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Funding plan OK'd by college governors
(Local News ~ 12/22/11)
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Mid-Plains Community College became the fourth of six community colleges in the state to approve a funding plan that will be implemented if state support is increased next year. Meeting Wednesday in North Platte, the board of governors approved a funding proposal which allocates additional state aid in excess of 2012-13 levels based on three factors...
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College reaches settlement with former employee
(Local News ~ 12/22/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors approved a $112,500 settlement with Carol A. Stensvad of McCook, Wednesday evening during a regular meeting in North Platte. Stensvad is a former administrative assistant at McCook Community College and was terminated in November 2009 for "undisclosed personnel reasons."...
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McDonald's to close for rebuild
(Local News ~ 12/22/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- If you are a McCook resident prone to regular "Big Mac attacks," your fast-food fix will soon require a 62-mile one-way jaunt to Norton, Kansas. That will be the nearest operating McDonald's restaurant come Jan. 8, 2012, when the McCook location closes its doors for a complete rebuild...
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On Christmas
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/22/11)
Our sister, Dawn Cribbs, wrote quite a lengthy column in last night's paper, which said that Jesus "is not" the reason for the season and stated that Christmas is a pagan holiday. I am compelled to present an opposing viewpoint. The fact that the Roman Catholic Church instituted the celebration of Christmas to replace a pagan holiday, is little-known by hundreds of millions of Christians the world over...
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The reason for the season
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/22/11)
I am writing about a cover story from the December 20th paper. More specifically, the story about "Jesus being the reason for the season." I know that while most of your readers are Christian, this seems like it's a bit biased. Also, the origins of Christmas differ slightly from what you printed. Firstly, the Bible says nothing about when exactly Jesus was born, but it wasn't December...
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Darkness creeps in on little cat feet
(Column ~ 12/22/11)
Darkness comes like Carl Sandburg's fog, "on little cat feet." With the sun slowly creeping south each day, the length of the darkness increases until suddenly we notice that at 4:30 in the afternoon the sun is gone from the sky and it is getting dark...
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Merry Christmas, Moms!
(Column ~ 12/22/11)
Merry Christmas to all the moms out there that have been Christmas shopping for a few months now and can't find the presents they hid or remember who they bought them for. Merry Christmas to the all the moms who shopped so early they bought the same gift twice for the same person and didn't realize it till now. ...
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Extension Clubs rare, services still needed
(Editorial ~ 12/22/11)
Do you know how to fold a fitted sheet? Nita Malleck does; she learned it at the first meeting of the Merry Mrs. extension club, 57 years ago. If you missed Lorri Sughroue's feature story Tuesday about the club folding, you should dig out a copy of the paper or read it here: http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/17972......
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My top 5 of 2011
(Column ~ 12/22/11)
Every year, TV writers and critics and other pundits put together their top ten lists of their favorite shows of the year, some hoping to stir and spin conversation at the end of the year, some just up against a deadline and needing to write something -- anything -- to fill column inches...
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Karin L. Kotschwar
(Obituary ~ 12/22/11)
Karin L. Kotschwar Feb. 12, 1950 - Dec. 4, 2011 LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Karin L. Kotschwar, 61, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lincoln. She was born Feb. 12, 1950 to Vernon "Bud" and Cecelia (Hickert) Kotschwar. She attended St. Patrick's Catholic School, McCook Senior High and McCook Community College. She also attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln...
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