- Seniors topple Hershland (Community Sports ~ 06/29/06)
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A's 1-1 on 2nd day of Sparkler tourney
(Community Sports ~ 06/29/06)
DENVER -- The Nebraska A's went 1-1 at the The A's are competing in the 16 and under division at the 800-team Triple Crown Sparkler fastpitch softball tournament Wednesday at Denver. The Nebraska A's were in Day 2 of pool play with Rockland, N.Y. The A's won 5-0...
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Latest line-item veto plan offers right balance
(Editorial ~ 06/29/06)
Election after election, candidates decry "pork barrel" spending in Congress and vow to end it when they reach Washington. Yet, year after year, it continues, with billions of dollars of questionable spending slipping through the budgeting process, attached to major appropriations bills the president doesn't dare veto. Those candidates, now members of Congress, use earmarks to send money back home for pet projects, rewarding campaign contributors and buying votes in key districts...
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Looking for balloons after dark
(Column ~ 06/29/06)
It has been 16 years since I visited my mother's family home in Southeast, Okla. My mom has been asking me for the last eight years to join them at the yearly family reunion. I always had some kind of excuse -- not enough money, Brad had to work, I had to work...
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Oppose NAIS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/29/06)
Thank you for this article (Open Forum "Nightmare system" http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1158281.html). We need to raise awareness of this program that will harm small local farms and homesteaders while helping the big factory farms. NAIS is bad news and not just for livestock owners -- NAIS will reduce selection and increase food prices for consumers as more and more of our national food supply is concentrated into the hands of fewer and fewer large corporations...
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Cleanup needed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/29/06)
I would like to ask that someone in authority arrange to clean up the area around the dumpsters near the Jaycees complex. It was so embarrassing to have all the people attending the circus have to step and walk around the mess there. I think it is also a shame to have it looking that way when we have people from out of town come to play ball...
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Study, design approved for MCC facility
(Local News ~ 06/29/06)
VALENTINE -- While not approving the actual construction of an event and activities center at McCook Community College, the Mid Plains board of governors hired architects and approved spending an estimated $35,000 to plan and create cost estimates for the project...
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New designation improves hospital's financial outlook
(Local News ~ 06/29/06)
Coming from $18,000 in losses in 2005, Community Hospital in McCook is expecting a million dollars of excess revenue over expenses in 2006, thanks to the hospital being designated as a Critical Access facility. The new designation led to increased reimbursement for each dollar billed for Medicare and Medicaid services, Vice President of Finance Troy Buntz told Community Hospital Association board directors Wednesday...
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Officials keep eye on fireworks stands
(Local News ~ 06/29/06)
The countdown to the Fourth of July began with six retail firework stands opening for business Wednesday in McCook. As shoppers scan the items looking for the best bang for their buck, others will be scrutinizing the shelves as well, but for another reason: looking for illegal fireworks...
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Ethel Hansen
(Obituary ~ 06/29/06)
June 1, 1910 - June 27, 2006 MINDEN -- Ethel Hansen, 96, died Tuesday (June 27, 2006) at the Bethany Home in Minden. She was born on June 1, 1910, in Kearney County, to John and Sarah (Borgaard) Shannon. She attended Snowflake Country School until the eighth grade...
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Bonnie Jean Cole
(Obituary ~ 06/29/06)
Aug. 11, 1928 - June 28, 2006 CURTIS --?Bonnie J. Cole, 77, died Wednesday (June 28, 2006) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born Aug. 11, 1928, in Milford, to the late Frank and Edith (Strayer) Wilsey. On Dec. 4, 1948 she married Wilford Junior "Buzz" Cole in Milford, at the United Methodist Church...
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Dack birthday
(Birthdays ~ 06/29/06)
The family of Charles W. Dack is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday, Monday, July 3. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 1811 West 3rd St., McCook, NE 69001.
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