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Sharon Beebe Lytle Scholarship awarded to Keithan Cochran
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
CURTIS, Nebraska -- The first Sharon Beebe Lytle Scholarship was awarded recently to Keithan Cochran of Imperial, Neb. The $2,000 scholarship is named after Sharon Beebe Lytle, a graduate of the University of Nebraska School of Technical Agriculture (now the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture) and was created to help an NCTA student raised in western Nebraska return to rural western Nebraska...
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Cambridge man delivers invocation at Wayne State graduation
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
WAYNE, Nebraska -- Wayne State College had its commencement for graduate and undergraduate students Dec. 14 in Rice Auditorium. A total of 211 degrees -- 162 undergraduate and 49 graduate -- will be conferred at the ceremonies by Wayne State President Curt Frye...
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Central Community College in Hastings, GI, honors mid-year grads
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
HASTINGS, GRAND ISLAND Nebraska -- Central Community College recognized 222 mid-year graduates Nov. 27 and 29 at a graduation reception held in their honor. Dr. Marcie Kemnitz, dean of health occupations at CCC, was the keynote speaker. Other speakers were Dr. Greg Smith, college president; Bill Hitesman, campus president; and Dean Moors, executive director of the Central Community College Foundation...
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Students receive $19.2 million in scholarships from university donations
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
MANHATTAN Kansas -- More than 9,400 academic scholarships have been awarded to Kansas State University students for the 2012-2013 school year. Overall, students have earned more than $19.2 million in scholarships for the current academic year -- nearly $1 million more than the previous year...
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MHS Math Club members attend Math Day at UNL
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
MCCOOK,Nebraska -- Members of the McCook High School Mu Alpha Theta Math Club attended the 23rd annual UNL Math Day on Nov. 15. 1,400 students from more than 100 schools participated in the competition; all the students took a challenging math test, the winner of which received a $10,000 scholarship...
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MCC students deliver canned goods to McCook Food Pantry
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
McCook, Nebraska -- More than 150 McCook Community College students and staff recently teamed together to stage a successful "Santa's Workshop" with the proceeds collected and delivered to the McCook Pantry. The workshop, held at the McCook Community College Events Center, attracted more than 150 children to the event, for which the admission was a canned good item...
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ON the record
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
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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Stritt birthday
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
60th birthday The family of Dale Stritt of Indianola, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 60th birthday Dec. 21. His family includes children, Kyle and Carissa Stritt, Kevin and Dani Stritt, Keith Stritt and three grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach him at PO Box 136, Indianola, NE 69034...
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Joyce M. Martin
(Obituary ~ 12/18/12)
Joyce M. Martin LAKEVILLE, Minnesota -- Joyce M. Martin, 84, formerly of Oberlin, Kansas, died Monday Dec. 17, 2012. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.
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A memory worth two and 3/4 books of Green Stamps
(Community News ~ 12/18/12)
Connie Jo Discoe McCook Daily Gazette Fred Baugher, the City of McCook, Nebraska's building inspector, "purchased" this Wen engraver many, many years ago, he said, with 2 3/4 books of S&H Green Stamps -- the memory spurred by the Green Stamps and "Hometown Stamps, Nebraska Series G" and "Top Value" stamps that Steve Wray of McCook found tucked beside a niche shelf when he was cleaning house recently...
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Stocking the Pantry
(Local News ~ 12/18/12)
Marybeth Roschewski, left, the McCook Daily Gazette's circulation manager; Anita Lytle, back, the Gazette's circulation/accounting clerk; and Kenneth Morgan, a Gazette sales representative deliver about 200 pounds of non-perishable food items to the McCook, Nebraska, Food Pantry Monday afternoon. ...
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Ex-nursing home employee takes deal, receives probation
(Local News ~ 12/18/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A former Hillcrest Nursing Home employee who was charged with sexual assault, stemming from an incident involving him and a male resident at the Red Willow County owned nursing home, was sentenced to probation after accepting a plea agreement that amended the charge to third degree assault...
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Female Fitness donation
(Local News ~ 12/18/12)
Volunteer trainer Colleen Halsey, left, and trainer/owner Darlene Redden of Female Fitness in downtown McCook, Nebraska, present Christmas gift items donated by members to McCook's 31st annual "Christmas Toy Box." Colleen said members concentrated on gifts for "tweens and teens," which explains the 25 MP3 players (digital music players) and headphones that "chief Toy Box elf" Barb Ostrum, right, helped unbox and sort Friday morning. ...
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Council pauses in tribute to shooting victims; guns removed from toy giveaway
(Local News ~ 12/18/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The tragic shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school was fresh on the minds of many community leaders Monday evening, as the McCook City Council paused for a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims and a local charity coordinator announced that all toy guns had been removed from a Christmas toy giveaway event...
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City asks for public help in dealing with snowstorm
(Local News ~ 12/18/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The City of McCook is asking for the public's help with snow-removal efforts in anticipation of snow expected Wednesday and Wednesday night. Citizens are asked to remove their vehicles from the streets, particularly from emergency snow routes marked by green emergency snow route signs...
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New bishop visits St. Pat's
(Local News ~ 12/18/12)
The Most Rev. James Conley, the recently-installed bishop of the Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, smiles as he delivers his homily during the vigil Mass at St. Patrick's in McCook on Saturday. Conley, a Kansas native and previously the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver was appointed the 9th bishop in the 125-year history of the Lincoln diocese on Sept. ...
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Festival of Trees
(Local News ~ 12/18/12)
A tree decorated by AmFirst Bank and AmFirst Insurance is ready for bidding at the second annual Festival of Trees on Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Keystone Business Center. Proceeds of the AmFirst tree will benefit the McCook TeamMates program. It is among nine trees donated by local businesses and organizations. ...
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Looking forward to the snow, but make preparations
(Editorial ~ 12/18/12)
If Saturday night's snow didn't get you in a Christmas mood, it looks like Mother Nature is preparing to get the message across in a big way tonight with a half-foot of snow and 50 mph winds possible. Yes, we need the moisture, but it takes a lot of snow to equal a few inches of rain...
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A great effort for a worthy cause
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/12)
Congratulations to the young man who is so diligently saving pop top tabs for the Ronald McDonald Home in Omaha. This is a place where families may stay when they have a sick child in the hospital. The McCook Methodist Church and Central Elementary have collaborated on this project for several years. ...
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The consequence of mass hypocrisy
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/12)
We live in a nation where human life is made cheap: where God is shunned from the public eye; where narcissism is encouraged, and modesty and virtue mocked; where bad behavior is ignored and excused; where the banal and the profane are celebrated; where human interaction is replaced by the indifferent solitude of electronic gadgetry; where our children are fed a continuous diet of evil from every corner -- and where, if they act like boys and girls, they are "normalized" with psychotropic drugs that alter their personalities, magnify feelings of rage, and induce suicidal thoughts. ...
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A sad day
(Column ~ 12/18/12)
The news of the school massacre at the school in Connecticut has been sickening. It casts a pall over our home and probably yours also. It is hard to get ones arms around such an evil act. How did our society allow that evil individual to even exist? What kind of a monster will kill his own mother in cold blood? Young children are to be protected, not murdered. It was an act so bad and it hurts deeply...
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20 years of public service comes to an end
(Column ~ 12/18/12)
We are nearing the end of these weekly columns as my Senate offices are nearly closed and computers as well as equipment are being returned to the Senate. December 31st is the last day for my staff. I will officially leave office January 13, 2013. After 20 years of public service, 8 as governor and 12 as senator, it is during these final weeks that I have a growing concern about the ability of Congress to work together, put aside partisanship, and address our country's problems...
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Merry Christmas!
(Column ~ 12/18/12)
Merry Christmas! Christ is born! What a joyous time of year filled with fellowship and family. Let's rejoice and celebrate, Christ our Savior! As I reflect on this past year, I am saddened by the economic struggle and environmental impacts of the drought, not only District 44 has faced but the country as a whole. ...
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Winter road safety
(Column ~ 12/18/12)
In many of my previous year end highway safety messages to Nebraskans I have been able to applaud a decrease in the number of traffic deaths. I am not able to do that for 2012. So far 200 people have lost their lives this year on our state's roadways compared to the 181 deaths recorded in 2011...
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Disturbance at school leads to shooting
(State News ~ 12/18/12)
UPDATED, with names:BRUNSWICK, Nebraska -- A Nebraska State Patrol trooper was injured and a suspect was shot after a disturbance in Pierce and Antelope Counties Just before 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 18, the Nebraska State Patrol received a request for assistance from the Pierce County Sheriff's Office for a man who was creating a disturbance after being turned away from the Zion Lutheran School. The man had been attempting to remove his children from the facility. The man, who was driving a semi-trailer truck, left the school and drove to a convenience store in Plainview, where he threatened harm to himself and others. He then drove to his farm north and east of Brunswick where he set fire to the semi. The suspect then got behind the wheel of a red farm tractor and proceeded to ram outbuildings, a vehicle and several fuel tanks on the property. The suspect then drove the tractor across a field to another farm house where he damaged outbuildings on the property. The suspect attempted to run into a Pierce County Sheriff's unit, before using the tractor to ram a Nebraska State Patrol unit responding to the scene. Trooper Brian Detlefsen, 34, Troop B-Norfolk, a 12-year agency veteran suffered a cut to his head and bruising when his patrol car was rammed by the suspect. Trooper Detlefsen was treated and released from the Creighton hospital. Trooper Dain Hicks, 41, Troop B- Columbus, a 14-year agency veteran, fired at the suspect. The suspect then gave himself up and was taken into custody. The suspect, Aaron D. White, 38, Plainview, was transported to the Plainview hospital and then flown by medical helicopter to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, where he is being treated for a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his right side. Upon his release from the hospital, White will be lodged on a charge of assault on an officer and held in the Woodbury County, Iowa, jail pending extradition.
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Marvin L. Wymore
(Obituary ~ 12/18/12)
Marvin L. Wymore Oct. 29, 1930 - Dec. 17, 2012 CAMBRIDGE, Nebrasla -- Marvin L. Wymore,82, of Cambridge, died Dec. 17, 2012, at the Cambridge Manor. He was born in Bartley on Oct. 29, 1930, to Irvin and Mary (Ginther) Wymore. He graduated from Bartley High School in 1948. ...
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