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Council approves amended contract
(Local News ~ 05/30/02)
McCook City Council members voted unanimously during a special meeting Wednesday to approve requests for proposals for test-hole drilling for new water wells for the city, but not before the request was amended and council member Phil Lyons objected to members of the council seeming to negotiate contracts...
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Useful tool
(Column ~ 05/30/02)
Dear Editor, Cave man had a pocket knife that cut up mastadons and skinned saber-tooth tigers. By simply flaking (chipping) stone edges, he turned a rock into a usable cutting tool. Every race on earth started with stone tools as a first step toward modern man. ...
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Pool too pricey
(Column ~ 05/30/02)
Dear Editor, Wednesday night my husband and I decided to take our 18-month-old to the baby wading pool at the city pool. In the past this pool has been free of admission charges. We were surprised to see a sign on the gate stating that there is now a 50-cent fee. This doesn't seem like much money. However, the more I thought about it, I concluded that this was too much for a baby pool...
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Race dangers
(Column ~ 05/30/02)
Dear Editor, Racetrack noise levels officially monitored at our city ballparks next to the fairgrounds racetrack are equivalent to noise levels of a 747 jumbo jet taking off and landing on our taxpayer owned land. This definitely is causing long-term hearing loss damage to all who live close by or attend and play softball or baseball on our city and county taxpayer owned land where ball games have been played for over 50 years...
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Golfing oppourtunities are abundant on the Golden Plains
(Column ~ 05/30/02)
Golfers everywhere! It's time to stand up and take notice. The Golden Plains of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas offer outstanding golfing opportunities at very affordable rates. You can read all about these challenging, well-kept and user-friendly golf courses in today's Gazette. In a special edition called "Best of the West," the Gazette showcases 18 of the most outstanding golfing holes in the region. Golfers in metropolitan areas would be amazed...
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Red Willow County valuations increased
(Local News ~ 05/30/02)
Property owners will notice higher valuations on notices to be mailed out Friday as Red Willow County makes adjustments to bring the values up to required levels. Preliminary statistics showed the county's median value to be 88 percent of market value, according to Sandra Kotschwar, county assessor...
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Special 'greenbelt' valuation in effect in Hitchcock County
(Local News ~ 05/30/02)
TRENTON -- For the tax year 2002, Hitchcock County has instituted a special valuation, called a "greenbelt" valuation, in an area generally within one mile of the Republican River. Assistant State Assessor Judy McDonald of Trenton said owners of agricultural land within the designated "Greenbelt" area will receive a "Valuation Change Notice" on or before June 3. ...
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Bartley tornadoes
(Local News ~ 05/30/02)
Don Burton stands outside his home northwest of Bartley Sunday, May 26, and watches three tornadoes threaten his neighbors' buildings. Susie Burton said the tornadoes sucked back up into the sky before causing any damages. "In fact, we had no wind," she remembers. ...
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Donations honor father's local legacy
(Local News ~ 05/30/02)
Memorabilia from Sen. Ben Nelson's family illustrates moments in the history of McCook and Southwest Nebraska and will now tell their stories to visitors to the Museum of the High Plains in McCook. During a ceremony Wednesday, Sen. Nelson donated his father's bunker gear from the McCook Fire Department and his collection of light meters...
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The hostage in the home
(Column ~ 05/30/02)
Someone once told me a true test of marriage is to undertake and complete a remodeling project. This is Brad's and my third. We will be celebrating 100 years in 2099. My mom called me the other day and told me she thought this should be our last project, "It's just too hard on your marriage."...
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Jacob James Gustafson
(Obituary ~ 05/30/02)
BEAVER CITY -- Jacob James Gustafson, 10, died Tuesday (May 28, 2002) at a Lincoln hospital as the result of an automobile accident near Beaver City. He was born June 21, 1991, to James and Connie (Hernandez) Gustafson at Grand Island. He was raised in the Martell, Neb. area. The family moved to Beaver City in 1997. He would have been in the fifth grade at Beaver City Schools this coming fall...
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Joyce Irene (Bryant) Parker
(Obituary ~ 05/30/02)
ATWOOD -- Joyce Irene (Bryant) Parker, 60, died Monday (May 27, 2002) at her home in Atwood. She was born Sept. 12, 1941, to Lester and Ruth (Bevens) Bryant at Norton. She attended grade school to the eight grade in the Norton school system. She lived in Norton, Kan., Colorado, Utah and Wyoming before making her home in Atwood...
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Ervin Lewis Zander
(Obituary ~ 05/30/02)
Ervin Lewis Zander, 59, died Thursday (May 23, 2002) at his home in McCook. He was born June 19, 1942, to Eleanor Smith in Denver, Colo. He was raised by Edwin and Louise Zander on a McCook area farm. He worked for M & W Equipment before opening his own welding business known as Erv's Powderhorn...
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Vernon Nokes Sr.
(Obituary ~ 05/30/02)
LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Vernon Nokes Sr., 78, died May 20, 2002. He was born to Lee and Odessa (Grafton) Nokes at McCook. He was a long time Mechanical Engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Denver. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; and one sister...
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