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Record advance voting in Red Willow County
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- With a record 1,029 advance ballots cast in Red Willow County, Donald Trump is leading 773 or 78 percent of the vote compared to 17 percent or 171 votes for Clinton. The vote to repeal state law and reinstate the death penalty shows 65 percent in favor...
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Is it time to rethink our voting system?
(Editorial ~ 11/08/16)
There's an Internet meme going around that would be funny if it weren't so true. Me: I don't like Trump. Everyone: "So you support a liar like Hillary? She should be in jail!" Me: I don't like Hillary Everyone: "So you support a racist like Trump!? He doesn't stand for American values!"...
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Previous presidential peculiarities
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/08/16)
Dear Editor, In 1984, Paul F. Bolier Jr. wrote a book published by Oxford Press which he called "Presidential Campaigns." It reveals unusual facts about George Washington up until the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Teddy Roosevelt was shot in the chest before a campaign speech. However, he managed to deliver an hour and a half oration...
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From Bison to Buffs: McCook grad takes Elm Creek to quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/16)
ELM CREEK, Neb. -- The Gazette area may be finished with eight-man football, but one McCook alumnus is still leading the charge an hour and a half away...
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Bison set record, earn top grades
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/16)
McCook High School volleyball players have been simply awesome whether they were digging kills or killing tests in the classrooms this fall...
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Bronco alum sparks Indians
(College Sports ~ 11/08/16)
SALINA, Kan. -- Wauneta-Palisade alum Colby Cox hit double digits in each of her first two collegiate games as the McCook Community College women's basketball team went 2-0 at last weekend's Brown Mackie Classic...
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Art Guild celebrates new space
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Area business leaders gathered Sunday afternoon to celebrate the recent expansion of the McCook Art Center on Norris Avenue. Renovations to the second floor of the building transformed previously unused space into an attractive multi-use area...
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Art Guild vault door reverting to original use
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Art Guild hopes to repurpose one of two impressive vault doors in the McCook Art Center and is in the process of selling it to a bank in Curtis, Nebraska. The approximately 1300 pound working vault doors have added to the charm of the Norris Avenue art gallery since the building became the base-of-operations for the Southwest Nebraska art guild...
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Third try's a charm for voting vet
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Election officials in Red Willow County mid-morning today reported "a very good turnout" of voters at polling places, even early in the morning. Poll workers reported they were busy, with waiting lines at some polling places, like the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Office in McCook...
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Proving the Poppers wrong -- Red Willow County tourism director wears Buffalo commons label as badge of honor
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- In the eyes of McCook's and Red Willow County's tourism director, a contention by Eastern professors that the Golden Plains should be abandoned to the buffalo and deer and antelope keeps providing the impetus to prove the learned Poppers wrong...
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Debt refinancing to save city $800k over next 20 years
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Final figures for a debt refinancing effort by the city indicate it should save $824,588 over a 20-year period, or slightly more than $41,200 annually, according to city staff. The savings stems from the issuance of $10 million in Combined Utilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, and subsequent refinancing of water and sewer debt, approved by City Council last month. ...
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Trump, death penalty widen lead in county
(Local News ~ 11/08/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- With eight of 13 precincts reporting in Red Willow County, Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton 3,082 to 467. County voters favor repealing legislation that ended the death penalty in Nebraska, 2,404 to 1,189.
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Voting for Ahab or Jezebel
(Column ~ 11/08/16)
What fun! Our preacher Sunday opened with a reminder to vote Tuesday. He commiserated that, unfortunately we didn't have the choice between a David and a Solomon but more like choosing between Ahab and Jezebel. He then went on to exclaim that it was important to vote for the good local people listed on down the ballot. Be an informed voter...
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