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Dorothy Irene Bryan
(Obituary ~ 07/17/08)
April 5, 1920 - July 16, 2008 Dorothy Irene Bryan, age 88. died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Decatur County Good Samaritan Home in Oberlin, Kan. On April 5, 1920, Dorothy was born in Oxford to Gilbert LeRoy and Sybil Irene (Thomas) Loper. She graduated from McCook High School in 1938...
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Lola I. Ruppert
(Obituary ~ 07/17/08)
Feb. 25, 1933 - July 16, 2008 Lola I. Ruppert, age 75, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Community Hospital in McCook. On Feb. 25, 1933, she was born on the family farm south of Curtis, to James "Jim" and Leola "Ruth" (Kistler) Fischer. She was raised on the family farm and graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in 1951...
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Donna Mae Guthrie
(Obituary ~ 07/17/08)
May 4, 1931 - July 15, 2008 INDIANOLA -- Donna Mae Guthrie died Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at her home in Indianola. She was 77 years old. Donna was born on May 4, 1931, in Dawson, Neb., to Roy D. "John" and Ethel Helen (Stevenson) Bacon. She was united in marriage to Glen Shadley in December of 1947. To this union three children were born, Douglas, Marcy and Jaynee...
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McCook Football League kicks off new season Friday
(High School Sports ~ 07/17/08)
The McCook Football League kicks off its new season Friday night at Weiland Field. Four games will be played on Friday, four on Tuesday and four more next Thursday (July 24). The 5th-6th grade league teams play at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., followed by 7th-8th grade league games at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m...
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McCook's Brandon Crick falls in match play at Public Links tourney
(College Sports ~ 07/17/08)
AURORA, Colo. -- Brandon Crick, a University of Nebraska golfer and McCook High School alum, lost in the first round of match play Wednesday at the 83rd U.S. Public Links Tournament at Aurora, Colo.
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McCook High cheerleaders
(High School Sports ~ 07/17/08)
Diane Trew McCook High School cheerleaders recently attended an UCA Cheer Camp.
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Maintaining rural health care takes act of Congress
(Editorial ~ 07/17/08)
Lawmakers won't leave Medicare providers holding the bag.
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Furnas County Fair fun
(Local News ~ 07/17/08)
Four-year-old Saige Tegtman of Stamford pedals hard in the "Lil' Red Draggin'" kids' tractor pull Wednesday evening during the Furnas County fair in Beaver City. Fair activities continue with rodeo performances at 8 p.m., today, and Friday, and a demolition derby at 7:30 p.m., Saturday. ...
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Costume winners
(Local News ~ 07/17/08)
McCook merchants get into the swing of things Thursday for Crazy Days by dressing up in crazy outfits for the "Hot Days, Hot Deals" going on in McCook today through Saturday. First place winners of the costume contest was Sehnert's Bakery, winning a quarter page ad from the McCook Daily Gazette. Shown from left are Lisa Pollman, Jennifer Swartz, Chelsea Wells, Rose Hughes, Lena Reynolds, Rose Roltier and Dessa Jones...
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Wauneta spotlights improvements
(Local News ~ 07/17/08)
WAUNETA -- Wauneta will show off what's new and enhanced when the community hosts its annual "Harvest Festival" Friday through Sunday, July 24-27. Tony Cribelli, an avid Wauneta supporter, said, "We've completed a lot of projects. And we're gonna honk our horns a little."...
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City staff catches billing error
(Local News ~ 07/17/08)
A quick-thinking city employee caught a computer glitch in the city's water billing department, but not before $30,000 was billed and collected from the railroad. Jesse Dutcher, Public Utilties director, told the McCook City Council at the budget meeting Monday night that during a software update, a prior account of Burlington Northern Railroad was re-activated...
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Sewer rates may increase
(Local News ~ 07/17/08)
There are no increased rates scheduled for water but there may be one in the future for sewer customers, due to the dwindling cash reserve. Jesse Dutcher, Utility Director, said the financial company the city uses to predict if a rate increase is needed - or not - is currently crunching numbers to see what can be done in the sewer department to boost the ending balance...
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