nov. 5 at Lincoln Southeast High School. While at convention, retired student council sponsor Sharon Bohling received the "Don Darnell Award for Distinguished Sponsorship." Tricia Mitnik presented the award to Bohling at a celebration pizza party back at MHS Nov. ...
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Life sentence for Kirkpatrick
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- 20-year-old Stathis Sebastian Mobley Kirkpatrick was sentenced to life imprisonment today for the 2011 murder of a 14-year-old McCook girl, Kailee Nichole Clapp. Kirkpatrick accepted a plea agreement in September that pleaded no contest to first degree premeditated murder. ...
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Kirkpatrick sentencing reveals more details of murder
(Local News ~ 11/20/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- 20-year-old Stathis Kirkpatrick was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the 2011 murder of 14-year-old Kailee Clapp. Kirkpatrick offered no explanation for his actions that tragic night, his defense attorneys gave no statement in his defense, and when asked by District Court Judge David Urbom if there was anything he would like to say, Kirkpatrick merely replied "No, there is not."...
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Opal Maxine Tincher
(Obituary ~ 11/20/12)
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