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Jo Ann L. Walter
(Obituary ~ 12/18/13)
Jo Ann L. Walter July 22, 1958 - Dec. 13, 2013 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Jo Ann L. Walter, age 55, of McCook, Nebraska, died at the Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte on Dec. 13, 2013. She was born in Greeley, Colorado, on July 22, 1958, to LeRoy and Shirley (Mason) Walter. Jo Ann graduated from Arvada West High School in Arvada, Colorado, and attended college in Fort Collins for drafting...
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Carol Ann Best
(Obituary ~ 12/18/13)
Carol Ann Best Oct. 23, 1955 - Dec. 16, 2013 KEARNEY, Nebraska -- Carol Ann Best of Kearney passed away Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, at her sister's home in rural Indianola, Nebraska, surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 58 years old...
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Songbook supply
(Community News ~ 12/18/13)
Barbara Masur of Culbertson, Nebraska, looks through with her collection of McCook Gazette "Caroler's Songbooks" she has saved through the years, starting with songbooks from 1991 and going up to 2013. Mazur said she didn't intentionally start out collecting the songbooks, but after she saved a few, she decided to keep going. ...
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On the record
(Other Record ~ 12/18/13)
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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Morris on Norris - The real tax story: effect on a family
(Column ~ 12/18/13)
GENE O. MORRIS McCook Gazette I was visiting with an old boy the other day about his taxes. He's a good guy so when I asked him if I could use his 2013 Real Tax Statement to show the effect of taxes on an individual, he said yes. There was only one stipulation: "Don't use my name. As long as this remains anonymous, it's okay."...
- Jurascals (Weekend Menu ~ 12/18/13)
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Ferris Magee memorial blood drive Dec. 30-31
(Local News ~ 12/18/13)
McCOOK, Neb. (Dec. 10, 2013) -- On Dec. 30 and 31, community members can roll up a sleeve and donate blood in memory of Ferris Magee, a longtime McCook-area resident who died earlier this year. Magee spent much of his life farming and raising livestock in the McCook area. ...
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House searched, two arrested
(Local News ~ 12/18/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A car stop Tuesday afternoon on a warrant for shoplifting led to the arrest of two subjects after the subsequent search of a house at the corner of Westridge and J streets in McCook, Nebraska. Red Willow County Sheriff Gene Mahon said this morning that numerous charges will come from the search. He could not be more specific about the charges until reports from officers are submitted to County Attorney Paul Wood...
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MRNRD may not cut water allocations
(Local News ~ 12/18/13)
CURTIS, Nebraska -- Water allocations for 2014 for Middle Republican Natural Resources District ground water irrigators may not be tighter than last year. Board member John Palic said during the MRNRD monthly meeting Dec. 10 in Curtis, "We won't know if they're looser until our January meeting."...
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Stratton retirement facility seeks donations for cashflow issues
(Local News ~ 12/18/13)
STRATTON, Nebraska -- McCook National Bank of McCook and Stratton will match, up to $5,000, donations given to the Stratton, Nebraska, Industrial Commission Inc. through Friday, as SICI works to make up a cashflow shortfall that threatens the future of its programs including the Grandview Apartments & Duplexes and the Hitchcock County Senior Center...
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Prison time handed down for repeat drug offender
(Local News ~ 12/18/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- An Indianola woman was sentenced to state prison time earlier this month for probation violations stemming from multiple drug related arrests. The offender, 44-year-old Sheila Kay Sain, was already serving a 24- month probation sentence, stemming from her conviction for distributing marijuana, when she was arrested in January and again in May, both times cited with felony possession of methamphetamine and various other charges...
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Raffle prizes
(Local News ~ 12/18/13)
Landen, Addison and Bailey Meguire, the children of Jessica and Casey Meguire of McCook, Nebraska, try out the ride-on toys that will be raffle prizes during the 32nd annual "Christmas Toy Box" give-away Sunday, starting at 1 p.m., in the McCook City Auditorium, at the corner of West Fifth and C streets. ...
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Into the red bucket
(Local News ~ 12/18/13)
Two-year-old Asher and 6-year-old Micah drop their donations Tuesday evening into the red bucket of Salvation Army bell-ringers (and Lions Club members) Sarah Schaaf, left, and Jacquita Davis, stationed at WalMart in McCook. The two redheads are the sons of Ashley and Cody Gerlach of Cambridge, Nebraska...
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'Penny Plan' would be possible to accomplish
(Editorial ~ 12/18/13)
Conservative commentator Sean Hannity has proposed a plan for balancing the federal budget that has naturally been criticized as overly simplistic and unrealistic. His "penny plan" would require the government to cut one penny from every dollar it spends every year for five years...
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Paying attention in class
(Column ~ 12/18/13)
OK, first off, all of you get a D- for not noticing that I called Aldebaran a planet and not a star in last week's astronomy lesson. Or, some of you may have noticed and sent an email which I haven't seen yet because I have been out of Internet contact for the last week in the wilds of Nebraska...
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Lessons about life from three good men
(Column ~ 12/18/13)
McCOOK and BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Three friends of mine died this month. At the time of their passing, Arvene Myers was 94, Pete Graff was 90 and Larry --- was 70. As is often the case, I did not realize how special Arvene, Pete and Larry were until they were no longer with us on this old earth...
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