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Reducing paperwork and the deficit
(Column ~ 07/20/10)
When the new health care law was passed most people understood, among other things, it would help insure 220,000 Nebraskans who have been denied coverage because they can't afford it, have pre- existing conditions, or the like. We also knew that the law would require constant monitoring to confront the challenge of unintended consequences as they were discovered...
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Frontier County Fair, 2010 4-H Champions
(Local News ~ 07/20/10)
STOCKVILLE, Nebraska -- 4-H winners at the Frontier County Fair in Stockville included: Photography Unit 1 Grand Champion--McKenzie Bartruff, Eustis Reserve Champion--LeighAnne Lehmann, Eustis Photography Unit 2 Grand Champion--Shelby Farr, Cambridge...
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Robert "Bob" Dean Friehe
(Obituary ~ 07/20/10)
Jan. 26, 1946-July 15, 2010 EUGENE, Oregon -- Robert "Bob" Dean Friehe, 64, formerly of Hebron, Nebraska, passed suddenly on Thursday (July 15, 2010). A prayer service was held in Eugene on Saturday and a memorial service is planned for Thursday, July 29, in Hebron at Faith Lutheran Church at 10:30 am...
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36 years brings new 'Horizon'
(Features ~ 07/20/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- After more than 36 years of service to her community and company Heddy Reiners is retiring at the end of July. Reiners has been working as a banker since Jan. of 1974. At that time, at what is now Horizon Bank, she began working for McCook Federal Loan...
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Hillcrest awarded $250K energy grant
(Local News ~ 07/20/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook has been awarded a $250,000 Energy Efficiency Conversion Block Grant through the Nebraska Energy Office. The grant was one of the seven largest federal economic stimulus grants awarded through the Nebraska Energy Office...
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County begins budget process
(Local News ~ 07/20/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- More, more, more. Everyone wants more. The state wants more weeds controlled in Red Willow County. Insurance companies want more money from Red Willow County. County employees want more wages from county commissioners. At this rate, "more" is going to become a four-letter word...
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Play practice
(Local News ~ 07/20/10)
Assistant director, Alyssa Karr, seated, goes through the script of Red Riding Hood as Co-Director, Renee Roberts, standing, works with the cast of Red Riding Hood. The play, a joint effort of Missoula Children's Theatre and the Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre Association, will perform Saturday, July 24, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Fox Theater...
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Childcare under pressure because of poor economy
(Editorial ~ 07/20/10)
Summer is always a precarious time for families struggling to provide daycare for young children while both parents -- or the single parent -- works. Too often, accidents or incidents can be traced to young children being inadequately supervised during the summer months...
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No big deal?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/20/10)
We don't hear anything from the MRNRD about the water theft. It is common knowledge that at least one of the offenders mentioned in the URNRD discloser has a huge, huge foot print in this district. What sort of investigation is taking place? Have they dug down to see if any devices are being used in this district?...
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Turning their backs on wind
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/20/10)
Wind energy presents a unique opportunity to create new jobs and increase incomes in rural Nebraska. So we disagree with the Nebraska Rural Electric Association's opposition to federal legislation requiring large electric retailers to get 20 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2020. And we're troubled by the way they have dismissed the economic benefits of wind to rural Nebraska...
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Legion Juniors run in district meet comes to an end
(High School Sports ~ 07/20/10)
LEXINGTON -- All good things must come to an end. The McCook First Central Bank Juniors saw their great run in the Class B Area 6 Legion baseball district tournament end Monday, July 19, with a 16-6, five-inning loss to Shelton/Gibbon. The double-elimination Area 6 tournament action was held at the Optimist Complex in Lexington...
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Council receives building projections
(Local News ~ 07/20/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council was presented with space layout and cost projections from Prochaska & Associates of Omaha for the proposed Municipal Facility at Monday's semi-monthly City Council meeting at Memorial Auditorium. The cost projections for construction of the facility to house Police and Fire Departments as well as City Staff were listed as $5,837,350, with a reduced option which the council preferred to pursue at $5,218,200...
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A burr under the saddle
(Column ~ 07/20/10)
Sometimes a person gets a burr under his saddle and just has to vent. A couple of recent events have caused an itch that needs scratched so you might bear with me as I unburden. Agreement not necessary. First off one has to be proud of the citizens of Southwestern Nebraska. ...
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