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Registration deadline is 6 p.m. Friday
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
Voters have only one day remaining to register to vote for several local and state issues on the ballot for the 2002 general election. The deadline this year is Friday, at 6 p.m. On the ballot locally, six candidates are vying for three seats for a four-year term on the McCook City Council and five candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for a two-year term as the city's leaders...
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Say thanks?
(Column ~ 10/24/02)
Dear Editor, Well we got moisture. Did you thank GOD? Oh, I know the saying that "it rains on the just and the unjust" but remember GOD never forgets who said THANKS! Since it came in the form of snow, I can only hope you got your snow fence up or as I do, home made. It makes a 2-inch snow with a bit of wind gives my garden area a TWO-foot snow drift on the garden plot...
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America hopeful arrests put end to sniper killings
(Column ~ 10/24/02)
People across America are joined in prayer today. As awful as it is to comprehend what has happened, we are hoping the arrests at a Maryland rest stop put an end to the sniper killings. The terror needs to end. While the attacks were centered in the Washington, D.C. area, Americans everywhere shared the fear and anger of the people living in and near the nation's capitol...
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Sandman
(Births ~ 10/24/02)
WAUNETA -- Derek and Allison Sandman of Wauneta announce the birth of a daughter, Haylee Elizabeth, born Tuesday (Oct. 15, 2002). She weighed 6 pounds, 5 1/2 ounces. Grandparents are Larry and Anita Kitt of Parks and Kirk and Cindy Sandman of Wauneta. Great-grandparents are Sarah Druliner of Aurora, Donnaline Kitt, Virgil and Edie Sandman of Wauneta, and Ruth Madron of McCook...
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Churches sending out trick or treaters for McCook Pantry
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
Several area churches will be sending out volunteers in force to visit each home in McCook during the annual "Trick or Treat for The Pantry." The volunteer tricksters have already begun to make their door-to-door calls, looking for nonperishable food items to restock the shelves at the McCook Pantry before the winter cold arrives...
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Buffalo Commons broadcasts set
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
LINCOLN -- Nebraska Public Radio "Connections" broadcasts Nov. 3 and 10 will highlight the 2002 Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival held this summer at the historic Fox Theatre in McCook. Barbara McBride Smith, professional storyteller from Tulsa, Okla.; William Kloefkorn, Nebraska's state poet; and the renowned folk musicians of the Ungar & Mason Family Band are featured. ...
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Two men arraigned
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
Two men were arraigned in Red Willow County District Court last week. Nickoles D. Patterson, 25, Palisade, pleaded not guilty to possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), a Class IV felony and operation of a motor vehicle after suspension, a Class III misdemeanor. His trial is set for Dec. 18 at 9 a.m...
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Airbase Society raising funds
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
The McCook Army Airbase Historical Society is continuing with its plans to raise funds to restore the buildings and the airplane apron at the World War II era army base despite the city's decision to sell the property to the highest bidder. In support of the Society, Councillor Jerda Garey asked that the City Council make the historical society's desires to restore the buildings and airplane parking apron known to all potential buyers, allowing them the opportunity to consider donating the land for the society's use.. ...
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Bison Homecoming 2002
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
Randy Jordan (left) practices his kicks and Jordan Zlomke helps cheer on the Bison in preparation for their Bison homecoming game on Friday. The seniors were dressed as cheerleaders for the pep rally Wednesday afternoon. The pep rally helped pump up the Bison by playing games, cheering, watching Coach John Gumb kiss a squealing pig and listening to the MHS band. ...
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Fire destroys rural home
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
HAYES CENTER -- A furnace problem may have caused a fire that destroyed the Heath Lapp home 14 miles north of Hayes Center on Wednesday evening. The Lapp children were getting off of the school bus when they and the bus driver noticed flames coming out of basement windows, according to Hayes Center Fire Chief Mike Christner...
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Gloria's Chicken Fat Ranch
(Column ~ 10/24/02)
A lot of people are saying President George W. Bush's decision to change the rules on the introduction of low-cost generic drugs is nothing but an attempt to gain support for his own party. My response: "So what if it is?" I know of several seniors who pay more than half of their monthly income on prescription drugs. I don't know that any of them will change their party affiliation simply because they will finally be able to afford to drive to the voting booth...
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Mary JoAnn Mucklow
(Obituary ~ 10/24/02)
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Mary JoAnn Mucklow, 71, passed away peacefully in her home on Oct. 21, 2002, in Hollywood, Fla. JoAnn was born in rural Hayes County on Nov. 17, 1930, to John and Bessie Lawless. She graduated from Palisade High School in 1948. After graduation she moved to Franklin and worked for Franklin County Bank. She met her future husband, Chester Mucklow (formerly of Franklin), on a blind date in the summer of 1947. They married on Nov. 19, 1950, and spent the next 52 years together...
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