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Arlie Gene Archer
(Obituary ~ 01/10/11)
McDONALD, Kansas -- Arlie Gene Archer, 83, died Friday (Jan. 7, 2011), at Rawlins County Hospital in Atwood, Kansas. He was born June 30, 1927, in Rawlins County, Kansas. He was a farmer. He married Delores 'Dee' Wendland. He is survived by his spouse, Delores 'Dee' Archer of McDonald; son, Alan Archer of McDonald; daughters, Diane 'June' Archer of Los Angeles, California, and Joyce McDaniel of Valley Center, Kansas; and three grandchildren...
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Vivian Lucille Osborn
(Obituary ~ 01/10/11)
Dec. 18,1921--Jan. 6, 2011 BENKELMAN, Nebraska - Vivian Lucille (Bradley) Osborn, 89, died Thursday (Jan. 6, 2011), at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. She was born Dec. 18, 1921, in Agra, Kansas to Charles and Emma (Losey) Bradley. In 1924, she moved to Benkelman with her family. As a teenager, she worked in a restaurant with her mother to help out her family...
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Kenneth Stuckwisch
(Obituary ~ 01/10/11)
WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Kenneth Stuckwisch, 81, died Sunday (Jan. 9, 2011), at Heritage of Wauneta Nursing Home. He is survived by his three daughters, Judee St. Clair of Asheville, North Carolina, Carolyn Gerber of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Flo Hofman and husband, Lance of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; three sons, Bill Stuckwisch of Roanoke, Virginia, the Rev. ...
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Ribbon cutting, open house held Sunday for Community Hospital's new patient wing
(Local News ~ 01/10/11)
With members of the hospital board and staff, contractors and other dignitaries looking on, Dr. Mark Serbousek, from right, helps Sen. Ben Nelson of Jim Ulrich, Community Hospital CEO, cut the ribbon on Community Hospital's new 25-bed patient wing Sunday. The project is Phase I of a $30 million renovation effort that also will create new operating rooms, a healing garden and many other improvements...
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Assassination attempt shows new media's faults
(Editorial ~ 01/10/11)
We once used an e-mail program that had a great feature. Type in a few words, and you might get a message like "This message contains words that some might find offensive," or the message might receive a "tone" flag or other indicator that you might not really want to send it off in cyberspace...
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Will Rogers
(Column ~ 01/10/11)
All of the late night comics and writers, from Johnny Carson on, who comment on the day's news and public personalities, can thank one man, who made fair game of politicians and other public figures. In the 1920s and 30s Will Rogers kept America laughing, and politicians just a bit more humble with his radio quips, his personal appearances, and a daily column in the newspapers. ...
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Fix water mains, not the band shell
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/10/11)
This letter is in response to the article that was in the Gazette on Thursday, Jan. 6 about the iron deposits and discolored water. My wife was one the two residents who called the city water department to report this problem. She spoke with Mr. Dutcher on Tuesday, Jan. ...
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Committee gets an F
(Local News ~ 01/10/11)
I was looking over LR542, seeing what the different standing committees proposed to offer as options for cuts in their respective areas to help us past the hurt of budget shortfalls. Two particular committees got my attention. One was the Banking Committee. I was very proud of their axe- to-the-tree approach on "corporate welfare," the Department of Economic Development. Well done! They are serious...
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McNutt re-elected commission chair
(Local News ~ 01/10/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioner Earl McNutt of McCook was elected this morning to his 11th term as chairman of the county board of commissioners. McNutt was first elected to the board of commissioners as District 1 representative in 1998 and ran unopposed for re-election in 2010. His fellow commissioners voted him chairman in January 2001...
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MCC women fall to tough Colorado foe
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Otero Junior College women have one of the top teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association's Region IX. The McCook Community College women gave the Colorado team all it wanted in action Saturday, Jan. 8, at MCC's True Hall gym...
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One great finish, one not so great for Bison girls
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/11)
The weekend was a tale of two finishes -- one great, one not so great -- for the McCook High School girls basketball team. Gretchen Sehnert hit three straight free throws in the closing seconds Friday, Jan. 7, to give the Bison girls a 47-45 win over Hershey at the Senior High gym. McCook watched a lead evaporate in the fourth quarter Saturday, Jan. 8, at Sidney as the Red Raiders rallied for a 42-33 victory...
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Bison boys split weekend action
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/11)
The McCook High School boys basketball team wasn't quite as defensive Jan. 8 as head coach Tim Garcia would have liked. The Bison finished the weekend with a split after suffering a 64-56 loss at Sidney Saturday. McCook topped Hershey, 56-52, in action Friday, Jan. 7, at the Senior High gym...
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Oberlin girls clip Rawlins County 56-42
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/11)
Jordan Dreher (left) of Decatur Community grabs a rebound over teammates Kiah Blau (21, right) and Tiffany Anderson (middle) Friday night against Rawlins County in the northwest Kansas girls basketball contest at Oberlin. Dreher scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Red Devils over Rawlins County , 56-42...
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