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The end of innocence
(Column ~ 09/13/01)
Most of the time we feel safe living in the middle of America. We're far away from major metropolitan centers and are rarely touched by the chaos which runs rampant in turbulent, terror-ridden parts of the world. Tuesday, that changed. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- in cities located 1,500 miles from McCook -- tore at our hearts and touched our lives as few other events have during our years on earth...
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Traitorous action
(Column ~ 09/13/01)
Dear Editor, After the great tragedy that occurred yesterday, I began hearing reports of gasoline prices increasing to more than $5 per gallon at various locations throughout the United States. If these reports are true, the owners/managers of these businesses are profiting from a terrorist attack and should be exposed for what they are -- traitors...
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Just another ordinary day
(Column ~ 09/13/01)
They were ordinary people, on an ordinary day, doing ordinary things. There was nothing to alert them that their world would end, no sixth sense of impending doom as they made their morning preparations for another day's work. And if there were, it was brushed off as fanciful thought...
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A nation stunned, a need for prayer
(Column ~ 09/13/01)
The counsel I heard coming over the air-waves on Tuesday, 9/11/01 after the attacks on New York city and Washington, D.C. was well meaning and intended for comfort. The statement was, "Take a deep breath, put your arm around a neighbor and do your best to get through this."...
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s'Miler
(Features ~ 09/13/01)
McCook Chamber of Commerce representative Rev. Clark Bates presents a s'Miler button to McCook Pantry volunteer Marilyn Brandt. The s'Miler button is presented to the McCook employee whose smiling attitude and willingness to "go the extra mile" makes living and working in McCook a more pleasant experience...
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Pre-World War II quilt display
(Features ~ 09/13/01)
The Sen. George Norris State Historic Site in McCook is alive with a Pre-World War II quilt display. A variety of quilts are on display, including the embroidered butterfly hand-stitched and hand quilted quilt made by Marie Elizabeth Propp. Her granddaughter, Flora Lundburg of McCook now owns the quilt. The display includes quilts made in the late 1700's...
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Leonard Tidyman
(Obituary ~ 09/13/01)
Leonard Tidyman CURTIS -- Leonard Tidyman, 91, of Curtis, formerly of Maywood, died Sunday (Sept. 9, 2001) at the Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. He was born March 29, 1910, at Thornburg to William Milton and Magdalena Johanna (Schmeltzer) Tidyman...
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William F. Oberhauser
(Obituary ~ 09/13/01)
William F. Oberhauser William F. Oberhauser, 72, died Monday (Sept. 10, 2001) at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He was born on March 10, 1929, at Lindsay to Anthony and Elsie (Hemling) Oberhauser. On May 22, 1951, he entered the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on April 30, 1953...
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