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Swanhorst, Fritz combine for six golds at Gothenburg
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/03)
GOTHENBURG -- McCook Junior High school eighth graders John Swanhorst and Craig Fritz collected three first-place gold medals at Tuesday's Gothenburg Triangular track meet. Also competing was North Platte Madison. Swanhorst captured gold medals in the eighth grade boys 195- and 75-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash...
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Let others help
(Column ~ 05/02/03)
Dear Editor, Dear city of McCook voters: Please vote for the one-cent city sales tax. This is not a new tax, nor an additional tax. They are asking you to continue the current one-cent sales tax. Let those of us who live outside the city limits help pay for the streets and infrastructure that need constant attention in McCook. We live here, we shop here … we need to help keep the old city intact. In any case please take the time to vote...
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Pennies, progress
(Column ~ 05/02/03)
Dear Editor, Put on a happy face! The three-year 1 percent city sales tax has proven to be very successful. $3,362,030 has been received, half of which has come to the aid of the property taxpayer and the other half has, and is being used, to upgrade and improve our very old infrastructure...
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Focus on good
(Column ~ 05/02/03)
Dear Editor, Since the one-cent city sales tax has been collected, the city has received $3,362,030 in revenue. Approximately half has been spent on ballpark lighting and renovation, replacing the heating system in Memorial Auditorium, tuck pointing of the auditorium, the senior center expansion and renovation, B Street improvements, renovation of the municipal pool and bath house, improvements in the elevator for the public library and a variety of other smaller projects. ...
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Too many cuts
(Column ~ 05/02/03)
Dear Editor, I guess I want to express my feeling to the school board, but to any parents who have students wanting to have a chance to explore education in agriculture. Don't school officials know how important agriculture is to this rural area? It isn't just getting in a tractor and going to a field. ...
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Bush voices America's resolve well
(Column ~ 05/02/03)
It may be too long a statement to qualify as a famous quotation, but a sentence spoken by President George W. Bush on Thursday night does an excellent job of summing up the profound impact of Operation Iraqi Freedom. What President Bush said is this: "In the images of falling statues, we have witnessed the arrival of a new era."...
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Free advertising seminar Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Every year, businesses in Southwest Nebraska spend thousands of dollars on advertising within their market areas. But how effective has that advertising been at influencing local customers over the last several years? On Tuesday, May 6, local business leaders can find out exactly how effective that advertising has been at the free Top-Of-Mind Awareness (TOMA) seminar. The two-hour seminar, sponsored by the McCook Daily Gazette, will be from 8-10:30 a.m., at the McCook Public Library...
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Holbrook Rural Health Partner wins $788,554 grant
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
LINCOLN -- Holbrook's Rural Health Partners, Inc. will receive one of four Rural Health Outreach grants totaling $788,554. Rural Health Partners will receive $198,208. The grants are intended to strengthen health care systems in rural communities and encourage innovative approaches to rural health care delivery...
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Hail drift
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
What looks like May snow is actually the remains of hail that accompanied rain Thursday night. The McCook Municipal Airport received .62 inch of rain, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation .72, Swanson Reservoir .03, Enders Lake .02, Hugh Butler Reservoir .35 and Harry Strunk Reservoir .071...
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Shutouts highlight McCook CC-Trinidad split
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/03)
The McCook Community College baseball team's doubleheader with Region IX foe Trinidad State, Colo., Tuesday resulted in a shutout for each team. McCook sophomore Taylor Quigley fired a four-hit shutout in the opener as the Indians won 3-0. Trinidad State won the second game 6-0...
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MCC golfer Garrett earns Region IX medal
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/03)
GOTHENBURG -- McCook Community College golfer Tyler Garrett earned a Region IX medal at the District III college tournament at Gothenburg. The three-day tournament, which was played at Gothenburg's Wild Horse Golf Course, concluded Wednesday. The season came to a close for the McCook CC men's golf team...
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Corrections on Tae Kwon Do photos
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/03)
Top: Members of the McCook Area Tae Kwon Do organization competed at the 14th annual South Central Tae Kwon Do Tournament April 5 at Hastings. More than 200 athletes participated in the tournament. Front row, from left: Luke Mable, third forms, second sparring; James Rondell, third forms, second sparring; Andrew Aguilar, third forms, second sparring; Miranda Payton, third forms; Jeffrey Adam, first forms, first weapons, fourth sparring; Miriah Payton, third forms; Shelby Farr; Makayla Payton, second forms, third sparring. ...
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Rain may delay paving
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Not even the people involved in the B Street Construction project are complaining about the recent rainfalls. Kelly Doyle of the Nebraska Department of Roads said today his department expected the delays and planned for them. "This is a typical construction season," Doyle said. "We just have to take it as it comes."...
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Tractor convoy
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
A convoy of antique tractors rolls down U.S. Highway 6-34 Thursday afternoon, on its way to the Republican Valley FFA Chapter's awards banquet in Indianola. The tractors, restored as shop projects this year, include (from right) a John Deere D driven by Andy Durner, an Allis-Chalmers WD driven by Buck Haag, a McCormick W9 driven by Derek Meyers and a John Deere 70 driven by Lucas Ruggles...
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Following fashion daunting (and pointless)
(Column ~ 05/02/03)
As if there is not enough to keep track of between raising children, following current events and most importantly, figuring out what to fix for dinner, we are expected to stay in fashion. Personally, I don't have time or the money to follow fashion trends...
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Coaches and athletes are public figures
(Column ~ 05/02/03)
It's always a lot of fun to laugh at celebrities such as Winona Ryder when they commit a public crime. We like propping the rich and famous up on a pedestal and then knocking them down. This is America after all. But we have also turned our coaches and athletes into celebrities -- on the national level such as a Kobe Bryant, Lebron James or Larry Eustachy...
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Clifford Dale Lambert
(Obituary ~ 05/02/03)
TRENTON -- Clifford Dale Lambert, 75, died Wednesday (April 30, 2003) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born March 12, 1938, at Benkelman, to Clifford A. and Louise (Gunderman) Lambert, and was a member of the graduating class from Parks High School in 1945. ...
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Anne Rosalie Lampman
(Obituary ~ 05/02/03)
Anne Rosalie Lampman, 80, died Tuesday (April 29, 2003) at McCook Community Hospital. She was born April 21, 1923, at Imperial, to Marian and Francis (Lentz) Ady. On May 14, 1946, she married Robert E. Lampman in Reno, Nev. They resided in Trenton where they raised their four children...
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