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Merwin Wesley Schluntz
(Obituary ~ 04/26/07)
March 13, 1935 - April 24, 2007 HUNTLEY -- Merwin Wesley Schluntz 72, died Tuesday (April 24, 2007) at his home miles south of Huntley. He was born to Julius William and Fay Viola (Fuesner) Schluntz on March 13, 1935, east of Huntley. He attended the Huntley Consolidated School where he graduated with the class of 1952. He entered the U. S. Army in 1956, and was honorably discharged in 1958, serving state side at Fort Smith, Ark...
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Sharon I. Wolzen
(Obituary ~ 04/26/07)
July 13, 1938 - April 23, 2007 OXFORD -- Sharon Irene "Sha" Wolzen, 68, of Oxford, died Monday (April 23, 2007) at the Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege. She was born July 13, 1938, in Red Willow County, near Lebanon to Francis "Lloyd" and Elsie Alfreda (Gay) McCashland. She received her education at Lebanon, graduating from Lebanon High School with the class of 1956...
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Bessie Pickel
(Obituary ~ 04/26/07)
March 28, 1910 - April 18, 2007 WICHITA, Kan. -- Bessie Pickel, formerly of McCook, 97, died Wednesday (April 18, 2007) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kan. She was born March 28, 1910. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Thomas Knotts and Alva Pickel; one daughter-in-law, Carrie Gallington; and all seven of her siblings...
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Internet safety -- Experts warn parents of predators, other online hazards
(Features ~ 04/26/07)
By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Think your children -- or grandchildren -- are smart enough to avoid predators on the Internet? Think again. Predators trolling the Internet are more shrewd than ever, was the message Susan Howell, consumer safety division of the Nebraska Attorney General's office and Craigg O'Brien, of the Omaha FBI, told parents Tuesday at an Internet Safety meeting...
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Vandalism probe still under way
(Local News ~ 04/26/07)
Investigation is still on-going concerning the vandalism found at McCook High School Monday morning. Details of the investigation will be released as they become available, said McCook Police Chief Ike Brown. MHS principal Jerry Smith is out of the office until Monday and Superintendent Dr. Don Marchant is ill and also out of the office until further notice...
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MCC building projects advance
(Local News ~ 04/26/07)
Meeting in McCook on Wednesday, the Mid Plains board of governors approved one remodeling project and took further steps toward one of the most significant construction projects ever undertaken for McCook Community College. A revised MCC Events Center Program Statement was approved and will be forwarded to the state Coordinating Commission for Post Secondary Education, which will consider it at its May 17 meeting...
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Special effort good reminder to buckle up
(Editorial ~ 04/26/07)
Big tires. Roll bars. Chrome and extra lights. Seat belts. Which of these do you think of when it comes to pickup trucks? Trucks are an important part of the American culture -- to the point that a pickup truck is the best-selling model of all time...
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About America
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/07)
To all who shall see these presents, greeting. To those who decry the fact that firearms are readily available in America, just remember that it was young men from our "Gun Culture" who freed Europe twice. The French and British do a lot of screaming about us and our society until they get in trouble. The French whine to the British and the British come hat-in-hand to America asking help, which they get. Sure, we bicker amongst ourselves over it, but we are a generous people...
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Honor the victims
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/07)
I thought long and hard before writing this letter in response to Mr. McPhilips second letter. He asks where my vitriol is against Democratic (only) politicians, a newspaper in a town I have never lived, visited, or read their paper and the Brady Campaign. ...
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Press Charges
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/07)
I have some concerns about what happened at the School on Monday morning. Have they figured out who did this, and if so what is the punishment? By reading the article in the paper on Monday the school was treating this as a break-in. How much damage was done? If and when they find out who did this the school I feel needs to press charges on these people. It should not matter who they are even if they are a star athlete or a straight-A student or just a regular person...
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Kids are disgrace
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/07)
I feel these kids are a disgrace, there's a fine line between prank and destruction. They grand-slammed over it. Those select kids that did this, should not get any of the joys or rewards of graduation, such as senior celebration and walking at graduation...
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Apology owed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/07)
Ignorance is sometimes described as the lack of knowledge. To Mr. Trail, I realize you deem yourself a very important individual within our community but I would like to encourage you to stop by Old Sarge's bar and visit with our clientele and staff, and if you feel comfortable have a spirit (yes there is wine)...
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Where's our check?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/07)
When God gives us a flood, and Kansas gets more water than it normally gets -- to be fair, and thereby legal under God, they should pay us, since we must pay them when water does not make it to their lands down under. Makes more sense than expecting the poor to pay for the rich to waste it...
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Immunization Week
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/07)
National Infant Immuniza-tion Week is being observed April 21-28. Vaccines were developed to protect individuals from dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases. Common childhood diseases, experienced by our senior generation, no longer exist in the US or are now in the decline. ...
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An invitation to Old Sarge's
(Column ~ 04/26/07)
A recent article written by Dick Trail and published in the McCook Gazette has a few people in an uproar, and rightfully so. In his discussion regarding a request to serve wine at the McCook Senior Center, Trail wrote, "Now we aren't talking the clientele of Sarge's Bar; more like the patrons of the Looking Glass or Coppermill and I love them all, especially the protesters."...
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Clara A. Ledbetter
(Obituary ~ 04/26/07)
Oct. 10, 1923 - April 23, 2007 INDIANOLA -- Clara A. Ledbetter, 83, of Indianola died Monday (April 23, 2007) in Kearney. She was born Oct. 10, 1923, in Bakersfield,Calif., to Ben Jamin and Nellie (Johnson) Alston. She grew up in Ordville, Calif. She married Rush E. ...
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