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Get to know ... Jason Eder
(High School Sports ~ 07/17/03)
Tyler Bieck: When did you begin to play baseball? Jason Eder: When I was nine. Some of my friend started playing so I wanted to try it so I started playing catch with my dad in the front yard. TB: What positions do you play? JE: First base and pitcher. Those are the positions I've played all my life...
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Council needs public acceptance of water scenario
(Editorial ~ 07/17/03)
The McCook City Council needs to take another step in its attempt to solve the city's long-standing water problem. Understandably, the majority of council members want to move forward on the water issue. And, they should. After all it's been 10 years since the issue first arose. But, before proceeding with their decision to drill wells in Frontier County -- 15 to 19 miles north of McCook -- the council needs to make their case to the public...
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Fight in the mirror, or sit in the corner
(Column ~ 07/17/03)
"We need to talk." Those have to be four of the most dreaded words a man ever hears. At least they are for my husband, since that statement is almost always followed by some diatribe on his latest perceived folly. I've talked to several friends about the "heated discussions" that often occur in marriages and I've learned an important lesson -- I'm not alone...
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Avory Lynn Maris
(Births ~ 07/17/03)
Chris and Melissa Maris of McCook announce the birth of their daughter, Avory Lynn, May 24, 2003, at Community Hospital of McCook. She weighed 7 pounds and 0.4 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Leo McKain of Trenton, Coleen McKain of McCook and Gerald and Deb Maris of Culbertson. Great-grandparents are Grace Boman of McCook, Ivan Boman of Bridgeport, Dolores McKain of Trenton, the late Lewis McKain, Harry and Barbara Hixson of McCook and Delbert and Roberta Maris of McCook...
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Besler's celebrates 30 years
(Local News ~ 07/17/03)
CAMBRIDGE -- Agriculture equipment and products designed by a Cambridge man and manufactured at a plant in Cambridge have filled the needs and met the demands of farmers and ranchers for 30 years. Herb Besler started a welding shop on April 1, 1973, in downtown Cambridge, building portable corral panels and portable hay feeder wagons. Demand for these products quickly outgrew Besler's facilities, and within six months, he had plans to expand into a new building on five acres west of town...
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Shop offers 'Hidden Treasures'
(Local News ~ 07/17/03)
CAMBRIDGE -- Janet Trosper treasures old things, and finds value -- sometimes hidden -- in almost everything. Janet's new shop near downtown Cambridge is filled to the rafters with old things, and new things made from old. Every corner is filled with treasures. The antiques and collectibles shop is called "Hidden Treasures."...
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City shifts funds to air base debt
(Local News ~ 07/17/03)
More than a quarter of a million dollars of the 2003-04 city budget will be used to help offset the city's loss on the purchase and sale of the former McCook Army Air Base. While the final decision on the cuts won't be made until September, the council spent three hours Wednesday night looking at areas where the budget can be trimmed to relieve the additional tax burden the judgement has placed on McCook taxpayers...
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Duplex construction
(Local News ~ 07/17/03)
A crew from McCook Contracting, along with developers Bill Davis and his son Bill Davis Jr., begin groundwork on one of two duplexes planned at the corner of East Seventh and H Street. Double D Duplexes LLC, owned by the Davises, is planning a total of five duplexes at the site. The father and son developers hope to have the first duplex completed by the end of September...
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Fellow patient rediscovers 'big sister'
(Local News ~ 07/17/03)
CURTIS -- Several things have not gone as Emilynn Karre planned, or hoped, following surgery to restructure her right hip at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn., on May 30. The surgery was much more extensive than Emilynn had anticipated, and she wasn't going to be allowed to recuperate at home as she had hoped. ...
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Expansion project begins
(Local News ~ 07/17/03)
Community members gather Wednesday for the ground breaking ceremony for the Heritage Senior Center expansion. Those who helped break ground were (from left) Joe Welch of Paulsen Construction, Ken Martin of the Heritage Senior Center Advisory Board, McCook City Councilman Phil Lyons, David Wilson of W Design, City Project Manager Doyle Wineland, Heritage Senior Center Director Sue Chipman, West Central Nebraska Agency on Aging Director Andy Mueller and McCook City Manager John Bingham. ...
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Wilma Marie Goetze
(Obituary ~ 07/17/03)
HAYES CENTER -- Wilma Marie Goetze, 63, died Friday (July 11, 2003) at her home after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was born Jan. 9, 1940, to Fred and Lucille (Hunter) Burchett in LaJunta, Colo. She was active in the Martha Chapter of Eastern Star in Castle Rock, Colo...
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