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James Logan Dickinson
(Obituary ~ 01/07/04)
OBERLIN -- James Logan Dickinson, 60, died Monday (Jan. 5, 2004) at his home in Oberlin. He was born Aug. 31, 1943, to Carrol Logan and Francis L. (Marcum) Dickinson in Hartville, Mo. He was raised in Wilder, Idaho and attended school in Wilder. On July 10, 1970, he married Wanda Marie Janousek in Oberlin. The couple made their home in Oberlin where he was a oil well driller for Murfin Drilling Company...
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George A. Mousel
(Obituary ~ 01/07/04)
CAMBRIDGE -- George A. Mousel, 91, died Tuesday (Jan. 6, 2004) at Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. He was born Feb. 22, 1912, to Henry L. and Mabel (Welty) Mousel on the Mousel Ranch in Frontier County, near Cambridge. He grew up in Cambridge where he attended grade school. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1931. He attended the University of Nebraska where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity...
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Charlotte Hettich
(Obituary ~ 01/07/04)
Charlotte Hettich, 84, of TidePointe, Hilton Hill Island, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center in South Carolina. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cornelius and Ruth Quick. She was born Nov. 7, 1919, in Indianola...
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Dollie Marie (Marquardt) Houston
(Obituary ~ 01/07/04)
DEWEY, Okla. ‚ Dollie Marie (Marquardt) Houston, 69, formerly of McCook, died Tuesday (Jan. 6, 2004) at the Medicalodge at Dewey, Okla. She was born May 1, 1934, at Trenton. She was raised in the Trenton community and graduated from Trenton High School in 1953...
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Margaret G. Meyer
(Obituary ~ 01/07/04)
ARAPAHOE -- Margaret G. Meyer, 90, of Arapahoe, died Monday (Jan. 5, 2004) at CA Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born March 31, 1913, to John and Clara (Bisping) Fuchs in Howells. She graduated high school from Stanton High School in 1931...
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Doris M. (Zimmerle) Paulson
(Obituary ~ 01/07/04)
ATWOOD -- Doris M. (Zimmerle) Paulson, 94, died Sunday (Jan. 4, 2004) at Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. She was born May 20, 1909, in Sutton to Peter and Elizabeth (Brehm) Zimmerle. On Feb. 14, 1939, she married Leonard G. Zimmerle in Wickenburg, Ariz. The couple lived most of their life in Rawlins County. They later moved to Atwood in 1950...
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Arapahoe girls fight off Alma in OT
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/04)
ARAPAHOE -- The Arapahoe Warriors girls basketball team used a 5-3 overtime to defeat Alma on Tuesday night, 57-55. Arapahoe's Carley Chapman had a team-high 20 points, 4 of those in the overtime. Teammate Abbey Breinig added another 10 points, including two three-pointers in the last quarter...
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Whole state has stake in coach pick
(Editorial ~ 01/07/04)
By now, even Steve Pederson himself must realize he has screwed up in his handling of the football coaching change at the University of Nebraska. Nebraska's new athletic director, who hails from nearby North Platte, knew one thing for certain: he wanted to get rid of Frank Solich as the Cornhuskers' head coach. But, mistakenly confident because of his success in changing coaches at the University of Pittsburgh, Pederson assumed he could handle things the same way at Nebraska...
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Cambridge wrestlers fall to NP-St. Pag's
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/04)
NORTH PLATTE -- The Cambridge wrestling team lost a Nebraska Class D dual to North Platte-St. Patrick's 43-16 Tuesday at the NPSP gym. Cambridge's Tyler Keyser won a 12-1 decision over NPSP's Bryant Haremza at 125 pounds. Chase Shifflett, who is unbeaten this season, moved up to 130 pounds and pinned Irish sophomore Michael Budke with 1:20 left in the third period...
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Foot in mouth
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/07/04)
**Dear Editor, To say that Howard Dean has gotten the Democratic party off to a tragic start is moot. It depends on what one would call tragic. From now on, "Deanism" will be used to describe any candidate who puts his foot in his mouth in the magnitude that Howard did. Howard did not do his homework...
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Laws cause fires
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/07/04)
**Dear Editor, I was amused at the letter in the Speak Out section in the Jan 5 Gazette, "More mudslides?" The author blamed President Bush for the mudslides in the Philippines and in the San Bernardino area of California, by "allowing the logging companies to police themselves."...
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Final solution
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/07/04)
**Dear Editor, My fellow McCookites: How long does it take to realize our city water problem cannot be solved by throwing money down the drain? There is only one clear solution: Democracy. If you have an opinion, voice it loud. Go to meetings. This country is based on freedom of speech...
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A new world of white
(Column ~ 01/07/04)
We woke to a brand new year Thursday and a brand new world Sunday. It was barely past six, still full dark in the outside realm, when we bundled ourselves against the freezing temperatures and stepped out into pristine whiteness to shovel the walks...
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Dryland compensation?
(Opinion ~ 01/07/04)
Did the irrigators who are complaining about losing their water to the city of McCook plan on compensating those dryland farmers all around them for taking their water over the last 30 years? If so, I'm sure a lot of people with dryland acres would like to come back on them, if that's possible...
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Heineman: Other states envy Nebraska's efforts on Homeland Security
(Local News ~ 01/07/04)
The cooperation, communication and integration that seem to come naturally for emergency response personnel in Nebraska are baffling other states' officials as they all respond to the need to enhance the security of the nation's citizens. "Nebraska has a national reputation for its Homeland Security efforts," Nebraska's lieutenant governor Dave Heineman told McCook and Red Willow County law emergency response providers Tuesday morning...
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MPPD board approves $1.7 million bond
(Local News ~ 01/07/04)
CULBERTSON -- Culbertson's school board voted 3-2 to move its high school to Trenton, bringing Culbertson and Lakeside Central schools one step closer to a realignment designed to save money and preserve state accreditation and state aid. In the realignment -- recommended in December by a committee of board members representing Culbertson, Trenton and Stratton schools -- the junior and senior high school (7-12) will be in Trenton and K-6 attendance centers will be in Culbertson and Stratton...
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Board OKs Trenton site
(Local News ~ 01/07/04)
CULBERTSON -- Culbertson's school board voted 3-2 to move its high school to Trenton, bringing Culbertson and Lakeside Central schools one step closer to a realignment designed to save money and preserve state accreditation and state aid. In the realignment -- recommended in December by a committee of board members representing Culbertson, Trenton and Stratton schools -- the junior and senior high school (7-12) will be in Trenton and K-6 attendance centers will be in Culbertson and Stratton...
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Vap sworn in as PSC chairman
(Local News ~ 01/07/04)
LINCOLN -- Jerry Vap of McCook will serve as Chairman of the Nebraska Public Service Commission in 2004. Vap, president of Vap's Seed & Hardware in McCook, was named to the Fifth District post on the commission by Gov. Mike Johanns on Aug. 7, 2001 to fill an unexpired term...
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Carol Jean Hallmann
(Obituary ~ 01/07/04)
LANHAM, Md. -- Carol Jean Hallman, 54, of Riverdale, Md., died Saturday (Jan. 3, 2004) at Doctor's Community Hospital in Lanham, Md. She was born Sept. 7, 1949, in Oxford to Harold and Maria Anna (Ziebell) Weber. She was raised on the family farm north of Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1967. She went on to attend Grand Island School of Business. After receiving her schooling she went to Washington, D.C., and worked for the FBI as a paralegal for the next 35 years...
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