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Roses smell especially sweet today
(Column ~ 12/10/01)
It happened. It really happened. On a magnificent weekend in December 2001, Nebraska's beloved Cornhuskers threw the football world into a tizzy by being selected -- by the narrowest of margins -- to play in the Rose Bowl for the national championship...
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Exclamation, explanations
(Column ~ 12/10/01)
A NEEDED REMINDER! Lewis Hayes, who lives at 801 West Fifth Street in McCook, provided a valuable public service Friday when he called city and state officials to alert them about a congressional mandate concerning flag etiquette. Lew notified the news media and political leaders about a legislative resolution, passed in 1994 and signed into law by then President Clinton, which requires the American flag be flown at half-staff each December 7 on the anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.. ...
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Wartime McCook deals with prejudice
(Column ~ 12/10/01)
The proposal of locating a Japanese interment camp near McCook was discussed in an editorial in the April 23, 1942, McCook Gazette. You can see by the accompanying ad of Joe Trimmer, that he was not happy with the prospect of such neighbors. The War Department wanted to move some 125,000 Japanese from the Pacific coast country to the interior for the duration of the war. ...
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Red tape, reactions and reality
(Column ~ 12/10/01)
The response to my son's death has been overwhelming from this community and surrounding areas. I have received cards and e-mails of comfort and compassion from Imperial to Arapahoe. Several were from people I don't know personally but they know me through this column. ...
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Private party offers new perspective
(Features ~ 12/10/01)
For a number of years Kay Flaska, of McCook, was on the faculty of Union College, in Lincoln. It was her responsibility to teach English, as a second language, to adult foreign students who were new to the United States. In many ways, she says, it was an ideal teaching job. ...
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Elinor D. Brown
(Obituary ~ 12/10/01)
Elinor D. Brown LINCOLN -- Elinor D. Brown, 86, of Lincoln, died Saturday (Dec. 8, 2001). She was born July 25, 1915, at Curtis to Forrest Earl and Blanche (Taylor) Dillman. She was an office manager. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of McCook, the Eastern Star Chapter No. 86, PEO, and the Golden Kiwanis Club...
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Harold L. Schaffer
(Obituary ~ 12/10/01)
Harold L. Schaffer COZAD -- Harold L. Schaffer, 82, died Friday (Dec. 7, 2001) at Cozad. He was born Jan. 8, 1919, at Mobridge, S.D., to Jacob and Ida (Miller) Schaffer. He attended schools in South Dakota, Kansas and North Platte. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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