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Red sky in morning
(Local News ~ 01/14/03)
We may be in for some bad weather -- we hope -- if the old sailor's adage holds true. Power lines are silhouetted against a red sunrise at the St. Ann's road west of Perry along U.S. Highway 6-34. Snow is in the forecast for the next few days, which would be welcome, despite any inconvenience...
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Pilot killed in crash
(Local News ~ 01/14/03)
CAMBRIDGE -- The pilot of an experimental plane was killed when the aircraft crashed in a pasture about 100 feet from the runway. The Furnas County Sheriff's office did not immediately release the name of the victim or other details of the Monday afternoon accident...
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Crash cleanup
(Local News ~ 01/14/03)
Wagner Ford Mercury tow truck operators Rocky Stone (left) and James Huffman (right) (and Lee Dodge, not shown) work to raise a car over the radiator at Rita's Framing Creations in downtown McCook on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Police records indicate the driver of the car, Edith Pettera of Herndon, 91, thought she stepped on the brake as she parked, but instead hit the gas pedal. ...
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City pares list to three priorities
(Local News ~ 01/14/03)
Instead of a top 10 priority list, the McCook City Council has chosen only three items it would like to see city administration concentrate on -- water, sales tax and community development. During a special study session Monday night, the council agreed that those three issues would most likely keep City Manager John Bingham and his staff busy over the next 10 months...
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MPPD absorbing rate hike
(Local News ~ 01/14/03)
While customers who buy electricity directly from the Nebraska Public Power District will see increase in their rates, McCook Public Power District is absorbing an increase NPPD gave to its wholesale customers. "We had a reasonable summer," MPPD manager Jim Phinney said in the way of explanation. While NPPD increased the average rate to wholesale customers 6.6 percent effective Feb. 1, MPPD's board opted not to pass on to its customers what would have translated into a 4 percent increase...
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Couple's son appears on 'Jeopardy!'
(Local News ~ 01/14/03)
David Burkey, the son of Jon Burkey, director of facilities at McCook Community College, took third place during a Jeopardy game aired Monday night. The younger Burkey was scheduled to go up against Steve Frost, the brother of former Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost in a contest taped in October...
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Give voters the choice on casinos
(Column ~ 01/14/03)
When it comes to gambling, State Sen. Adrian Smith of Gering and the Omaha World-Herald editorial writers miss the point. In this morning's World-Herald, both lambaste casino gambling operations because they will not be a major source of revenues for the state of Nebraska...
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Building inspector offers observations
(Column ~ 01/14/03)
I have been the building inspector for the city of McCook for approximately five months and have found the assignment to be not only interesting, but I enjoy coming to work each day. I have experienced satisfaction in the things I have been able to accomplish and in the way I am treated every day by the public, contractors, and fellow workers...
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Hazel A. Graves
(Obituary ~ 01/14/03)
ATWOOD -- Hazel A. Graves, 88, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 2003) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born Dec. 23, 1914, in Hastings, one of two sets of twins born to Thomas B. and May (Goodwin) McGowan. She received her education in Hastings, graduating from high school in 1932...
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