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A July visit from the North Pole
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
A visit to Barnett Park from a resident of the North Pole didn't include a little man with a white beard and a sackful of toys. The bags Ken Henderson brought with him contained snakes, reptiles, mammals and birds. Henderson's zoo, called God's Little Animal World, includes a great Dane, three snakes, four kittens, a chicken, an iguana and an armadillo...
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Video slot gambling will go to the polls
(Column ~ 07/09/02)
The residents of the southwestern corner of Nebraska are about as far away from casinos as you can get in the Cornhusker State. It's 200 miles to Rosebud in South Dakota, more than 250 miles to Black Hawk and Central City in Colorado and almost 300 miles to the boats in Council Bluffs, Iowa. But, there's a chance that is going to change...
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Norris birthday celebration set for Thursday evenig
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
The 141st anniversary of the birth of George Norris, former Nebraska Senator, will be celebrated Thursday evening at Norris Park. The event is sponsored by the George Norris Foundation and the Nebraska State Historical Society. Birthday cake and ice cream will be served in the park at 5:30 p.m. ...
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Indianoal planning community clean-up
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
INDIANOLA -- Indianola residents plan a major community-wide clean-up before the annual Old Settlers' Celebration Saturday, Aug. 10. On Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13, residents and business owners are encouraged to clean up their yards and lots of unsightly litter, limbs and/or old appliances...
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Brothers challenge well drilling denial
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
CURTIS -- Two Dickens-area farmers are challenging a denial by the Middle Republican Natural Resources District of water well drilling applications. MRNRD Director Dan Smith said Monday Bruce and Douglas McDermott of rural Dickens filed applications on June 4 for five irrigation wells in Lincoln County, approximately the southern third of which is within the MRNRD's area...
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Chasing away the summer doldrums
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
The residents of McCook seem to live by the old adage, "Only boring people get bored." In honor of Anti-Boredom month, McCookites sound off as to how they keep the summer doldrums away. While Kaylee Hendrickson and Jacob Anderson are ready to return to school, it's not because they are bored. The cousins enjoy the small pleasures of the summer including biking, softball, swimming and time with friends...
- Doldrums 2 (Local News ~ 07/09/02)
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Windmill restoration
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
Bill and Jean Poore rebuilt a piece of history in their backyard. The 1918 Monitor windmill was pieced together over a one year period. Bill bought "pieces and parts from here and there" to restore the windmill, Poole said. The windmill is on North Cherokee in McCook...
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Relief fund for flood victims established
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
OGALLALA -- The Ogallala Community Hospital and the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) has established a relief fund for the Ogallala residents who lost their homes and property in the flood. Donations can be sent to NHA, Ogallala Relief Fund, 1640 L Street, Suite D, Lincoln, NE 68508. For more information contact Molly Nance at (402) 458-4911...
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Injury aaccident
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
Wrecker driver Richard Sensel hooks up the front end of a 1989 Chevrolet pickup, driven by 68-year-old Arthur Marks of Culbertson, after it was involved in a two-pickup accident late Monday morning half-a-mile west of Culbertson on U.S. Highway 6&34. The Marks vehicle struck the rear-end of a 1989 Ford pickup, driven by 43-year-old Michael Wagner, also of Culbertson, as Wagner turned north off of the highway into a private drive...
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Brown: Officers made good judgement call
(Local News ~ 07/09/02)
Police Chief Ike Brown says a Sunday morning incident involving the destruction of a stray dog was a good judgement call by McCook Police. The police department received a call at 8:47 a.m., Sunday, from a residence in the 1200 block of Missouri Avenue...
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Is it news?
(Column ~ 07/09/02)
I wonder what verdict history will render regarding 24-hour news networks? Is it possible that we'll look back and realize they had a negative influence on society? The rise of the 24-hour television news channel is a relatively recent phenomenon. It followed the wave of "specialization" in broadcasting, the same movement that gave us an all-sports channel, an all-extreme-sports channel, an animal channel, a travel channel, a food channel, a history channel, a science-fiction channel, a few classic movie channels, and a TV Guide channel devoted to covering all the other channels.. ...
Stories from Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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