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Down to the wire
(Local News ~ 12/23/05)
Not to panic anybody, but time for Christmas shopping is growing short. Judging from the traffic on Norris Avenue late Thursday, last-minute shopping is a popular activity.
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Reason for the season
(Local News ~ 12/23/05)
The marque at the Fox Theater makes the joyful announcement, complete with an invitation to join the celebration at Memorial United Methodist Church. Of course, MUMC isn't the only church that will be celebrating the birth of the Christ child, scores of congregations in Southwest Nebraska, Northwest Kansas and around the world will pause for reflection, worship and communion...
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It wasn't all big bricks-and-mortar projects
(Editorial ~ 12/23/05)
While McCook's major projects captured most of the attention, there was much more to the community's growth story in 2005 than the new elementary school and water treatment plant. That is revealed by a review of the year's building permits. From January through November, the city issued 105 permits for projects costing $24.2 million. ...
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Television therapy
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/23/05)
**Dear Editor, As a retiree who watches TV daily, it is apparent the U.S. Public is subjected to a dose of TV therapy daily. Any idiotic idea the human brain is capable of occupies the time slot. If the TV media should run out of slanderous things to say about President Bush, we the public can expect to see King Kong come out of the cradle of Bethlehem...
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Need more letters like that
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/23/05)
**Dear Editor, I was pleased to read Robert Yost's letter in Monday's Gazette. We need more reasonable people to make their feelings known. **Don Hermes Oxford
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Regaining hope
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/23/05)
**Dear Editor, I would like to thank everybody for their kind donations to the Relief Truck and to the Christmas Project for Moss Point, Miss. Both projects were a success. The Relief Truck was directed to one church, while other churches were notified...
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Torn over Christmas letters
(Column ~ 12/23/05)
The last of the Christmas cards, holiday greetings, seasonal salutes, whatever you want to call them will be arriving in the next two days. (Or they'll be showing up in the mail for the next week if you send them out on Christmas Eve like me.) Inside many of those cards will be the traditional Christmas letter. The letter serves as a summary of the past year, catching everyone up to date on what has (or in some cases hasn't) gone on with the entire family...
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Elmer L. Zodrow
(Obituary ~ 12/23/05)
Feb. 8, 1925--Dec. 22, 2005 OBERLIN -- Elmer L. Zodrow, 80, died Thursday (Dec. 22, 2005) at the Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was born Feb. 8, 1925, in Sheridan County to Leo J. Zodrow and Elizabeth Kamphaws Zodrow. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1943 and attended the University of Kansas. He served in the Eighth Armored Division of the U.S. Army in...
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Phillips birthday
(Birthdays ~ 12/23/05)
The family of Webster Phillips is requesting a card shower in honor of his 90th birthday. He was born Dec. 26, 1915, in Mason City. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 1008 W. Sixth, McCook, NE 69001. The family is also hosting an open house...
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