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Aldea F. Finnesy
(Obituary ~ 11/28/08)
Dec. 8, 1931 - Nov. 26, 2008 SELDEN, Kan. -- Aldea F. Finnesy, 76, died Wednesday (Nov. 26, 2008) at Sheridan County LTCU in Hoxie, Kan. She was born Dec. 8, 1931, in Plainville, Kan., to Joe H. and Marjorie (True) Schrandt. She grew up in Plainville and attended school there. The family moved to Stratton, Colo., and later to Selden, where she attended Selden Schools graduating in 1949...
- Roland Junior 'Rod' Brubaker (Obituary ~ 11/28/08)
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Exercise equipment arrives just in time
(Local News ~ 11/28/08)
No need to feel guilty about eating delicious Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings this holiday. Just in time to work off the calories, the first pieces of the community exercise equipment have been installed and are now useable. Equipment is located along the first installment of the walking trail, between E. Fifth Street and H Street. The trail provides users with the scenery of the woods and privacy away from street traffic...
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Early bird shoppers
(Local News ~ 11/28/08)
Shoppers set their alarm clocks early this morning to take advantage of early bird specials Main Street merchants were offering. Businesses were open at 6 a.m. with special sales, luring shoppers looking for a good deal. Evelyn Mierau, above, left, of Wichita and Shariel Thieszen, McCook, check out some boots at Brown's Shoe Fit Co. ...
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Christmas wake-up
(Local News ~ 11/28/08)
If the late Thanksgiving holiday and "Black Friday" sales weren't enough to put you in a holiday mood, scenes like a snow-covered barn and bales that greeted us this morning certainly should have.
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Deer hunters bag record number
(Local News ~ 11/28/08)
LINCOLN -- Southwest Nebraska deer hunters bagged 6,223 deer during the November firearm season, a 17 percent increase over last year, according to preliminary results from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Statewide, hunters harvested a record 57,529 deer, which breaks the previous record, set last year, by 8,100, or 16 percent...
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Take full advantage of the biggest savings
(Editorial ~ 11/28/08)
Shoppers were out early this morning taking advantage of Black Friday bargains, but one of the best bargains is the cost of getting to the stores. Compared to the Fourth of July holiday, when gasoline was over $4 a gallon, fuel is averaging $1.81 a gallon in Nebraska, with some stations selling fuel as low as $1.59...
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Rural Christmas light show debuts tonight
(Local News ~ 11/28/08)
CULBERTSON -- The Christmas season officially starts today at 6 p.m., when Rosemary and Gerald Corey of rural Culbertson flip the switches -- many switches -- on their 40,000-bulb synchronized digital Christmas light show. The Coreys have doubled the number of lights they used in their 2007 light show, their first with lights and decorations synchronized by compute programs to Christmas melodies and grand arrangements. ...
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Robert Manley recalled McCook baseball career
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/28/08)
EDITOR'S NOTE -- A recent editorial honoring the late Dr. Robert Manley mentioned an uncertain McCook connection, which brought a response from his son, Robert N. Manley of Tooele, Utah. The elder Manley, a Chicago native, pitched for the McCook Cats, of course, and taught here in the early 1950s...
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Thanks for the journey
(Column ~ 11/28/08)
This is the time of year when we begin to look at our corner of the world and take stock of our blessings, of the people and places and things for which we are most thankful. As for myself, I have many blessings. I'm thankful for my constantly supportive family. I'm thankful for the young woman who has come into my life and made every day better. I'm thankful for the job opportunity I was given this year by this newspaper...
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Hot Diggity Dog -- Florida food vendor recalls wartime stop at McCook canteen with gratitude
(Local News ~ 11/28/08)
BUNNELL, Fla. -- When former Lincoln-Omaha resident Richard Johnson, of Ormond Beach, Fla., stopped for a "Hot Diggity Dog" hotdog in Bunnell, Fla., he discovered a fellow Floridian with Nebraska ties -- a man, Johnson said, who made him feel proud...
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Not your usual bike ride
(Local News ~ 11/28/08)
Dani Ward and her father Luke Ward of Colorado Springs, Colo., taking a flying leap off a drop off by the city pool on their unicycles Wednesday. Dani, the 11-year old granddaughter of Gene and Crystal Ward of McCook, said she started riding the unicycle with her father a year ago and learned by riding from the doorway of the dining room to chairs in the living room. ...
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Young drivers need experience before ice arrives
(Editorial ~ 11/28/08)
Residents of cold climes chuckle at the lack of slippery-street skills of those who learned to drive in balmy temperatures, but even those who are used to ice and snow can forget those skills from April to November. That's especially true of those with limited driving experience, even those who grew up with cold weather...
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Friends can't be bought, bartered or traded for
(Column ~ 11/28/08)
Significant, life-changing events happen in all of our lives, regardless of status, wealth, skin color, heritage, ethnicity, religion, or anything else that tends to separate us rather than bring us together. No one completely escapes the slings and arrows that life throws at us because life is not always neat, orderly and predictable. ...
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We are family
(Column ~ 11/28/08)
This holiday season, what I wish for every human being on the planet is that everyone gets to spend some time with their family. Even more, I would wish that every person on the planet had a family. It doesn't matter how that family is shaped or how lopsided the family tree is. Some family trees are missing whole limbs and sometimes the boughs may break, but family is a unit made up of precious bonds that must be protected and cherished...
- Huskers outlast tough Buffs (High School Sports ~ 11/28/08)
- Gus Bartels (Obituary ~ 11/28/08)
- Mark Cahow (Obituary ~ 11/28/08)
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