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Let's keep local celebration for local celebrities
(Editorial ~ 04/01/14)
We've always been impressed with McCook's community spirit, and the way volunteers are always willing to put out extra effort to make events a success. Such was the case with another success story, the Lorrie Morgan concert to benefit the new oncology center at Community Hospital...
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Margaret 'Odessa' Washburn Treat
(Obituary ~ 04/01/14)
Margaret 'Odessa' Washburn Treat May 13, 1927 - March 31, 2014 GOTHENBURG, Nebraska --Margaret "Odessa" Washburn Treat, 86, of Gothenburg, formerly of North Platte, Nebraska, went to be with her Lord on Monday, March 31, 2014, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg with her loving children surrounding her...
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MCC paint-in exhibit will be on display through April 11
(Community News ~ 04/01/14)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Nearly 200 art pieces from a wide range of media created by high school students from 21 area schools are on display through April 11 as part of the 2014 McCook Community College Paint-In and exhibition. It all caps off with the paint-in competition April 11 at the MCC Event Center...
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On the record
(Other Record ~ 04/01/14)
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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Southwest, Arapahoe among winners at MCC's academic contest
(Community News ~ 04/01/14)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Arapahoe, Southwest and Mullen high schools claimed the three top academic honors Wednesday at McCook Community College's Inter-high day academic competition. In addition Medicine Valley and Dundy County-Stratton were the top two finishers in the quiz bowl competition and qualified for the state meet in Holdrege...
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McCook Junior High releases honor/merit roll
(Community News ~ 04/01/14)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- MJH Merit Roll -- 3rd Quarter, 94.0 percent to 100 percent, no grade lower than 78 percent: 6th Grade: Aguilar, Elise; Barenberg, Logan; Beasley, Isabelle; Bredvick, Dawson; Brittain, Vanessa; Brunswick, Drake; Coleman, Candace; Daum, Andrew; Dellevoet, Reese; Durfee, Addison; Golden, Brynn; Hazen, Brianna; Jernigan, Corban; Lemburg, Kassadi; Loker, Emily; Martin, Kaylin; Morgan, Brolin; Renner, Timothy; Risenhoover, Lydia; Rodewald, Elsianna; Uerling, Kori.. ...
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No injuries in collision on smoky highway
(Local News ~ 04/01/14)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Sheriff's officers responding to reports of reduced visibility, blowing dust and a wild fire west of McCook, Nebraska, starting at about noon Monday heard a crash within the smoke blowing across the highway. Red Willow County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Kotschwar said this morning that the smoke from a wildfire in the corn stubble on the north side of U.S. ...
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Campaign stop
(Local News ~ 04/01/14)
Attorney General candidate Brian Buescher chats with a coffee crowd at Sehnert's Bakery in McCook last week. Buescher urged a hard line on the Republican River conflict with Kansas, noting that he was the only candidate with legal experience on the top, having been retained by the State of Nebraska for Republican River Compact issues...
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Musings while driving
(Column ~ 04/01/14)
It was six o'clock in the morning. I was headed east out of town well before sun up. It was McCook but could have been anywhere in Southwest Nebraska. The clouds were absent, no moon, just stars and the wind hadn't kicked back up -- yet. It is a time to exercise the mind, solve the world's problems, think of what to write and rejoice in a life well lived. Quiet time hard to find in today's hustle bustle; thinking time that I miss from solitary hours on the tractor when I used to farm...
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Reverse mortgages
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/14)
Kudos to the editorial staff of the McCook Gazette for its viewpoint, published on the March 27 issue of the paper, highlighting pitfalls in the use of a reverse mortgage. The caveats and suggestions made in that article are the same ones I have preached to my family for several years (ever since Fred Thompson began pitching the use of reverse mortgages). ...
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Read a book
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/14)
Are you bored senseless? If not, I suggest reading Prof. Fungus Braindead's new book, "The Philosophy of Health Insurance," (938 pp., published by Roe & Boate). Here, Prof. B, formerly of the University of Northern South Dakota, but now based at the New College of Eastern West Virginia, concludes his book with the astute observation that "Health insurance professionals are not in business for their heath."...
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Mary E. 'Beth' Johnson
(Obituary ~ 04/01/14)
Mary E. 'Beth' Johnson Feb. 2, 1931 - March 31, 2014 NORCATUR, Kansas -- Mary E. "Beth" Johnson, 83, died Monday (March 31, 2014), at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin, Kansas. She was born Feb. 2, 1931, to Henry and Ruth (Clason) Rupp. She was raised in Phillips County, Kansas, and graduated from Long Island High School in 1949 and Kearney State Teacher's College...
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