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Jerry Don Tucker
(Obituary ~ 07/05/12)
Jerry Don Tucker Jan. 20. 1936 - July 2, 2012 WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Jerry Don Tucker, 76, of Wichita Falls, died Monday (July 2, 2012) at his residence. He was born on Jan. 20, 1936, in Durant, Oklahoma, to the late J. B. Tucker and Mable Fortenberry Tucker. ...
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Nina Gail Day Schnell
(Obituary ~ 07/05/12)
Nina Gail Day Schnell Jan. 12, 1922 - July 2, 2012 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Nina Day Schnell died Monday (July 2, 2012), in North Platte surrounded by family. She was born on Jan. 12, 1922, to Omar and Sarah Day in their sod farm house near Ruleton, Kansas. She attended elementary school in a one-room country school and high school in Goodland, Kansas, where she met Dennis Schnell. They were married on Aug. 20, 1939, and were married for 62 years until his death on Oct. 9, 2001...
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Junior High Merit Roll
(Community News ~ 07/05/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Junior High School has re-released the fourth quarter and second semester Merit Roll, with corrections. Fourth quarter merit roll Eighth grade: Elisha Bair, Corinne Bortner, Dustin Bredvick, Dawson Brunswick, Madison Crowe, Tara Daniel, Erik Eiler, Mackenzie Esch, Ahria Golden, Taylor Lovci, Brandon Molcyk, McKaden Packard, Joe Schlager, Caleb Sheets, Caleb Suda, Paige Terry, Morgan Uerling and Travis Wallen...
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On the Court Record July 5, 2012
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. ------ Police activity Activity log...
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Missoula Children's Theatre 'Hansel & Gretel' auditions Monday
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Auditions for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of Hansel & Gretel will be Monday, July 9, 9 a.m. in the cafeteria of the McCook Junior High School. There are roles for students entering first grade through 11th grade. Approximately 50-60 local students will be cast to appear in the show with the MCT Tour Actor/Director...
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Region survives the holiday, but please, can it rain?
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
There were a few fireworks-related fire calls, but we seem to have made it through the mid-week Independence Day relatively unscathed, with less than a dozen calls to complain about fireworks or report small fires. Around the state, two houses were damaged by fireworks in Papillion, two Lincoln men were sent to a burn center with second- and third-degree burns after trying to combine fireworks into an oversized explosives, and Omaha police were hoping residents didn't resort to gunfire to celebrate the Fourth.. ...
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Viewing the 1776 sky in the Wayback Machine
(Column ~ 07/05/12)
First of all, Happy 236th Birthday to the Good Old U.S. of A. On the hot, steamy, almost overbearing summer afternoon of July 3, 1776, the men who sat in the chamber of the Continental Congress agreed on a document that would declare that the colonies (which would be called the "United States" were free of control from England...
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No more babies for this mama
(Column ~ 07/05/12)
There comes a time in every mom's life when they realize they don't want to have any more babies, if blessed with the choice. For every woman it's different, but it does happen. I remember my youngest brother asking me that specific question only hours after the birth of his first child...
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NPPD hits peak energy production
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
COLUMBUS, Nebraska -- With continued high temperatures expected this week, Nebraska Public Power District continues to meet electrical demand from its customers, according to utility officials. On June 28, the utility reached an estimated record peak load of 2,687 megawatts, topping the previous mark of 2,671 megawatts on July 30, 2006...
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Animal shelter overwhelmed with response
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Officials of the McCook, Nebraska, Humane Society, have been overwhelmed by the response to their plea for donations to help replace a refrigerator and vaccinations ruined when the frig quit working some time during the night Monday...
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God bless the USA
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
Indianola, Nebraska, firefighters help their fellow Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with firecrackers Tuesday night.
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Culbertson celebration
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
One of Bill Hagemann's nieces, top, watches the crowd from inside his "party bus," at the 24th annual Culbertson July 4 parade. The sweltering heat and humidity didn't keep spectators from lining the streets, like Karma Rousselle, above right, and her granddaughter, Sterling Hauxwell, or Everett Evans, visiting from Arizona, who keeps a firm grip on his flag while scooping up candy thrown during the parade. ...
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Chief says fireworks incidents only minor
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Fire Department responded to a combined four firework related calls, Tuesday and Wednesday. Fire Chief Marc Harpham said he was pleased with the caution demonstrated by residents during an unusually hot and dry 4th of July holiday...
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Rainfed corn moving into critical period
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
From my perspective, this is the worst I've seen it this time of year, in my lifetime ... and I've been around for a while. I know it's hard to explain, because fallow wheat yields reported in the 80-bushel range during this years' harvest, were not that uncommon...
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Vandal, 63, ordered to pay restitution, serve probation
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man was ordered to pay a combined $3,000 in restitution to the owners of seven vehicles he vandalized in separate incidents throughout 2010 and 2011. The man, 63-year-old Andre E. Lefebvre of 611 W. First Street, was also ordered to serve 24 months probation during a sentencing hearing Monday in Red Willow County District Court...
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Pair cited in connection with pasture fire
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Red Willow County, Nebraska, sheriff's office has cited two 18-year-old males in connections with a grass fire in pastureland six miles south of McCook on Friday, June 29. The fire was started allegedly by the two men throwing lighted fireworks from the windows of a car...
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Celebrating America
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
Arapahoe, Nebraska, decks itself out in red-white-and-blue -- and some hot pink -- during its annual Fourth of July celebration Wednesday. Five-year-old Kate Hendricks and her three-year-old sister, Brooke -- from Sidney, but visiting Dave and Liz Hendricks of Arapahoe -- prepared for the day's activities with all their patriotic garb, while parade marshal Marge tenBensel opened the parade with a queen's wave and a smile. ...
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Untidy vehicle thief receives jail time
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
McOOK, Nebraska -- A car thief that was tracked down by investigators through a sandwich wrapper he left in the stolen vehicle was sentenced to 240 days in jail, Monday in Red Willow County District Court. The offender, 28-year-old Merrill G. Johnston, was convicted on one Class IV felony of theft by unlawful taking and a second Class I misdemeanor charge of forgery. ...
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$1,400 forged check nets probation
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook woman was sentenced to 24 months probation after being convicted on a felony forgery charge, Monday afternoon, in Red Willow County District Court. The offender, 39-year-old Ronda L. Marsh of 902 East E Street, accepted a plea agreement in May that admitted guilt to a Class IV felony charge of second degree forgery. The charge stemmed from a $1,400 check that Marsh wrote on the account of Collier Transportation Inc. to the First National Bank of Omaha...
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Furnas County Fair July 16 -- 21
(Local News ~ 07/05/12)
The Furnas County Fair is right around the corner and you've probably seen the posters in the downtown businesses announcing the many activities that will take place during the week of July 16 -- 21. The County Fair premium books are available at the Extension Office or they may be picked up at one of the banks in your community...
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