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School has potential, but which use?
(Editorial ~ 02/04/04)
Along with Commissioners Leigh Hoyt and Steve Downer, we agree that the former West Ward School property is not the best site for a new county-city jail facility. For one thing, the square block of space is not big enough for a joint jail facility for McCook and Red Willow County, and, for another, the property is in a residential area...
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A shift in perspective
(Column ~ 02/04/04)
I have long endured the reputation of "plant killer" in my family. Unfortunately, the reputation, as most are, is deserved. I was once entrusted with six healthy and vibrant houseplants that had flourished for many years. They survived three moves over the mountains and through the woods, only to land in my little realm where I, unthinkingly, placed them on a window sill with a western exposure. ...
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Thanks, doctor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/04/04)
**Dear Editor, On behalf of myself and my family, I would like to thank Dr. Grove for all he has done over the past few years as our family physician. He has provided us excellent care as well as help to make very difficult times less stressful and easier to deal with...
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No thanks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/04/04)
**Dear Editor, Me and God get along just fine. I don't think you would call me a Christian, a Moslem, a Jew, or any other specific title. I have been reading some of Mr. Anderson's words and word arrangements however, and have come to the following conclusion -- if I wanted to be religion-connected I'm sure I would not want to be a Christian as is Mr. G. R. Anderson...
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Snowfall changes schedules
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
Snowplows were running at full throttle across Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas as a the first significant snow of the season rolled through the region. Most area schools were closed, starting late or dismissing early as the snow continued to fall throughout the morning...
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Carl Alvin Adams
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
Carl Alvin Adams died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, at Community Hospital of McCook. He went home to the Lord after a 9-month battle with lung and brain cancer. He was 64 years old. Carl was born March 19, 1939, at Jamestown, Kan. to Thomas Lee Glenn and Pauline (Christie) Adams. He graduated from Kirwin High School, at Kerwin, Kan., in 1958...
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Dorothy 'Dottie' Elizabeth Wimer
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
TRENTON -- Dorothy "Dottie" Elizabeth Wimer, 63, died Sunday (Feb. 1, 2004) at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was born Sept. 30, 1940, to William and Dorothy (Kier) Lyman in Omaha. When she was nine-years-old the family moved to Leadville, Colo., where she grew up and received her education...
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Signing day for Bison players
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/04)
Lyons, Bedore ink with UNO; Bourg to FHSU; Smock to Chadron Four McCook High School senior football players did not let a little thing like a blizzard keep them signing their names to NCAA Division II letters of intent Wednesday. Trent Lyons and Kyle Bedore signed with the University of Nebraska-Omaha, where they will be reunited with Bison alum Stuart Frazier...
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Uninsured belongings lost in fire
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
A McCook woman and her two sons lost most of their belongings in a house fire Monday, and have no insurance, according to the McCook City and Volunteer Fire Department. The Red Cross is assisting Cherri Jumps and her two sons, 13 and 15, and housing has been found, according to Barb Ostrum of Mid Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc...
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Herndon boys escape with overtime victory
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/04)
HEALY, Kan. -- The Herndon boys basketball team needed a 7-2 overtime run, but made it out with a 65-60 win over Healy, Kan., Tuesday night. Now 15-1, Herndon ended regulation tied after being outscored 16-8 in the fourth quarter. Curtis Brown scored the Beavers' only field goal in overtime on his way to 17 points. Herndon shot 5-of-8 from the charity stripe in the OT. Teammate Abraham Martinzer also chipped in 17 points to share team-leading scoring honors...
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Cheyanne Valerie Walton
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
Cheyanne Valerie Walton, 10, of Dorchester died Sunday (Feb. 1, 2004). Our spunky little angel, who fought and lost her struggle with cancer, left us and will return to heaven to be with Jesus. Survivors: parents Shaun and Annette of Dorchester; brothers Tony and Alex; grandparents Paul and Marlene Holthus of Culbertson, Jean Burgess of Lincoln and Steven Walton of El Paso Texas; great grandmother, Mary Jane Walton of Shelbyville, Ind.; best friend and pet, Sniper; aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends and family.. ...
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Response
(Opinion ~ 02/04/04)
In response to Karl Wendelin of Oberlin: In Gen. 12 vs. 3, the Lord is speaking to Abram: "And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." Titus, Chapter 1:15: "Unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving, but even their mind and conscience is defiled." Tim 3:7. "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."...
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