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Downpour causes flooding
(Local News ~ 04/24/07)
County and city officials met this morning at the McCook Public Safety Center to discuss options and share resources concerning the overnight deluge of rain in the area. Unofficial reports of up to six inches of rain in a short time overnight were received, with pea-sized hail in McCook and nearly continuous lightning...
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Enid Louise Hurley
(Obituary ~ 04/24/07)
Dec. 29, 1912 - April 22, 2007 Enid Louise Hurley, 94, died April 22, 2007, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born Dec. 29, 1912, at Stockville to William Edwin and Bessie Mae (Slater) Guthrie. She moved with her family near Curtis in 1915. ...
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Stanley Weston Brown
(Obituary ~ 04/24/07)
Sept. 4, 1923-April 21, 2007 DICKENS -- Stanley Weston Brown, 83, died Saturday (April 21, 2007) at Dickens. He was born Sept. 4, 1923, to Exie Russell and Laura Taylor Brown in Purdum. He grew up in the Palisade area where he attended school and worked for area farmers...
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Samuel Otto Henry
(Obituary ~ 04/24/07)
July 10, 1915 - April 22, 2007 GREEN?FOREST, Ark. -- Samuel Otto Henry, a resident of Green Forest, Ark., was born July 10, 1915, in Dunlap, Tenn., a son of James Sanford and Frances Ruby (Knight) Henry. He departed this life Sunday (April 22, 2007) in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 91...
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Flash flooding reminder of water's danger
(Editorial ~ 04/24/07)
After years of drought, today's flooding is almost surreal. We guess it shouldn't be; after all, the great Republican River flood of 1935 came in the midst of the Dust Bowl years. But rainfall of up to six inches overnight and continuing today made flooding a real concern, and officials were setting up a command post as this was written this morning...
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Tax shakedown
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/24/07)
Questions: Is there a list of individuals in Kansas that can show impact from Nebraska's over-use of water? How is the Republican River Compact from 1942 a realistic measure of water use in 2000 with the introduction of modern irrigation technologies and population changes?...
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A few more names
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/24/07)
Since young Mr. Hendricks ["Show Some Class" (http:// www.mccookgazette.com/story/1200312.html)] has such disdain for anyone politicizing the Virginia Tech massacre, "on either side of the issue," I sure hope he saved some of his vitriol for Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. ...
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Why not find cuts?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/24/07)
Why are there no stories discussing the possibility of reducing spending by the city? Everything I have read related to this issue of the city sales tax has been more taxes, not less spending. Why are there brainstorming sessions for new projects to spend tax payer's money and not a serious conversation about how to spend less of our money?...
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Taxes main topic of debate on legislative floor
(Column ~ 04/24/07)
Another week has gone by and much was discussed on the floor of the Legislature. Taxes took up a large portion of time with Legislative Bill 367 being debated. In that bill, we considered the tax package put together by the Revenue Committee that proposed a reduction of more than $400 million in taxes over the next two years. In the proposal, the Revenue Committee recommended changes to property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, and the estate tax...
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Earthshine prominent during conjunction
(Column ~ 04/24/07)
I hope you had an opportunity to be outside on the evenings of April 20 and 21 to see the conjunction of the Moon and the planet Venus. It was a wonderful sight especially since earthshine was very prominent on the lunar surface. Earthshine can be seen whenever there is a crescent Moon close to the horizon at sunset. It is the ghostly image of a full Moon between the horns of the lit crescent Moon...
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