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31 take part in MCC Volleyball Camp
(High School Sports ~ 06/27/07)
There were 31 volleyball players ranging in age from first grade through high school who participated in last week's McCook Community College Volleyball camp conducted by MCC Coach Gary Payne and assisted my members of the MCC volleyball squad. The four-day camps were broken into three age divisions including: first through third graders, fourth through sixth graders, and junior high through high school...
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Betty Vergean Edgett Jenik
(Obituary ~ 06/27/07)
April 16, 1928 - June 24, 2007 MCDONALD, Kan. -- Betty Vergean Edgett Jenik, 79, died Sunday (June 24, 2007) at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Garden City, Kan. She was born at the family home in McDonald, April 16, 1928, to Edna Ellis and Fred Edgett...
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Dennis Lee Metzger
(Obituary ~ 06/27/07)
Jan. 2, 1954 - Dec. 2, 2006 ALMA --?Dennis Lee Metzger, 52, died Dec. 2, 2006, at his home in La Vista. He was born to Emmett Jacob and Maxine Mae (Richardson) Metzger on Jan. 2, 1954, at Cambridge. He grew up attending Baptist Faith and Oxford Public Schools in Oxford...
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Haney anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 06/27/07)
The children of McCook residents Glenn and Judi Haney are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary June 17. Cards of congratulation will reach them at PO Box 945, Angel Fire, NM 87710.
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Project to cut runoff
(Local News ~ 06/27/07)
IMPERIAL -- Located on flat land in the midst of Chase County, Imperial has been plagued throughout its history by water overflows during rainstorms. Although there will never be a cure-all, due to the level land, a project now in progress will reduce the water overflow in the mid-part of town...
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McCook Senior Parents building sidewalk around Weiland Field
(Local News ~ 06/27/07)
McCook Senior Parents can not only talk the talk, they can walk the walk. They proved that in 2006-07 by raising money to build an eight-foot wide sidewalk around the east side of Weiland Field; and the Senior Parents are showing their spirit again in 2007-08 with a campaign to build a sidewalk in front of the grandstand on the north side of the field...
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Political parties have their work cut out for them
(Editorial ~ 06/27/07)
That young people are more liberal than their parents may come as no surprise, but their attitude toward the war in Iraq may be. According to a New York Times/CBS News/MTV poll, more than half of Americans 17-29 say they intend to vote for a Democrat for president in 2008, 62 percent say they would support a universal, government-sponsored national health care insurance program, 44 percent favor same-sex marriage and 87 percent oppose a draft -- which 42 percent believe is likely to be reinstated in the next few years and which two-thirds believe is more likely to be done by the Republicans.. ...
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A dangerous state of denial
(Column ~ 06/27/07)
Another action alert arrived in my inbox this week, this one regarding hate crimes legislation that, if enacted, could ultimately empower the federal government to investigate and punish politically incorrect speech and thoughts. Opponents see this legislation as an assault on freedom of speech and freedom of religion, citing the forced removal of the phrase "Marriage is the foundation of the natural family and sustains family values." from the Oakland, Calif., city government's open e-mail system and employee bulletin boards.. ...
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Donald James Poore
(Obituary ~ 06/27/07)
Donald James Poore Nov. 4, 1928 - June 25, 2007 Donald James Poore died Monday (June 25, 2007) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born Nov. 4, 1928, in McCook to William Forrest and Mildred (Modrell) Poore. He was a lifelong resident of McCook.??...
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