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Wayne Lee Schurr
(Obituary ~ 09/12/11)
Oct. 30, 1972-Sept. 8, 2011 MAYWOOD, Nebraska -- Wayne Lee Schurr, 38, of Maywood, Nebraska, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident west of Maywood...
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Over-regulation shows economy
(Column ~ 09/12/11)
Most small business owners in Nebraska I visit with have a few horror stories about the federal bureaucracy and some of the red tape they have to work through to grow their businesses or maintain what they have. Some of the federal regulations seem like useless make-work but if a business fails to comply the owner faces steep fines; money that could be put to better uses like hiring workers. ...
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No memories more valuable than first-hand accounts
(Editorial ~ 09/12/11)
We spent a lot of time thinking about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks this weekend, some of it with young people who had faint or no memory of the event. It was up to the adults with solid memory of the events to remember how it felt, what we did and what lessons we have learned from the event...
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Hurricane Irene
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/12/11)
Hurricane Irene's effects certainly were unpredictable, even with our modern weather technology. My long-time friend, Mary Ellen Porter, and I talked on a cell phone about Irene's progress. We were worried about her 83-year-old brother in Manhattan, N.Y. He assured everyone he was fine. He had stocked up on emergency supplies and planned to stay in his apartment on the 15th floor...
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A.J. Lewandowski, N.U.'s Mr. All-Purpose
(Column ~ 09/12/11)
During World War II Americans were asked to help with the war effort in many many ways, often calling for skills that were outside their comfort zone, and even foreign to work that they had done in the past. In high schools across the country retired teachers were called back to service. Sometimes this was good, but sometimes those teachers had been retired too long and were beyond their capabilities...
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Mid Plains budget hearing Wednesday
(Local News ~ 09/12/11)
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors will conduct public budget and property tax levy hearings Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the North Platte Community College campus. The board has also scheduled a work session to review the budget prior to the public hearings, which will include the budget auditor's exit interview review...
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Tribute honors heroes of 9/11
(Local News ~ 09/12/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Standing in unison, the crowd at McCook's Fox Theatre joined Police Chief Ike Brown in the singing of "God Bless America," their voices loud and proud as they paid heart-felt tribute to the men and women who stand up for this nation in times of trial and tribulation...
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Lessons learned in Southwest Nebraska help Iraqi farmers
(Features ~ 09/12/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Summers spent in Southwest Nebraska served Captain Rick McGuire well while he was in Iraq, giving him the idea for an ag co-op which improved the lives of Iraqis living on the Southwest edge of Baghdad in a farming town called Sadr al-Yusifiah...
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Bison girls 2nd at Broken Bow run meet
(High School Sports ~ 09/12/11)
BROKEN BOW, Nebraska -- The McCook High School girls cross-country team turned in another strong effort last Saturday with a second-place finish at the Broken Bow Invitational. The Bison girls placed three girls in the top 15 individual medalists to earn a runner-up finish behind champion Cozad's low team score of 23 points. McCook had 33 points, and Ogallala was a distant third with 71 points...
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Bison golf girls claim another tourney title
(High School Sports ~ 09/12/11)
LEXINGTON, Nebraska -- The fall golf season for the McCook High School girls just keeps getting better and better. The Bison girls continued their unbeaten streak with the team championship at the 2011 Lexington Invitational. The 18-hole tournament was contested Friday, Sept. 9, with 11 teams entered at the Lakeside Golf Club on the south shore of Johnson Lake just south of Lexington on Highway 183...
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Big plays in final quarter boost Bison to big football road win
(High School Sports ~ 09/12/11)
ALLIANCE, Nebraska -- Alliance probably would have been judged to win more battles than McCook did through the first three quarters of their Class B high school football showdown last Friday night. But the Bison won the most important ones later in the contest to claim the most important battle -- the one on the scoreboard...
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