- A little trivial gamesmanship (Column ~ 04/04/13)
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Robert 'Van' Burrus
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Robert 'Van' Burrus March 4, 1923 - April 3, 2013 ST. FRANCIS, Kansas --Robert Van Burrus, 90, died Tuesday (April 3, 2013), at the Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis, Kansas. He was born March 4, 1923, in Red Willow County, Nebraska. He was a lumber yard manager...
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On the record
(Other Record ~ 04/04/13)
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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The dating game in 1893
(Community News ~ 04/04/13)
By Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society McCOOK, Nebraska -- Todays Internet dating has nothing on the late 1800's frontier days in Nebraska! As a ratio of men to women, men won until the prairie was completely tamed. Marriage was as much a contract to help break sod, build homes, tend livestock and produce heirs as it was a matter of love! Mortality rates for women on the frontier tended to be high because childbirth was a dangerous issue for both mother and child in those days. ...
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Gearing up to garden
(Community News ~ 04/04/13)
McCook Daily Gazette Mary Frandsen, from left and Mary Pate are more than ready for spring, as they go through some bulbs they will plant in containers this year. Both are members of the Good Earth Gardners Club in McCook.
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Party time
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
Party balloons escape Feb. 4, and land in a pasture where Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, snapped this photo. The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. Readers can contribute to our daily weather page, subject to space and color availability, by emailing photos to editor2@ocsmccook.com or bringing them into the Gazette offices at West First and E Streets. ...
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New customer service agent hired
(Business ~ 04/04/13)
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Western Nebraska Insurance and Western Nebraska Bank recently hired Deb Diehl as the new Customer Service Agent at their 416 S Dewey North Platte office. Deb Diehl has previous banking experience and most recently worked for an Insurance Agency in North Platte for 15 years...
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REAP announces office hours
(Business ~ 04/04/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dena Beck, central and southwest Nebraska Business Specialist with the Center for Rural Affairs' Rural Enterprise Assistance Project will hold office hours in McCook on April 19, 2013. Hours will be 10:00 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. McCook Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) will handle the appointments; (308) 345-1200. MEDC office is located at 402 Norris Avenue, Suite 301 (Keystone Business Center - 3rd Floor)...
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Burn ban
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
Red Willow Western Rural firefighters fill up their trucks, above, after responding to a grass fire on the Hitchcock/Red Willow County line, west of McCook Wednesday along with Culbertson Fire Department. This is the second grass fire this week, as the Red Willow Western put out two grass fires on Tuesday afternoon just East of Perry Grain and a car fire on Monday. ...
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Mayor Berry running for Legislature
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
TRENTON, Nebraska -- According to an article in the Hitchcock County News, McCook Mayor Dennis Berry officially announced his candidacy today for the 44th District State Senate seat in the Nebraska Legislature. Mayor Berry is also the principal of McCook Junior High School and according to the article plans to retire in May 2014, allowing him to campaign full time...
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Senator: No clear path on water problem
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Water continues to be a complicated issue for both Nebraska irrigators and legislators. Sen. Mark Christensen said this morning that he was receiving a lot of push-back pertaining to his priority bill, LB 522, and he welcomed local input on to how to proceed...
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Head Start homeless by end of July
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Head Start needs a new home. By the end of July, the Head Start program in McCook, Nebraska, needs to be out of the YMCA and into a new location. And finding a new location is proving to be a challenge. "We truly appreciate the support of the Y for the past 20 years," said Sue Beebe, Head Start's program manager for the 20 years that it's been in McCook. ...
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Development group applying for affordable housing grant
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
GRANT, Nebraska -- The Southwest Nebraska Community Betterment Corp. plans public meetings Wednesday, April 17, regarding its application to the Department of Economic Development for a Nebraska Affordable Housing Program Grant. This grant is available for local affordable housing activities...
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Republic River Compact signers would be amazed
(Editorial ~ 04/04/13)
Many of the first European settlers who came to Southwest Nebraska were forced to leave after finding it wasn't true that "the rain follows the plow" and rainfall wasn't reliable enough to be able to count on field crops every year. Then came the advent of large-scale irrigation, first from dams built in response to the Republican River flood of 1935, then from pumping groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer into ditches, pipes and center-pivot irrigation systems -- dozens of which are produced at McCook's Valmont plant each week.. ...
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Leases required
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/04/13)
The final settlement stipulation (Kansas v. Nebraska and Colorado, Dec. 15, 2002) states on page 27: 2. Nebraska action in water-short year administration: a. To accomplish this limitation, Nebraska may use one or more of the following measures: Item V. dry year leasing of water rights that divert at or above Guide Rock...
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Stealing water
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/04/13)
These are things to think about. Senator Mark Christensens comments on "Irrigators need to cooperate" will not happen. There is a commandant that states "Thou shalt not steal." In 1975, the legislature passed LB 577, which was a good water bill and protected our groundwater from being over-depleted...
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Birthday sandbagger
(Column ~ 04/04/13)
So for Hubby's birthday a few weeks ago, instead of going out and buying him an ATV blade or a rapid-fire nail gun, which he mentioned, I gave him a night away with his lovely wife in a town far away from his children and the "honey do" list. I think he likes the idea or at least he's pretending to. ...
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Sighting Comet PanSTARRS, finally
(Column ~ 04/04/13)
I was finally able to get some glass on Comet PanSTARRS. After several days of clouds there was finally a clear evening with great viewing and I bagged it. However, I have not been able to view it since. A conspiracy of lack of time and clouds worked together to prevent any opportunity for another view...
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Researcher: Cars help breed shorter wings on swallows
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- It's not the wind beneath their wings but rather the SUVs there that have inspired cliff swallows to take flight in their recent evolution. A 30-year study by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Mary Bomberger Brown and colleagues found that cliff swallows in southwest Nebraska have adjusted to the dangers of cars around their habitat by developing shorter wing lengths, a fact that makes them less likely to become road kill...
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Flyover fleet
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
Sandhill cranes soar over Southwest Nebraska on their annual trip to northern breeding grounds. Our region is usually flyover country for the birds, who traditionally stop along the Platte River to perform mating dances.
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The worth of water
(Column ~ 04/04/13)
Benjamin Franklin once quipped, "When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." Franklin understood that while water is an essential part of daily life, many of us take it for granted. We use water to cook, clean, and nourish crops. Water sustains individuals and livestock alike; it is used to transport passengers and goods. Water is undoubtedly one of our most precious natural resources. As such, wise water management should be a top priority...
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