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James W. Carmon
(Obituary ~ 12/21/10)
Dec. 10, 1931-Dec. 20, 2010 OBERLIN, Kansas -- James W. Carmon, 79, died Monday (Dec. 20, 2010), at Oberlin, Kan. He was born Dec. 10, 1931, at Kopperl, Texas, to Oliver Perry and Lillie Lee (Boyd) Carmon. He was raised in Texas and graduated from Albany High School in Albany, Texas, in 1950...
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Jack Olberding
(Obituary ~ 12/21/10)
July 18, 1936-Dec. 18, 2010 BOULDER, Colorado -- Jack Olberding died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous six year battle with cancer. He was born July 18, 1936, in Stuart, Nebraska to Louis and Sophie (Kaup) Olberding...
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Burkett Richard Powell
(Obituary ~ 12/21/10)
Jan. 9, 1972-Dec. 18, 2010 LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Burkett Richard Powell, 38, Lincoln, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on Jan. 9, 1972, to Richard and Vicki (Korell) Powell. Burkett attended school at Lake View Elementary, Everett Jr. ...
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Net neutrality rules won't leave anyone completely happy
(Editorial ~ 12/21/10)
Five years of debate was expected to end with a compromise by the Federal Communications Commission, and like all compromises, everyone isn't going to be happy. Today's expected ruling, however, does appear to achieve a balance between the public interest and the rights of businesses to receive a fair return on their investments...
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Above and beyond
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/21/10)
In the Thursday issue of the McCook Gazette dated 16 of December of 2010, I was very pleased to read the article titled "Father time, catches up to one CASA volunteer." This, of course, is Marv Colson. I was very pleased to read this article and this brought back some very good memories. In 1999 I was divorced and had custody of all five of my boys, and being a single working dad, this was a very big responsibility and a challenge as well...
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A Christmas story you never heard
(Column ~ 12/21/10)
Dr. Don Blank, fellow Air Force veteran, forwarded this story and it is too good not to share. Incidentally the Air Force Academy football team beat both the Army and the Navy winning the Commander In Chief's Trophy this year and all three will be appearing in Bowl games. This article appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News on Dec. 22, 2005, by Ronnie Polaneczky and edited a bit by me. Now to the story:...
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Father, son bound over on charges of causing accident
(Local News ~ 12/21/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County Judge Anne Paine this morning bound over to district court the Bartley, Nebraska, father and son accused of causing a rollover accident that paralyzed another Bartley man and injured three others in August 2010...
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D.A.R. building to be moved
(Local News ~ 12/21/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dr. Richard Tubbs, Vice-President of McCook Community College and Darin Morgan, Director of Physical Resources were present for the third and final public hearing required for the college to relocate the Daughters of the American Revolution building...
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Hospital ribbon cutting set for Jan. 9
(Local News ~ 12/21/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A big outdoor tent will shelter visitors from the weather 2 p.m. Jan. 9, 2011, for ribbon cutting ceremonies at Community Hospital's new patient wing. The tent actually will be in place Jan. 6 through 11 for a range of activities associated with the opening of the new facility, which has an official move-in date of the weekend of Jan. 15-16, said Jim Ulrich, hospital president and CEO...
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What would $50 million buy?
(Column ~ 12/21/10)
How much is $50,000,000.00? My office wondered the same thing, so we did a little research. With $50 million, you could buy 2,173 brand new Ford F150's, which start at around $23,000 each. At about $3 each, you could buy more than 16,000,000 Runza Sandwiches. ...
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