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Race fans turn out in support of track
(Local News ~ 07/02/02)
A group of nearly 70 racers and fans and only a handful of opponents showed up at the McCook City Auditorium to voice their concerns about the McCook Speedway. During the regular meeting of the McCook City Council Monday evening, the lone opposing voice to the racetrack came from George Tiller, a neighbor of the fairgrounds...
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Farmers Market
(Column ~ 07/02/02)
Dear Editor, It is time to start harvesting the fresh produce that gardeners and farmers are growing this year. McCook Main Street Farmers Market is a social event where you meet friends and neighbors while you shop the vendors. This event is not only a growers market, but open to baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, rolls and fruit pies. No cream pies or baked goods, which require refrigeration, will be allowed. Inspected meat vendors must be approved and provide refrigeration...
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Kudos to 'Citizens'
(Column ~ 07/02/02)
Dear Editor, My purpose is threefold. I want to thank Dr. (Richard) Bair for filing his injunction which prevented the city of McCook from establishing a wellfield at the Army Air Base. Had he not done this, I believe we would be drilling on this site at the present time...
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Heart study offers chance for advances
(Column ~ 07/02/02)
Two events, a generation apart, inspired Dr. Michael Breiner to embark on a widespread study of families with a history of heart disease. The first was 33 years ago -- in 1969 -- when Dr. Breiner was a young doctor in York, Neb. "One evening, a man in his late 30s showed up at my front door. He was having a heart attack," Dr. Breiner explained...
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Rogers
(Births ~ 07/02/02)
Brent and Candi Rogers of McCook announce the birth of a son, Spencer Michael, born Saturday (May 18, 2002). He weighed 9 pounds, 10.8 ounces. Grandparents are Maurice and Monica Stramel of St. Francis and Ron and Jean Rogers of McCook. Great-grandparents are Harvey and Lucille Walz of St. Francis, Paul and Ruby Ahrens of McCook and Charlotte Rogers of Indianola...
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Mroczek
(Births ~ 07/02/02)
SUTHERLAND -- Chris and Lisa Mroczek of Sutherland announce the birth of their son, Ethan Tyler, Friday (June 28, 2002) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He weighed eight pounds and 12 ounces. Grandparents are Ron and Peg Mroczek of Alma and Jim and Maxine Dusatko of McCook...
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Rest for the brave and the strong
(Local News ~ 07/02/02)
PALISADE -- When Reuben Echols of Hayes Center sat down two years ago to design a memorial to American veterans for the community of Palisade, he wanted "to inspire respect for those who have valiantly served this country, and to inspire a sense of peace and tranquility, which belongs to the brave and the strong."...
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Council considers trash needs, hauling
(Local News ~ 07/02/02)
The McCook City Council spent more than an hour in a study session to discuss McCook's solid waste disposal prior to a regular meeting Monday night. Public Works Director Marty Conroy told council members that the current solid waste facility needs major improvements to make it more accessible to customers and carriers...
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Volunteer flight speeds pool repairs
(Local News ~ 07/02/02)
Swimmers cooling off in the McCook Municipal Pool can thank a McCook business man who volunteered to fly his plane to Texas to pick up parts. A special pump with specific tolerances had to be built in Plainview, Texas, to replace the one that failed in McCook's pool, according to Marty Conroy, public works director...
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Building inspector resigns
(Local News ~ 07/02/02)
Darwin "Dob" Neuhaus, city building inspector and assistant public works director has submitted his resignation from the city effective July 12. Neuhaus was hired as city building inspector on May 2, 1977. He was also a member of the McCook Volunteer fire and rescue squad for more than eight years. In 1988, he received the McCook Employee of the Year Award...
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No easy ride for these bikers
(Local News ~ 07/02/02)
TOP Ben Kogus (left), a student at the University of California at Berkeley and Josh Sheffler, a student at Iowa State University, rest after traveling 90 miles on bicycle from Wray, Colo. in Saturday's 103-degree heat. The two men are a part of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity traveling across the United States in the Push America program. ...
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Good eyes gone bad
(Column ~ 07/02/02)
The eye doctor warned me. While jotting notes on my exam form last fall, he said, "These glasses will be good for about a year, but not much longer -- your eyes are still changing." Changing. What a nice way of putting it. My eyes are "changing." If they "change" much more, I will officially join the ranks of little old ladies who ask strangers to read labels for them at the grocery story...
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