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Walter anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 11/10/11)
Olivia Walter, daughter of Tim and Brenda Walter of McCook, is requesting a card shower in honor of her parent's 25th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 15, 1986, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 38411 Road 719, McCook, NE 69001...
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Harnessing Nebraska's wind
(Column ~ 11/10/11)
Last year, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 1048 to encourage the development, ownership and operation of renewable energy facilities for exporting wind energy from Nebraska. Wind energy development diversifies our national energy portfolio, and provides meaningful employment and educational opportunities for Nebraskans. ...
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Smoky fire
(Local News ~ 11/10/11)
Red lights on a Red Willow Western fire department truck reflect off clouds of smoke building above smoldering shingles in the bed of a dump truck parked in the Weathercraft Roofing yard a mile east of McCook, Nebraska, early this morning. Firefighters were called to two burning dump trucks about 10 p.m., Wednesday, and then again this morning about 6 a.m. ...
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Frontier County Sheriff to get new radar unit
(Local News ~ 11/10/11)
CURTIS, Nebraska -- The Frontier County, Nebraska, Sheriff's Department will purchase a mobile radar unit with a $900 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety in Lincoln. Highway Safety Administrator Fred Zwonechek said the sheriff's office was awarded the funding "to help prevent traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities at various locations throughout the area."...
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Veterans deserve chance to share American dream
(Editorial ~ 11/10/11)
We ask them to leave their homes and loved ones, teach them to kill fellow human beings and send them to an environment and culture that are as alien to them as is possible on Planet Earth. We ask them to risk loss of life and limb, and, too often, when they come home damaged in mind or body, make it difficult for them to get the help they need...
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Now that Daylight Saving Time is over
(Column ~ 11/10/11)
Well, I am glad that is out of the way. What, you ask? Daylight Saving Time of course. It really isn't saving daylight you know, there is still just as much as there was before, it is just shifted around. When the clock is shifted forward (the "spring ahead" thing), sunrise and sunset become an hour later hence supposedly giving more light in the evening hours...
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I'm sorry!
(Column ~ 11/10/11)
I'm not a confrontational person at all, unless it has to do with my kids ... or Husker football. But aside from that, I'm a people-pleaser, consider myself fairly friendly and do my best not to make enemies. However, last week there were two places that I seemed to be the target of other moms' irritation, once I got behind the wheel of my vehicle and also at the big box grocery store. ...
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Falcons ready for 6-man state finals challenge
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/11)
TRENTON, Neb. -- The Hitchcock County High School football team is very aware of the challenge presented in Friday night's six-man state championship game. The Falcons will try and derail the Nebraska six-man juggernaut when they face Arthur County in the state title game. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at Ron & Carol Cope Stadium at Foster Field on the University of Nebraska-Kearney campus in Kearney...
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Plea agreement reached in father, son felonies -- passenger paralyzed in assault
(Local News ~ 11/10/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Less than a week before a Nov. 14 trial was set to take place, a Bartley-area father and son facing a combined 17 felony charges stemming from a 2010 roll-over accident that injured four, accepted a plea agreement Tuesday afternoon in Red Willow County District Court...
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