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Gary W. Creasman
(Obituary ~ 10/03/12)
Gary W. Creasman June 16, 1930 -- September 27, 2012 BOONE, Iowa -- Gary W. Creasman, age 82, of Boone, Iowa, and formerly of McCook, Nebraska, died Sept. 27, 2012, at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa. His body was cremated and a memorial service was held Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at the First Presbyterian Church in Boone. Burial was in the Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone...
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Martin J. Svoboda
(Obituary ~ 10/03/12)
Martin J. Svoboda Nov. 15, 1924 - Oct. 1, 2012 ELWOOD, Nebraska -- Martin J. Svoboda, 87, of Holdrege, Nebraska, formerly of Elwood, died Monday (Oct.1, 2012), at the Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on Nov. 15, 1924, at Wahoo, Nebraska, to Joseph and Barbara (Benes) Svoboda...
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Loral Mae (Clark) Kauffman
(Obituary ~ 10/03/12)
Loral Mae (Clark) Kauffman Feb. 9, 1928 - Sept. 30, 2012 LAKEWOOD, Colorado -- Loral Mae (Clark) Kauffman, 84, of Lakewood, Colorado passed away on Sept, 30, 2012. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Kenneth O. Kauffman; her sons, Mark Kauffman and Daniel (Sharon) Kauffman; and her daughter, Peggy (Thomas) Kauffman Moss. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Maggie, Andrea, Andrew, Eric, Oliver, Spencer and Harrison and three great-grandchildren, Lucy, Sawyer and Bentley...
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On the record
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
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...
- Donated quilts (Local News ~ 10/03/12)
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40 years later, hindsight is still 20/20
(Column ~ 10/03/12)
Here is the story. This is exactly how it happened. Or is it? One of the most unique attributes of the human mind is the power of perception. Two people, four, or more, at the same place, at the same time, tell two, four, or more, differing stories about the same event...
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What happens if the lights go out for good?
(Editorial ~ 10/03/12)
Maybe we could break up a good night's sleep, for better health.
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Sex offender accepts plea for second round of violations
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A Bartley, Nebraska, man accepted his second plea agreement in the past two years that reduced felony sex offender registration acts to misdemeanors. The man, 42-year-old Danny Rex Wise, was subsequently sentenced to 90 days in jail and given credit for 41 days in jail already served during an Oct. 1, 2012, sentencing hearing in Red Willow County District Court...
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International Food Fair Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Women's Fellowship of First Congregational Church in McCook, Nebraska, plans its 25th annual annual "International Food Fair and Bake Sale," to raise funds for Fellowship projects Saturday, Oct. 6, at the church at 212 East E in McCook...
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Ideas for downtown McCook sought
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
Public meeting tonight
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McCook Community Foundation awards $37,000 in gifts
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCook Community Foundation Fund Chair Leigh Ann Miller told those gathered at Friday's Celebration of Caring that the Community Foundation Fund has awarded gifts totaling over $160,000 since its inception. The gifts started in 2003, when around $2,000 was awarded and has grown annually to almost $37,000 that was awarded Friday afternoon...
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Conferences
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Parent teacher conferences are Thursday, 2-8 p.m., and Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, at McCook Senior High School. Conferences will take place in the classrooms.
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Girl Scouts
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A Girl Scout meeting for any girl interested in joining the scouts, especially kindergarten through third grade who doesn't have a troop, and anyone wanting to serve as a leader, is set for Monday, 6:15 p.m., at the Purple Moon Cookery on No. Hwy 83...
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Spooktacular
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Ed Thomas YMCA is now accepting registrations for the Halloween Spooktacular set for Friday Oct. 26, 7 p.m. to midnight. Registrations must be in by noon on Oct. 26. The Halloween Spooktacular is open to all 2nd through 5th graders. The cost is $10. For more information, contact the YMCA at 345-6228...
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Chamber mixer
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook, Nebraska, Area Chamber of Commerce invites all members and their guests to the October chamber mixer hosted by Wagner Chevrolet Buick in the upstairs showroom, at 201 East B, Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m...
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Red Willow County receives $105,950 grant
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, received a $105,950 grant from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, which distributed $1.7 million in grants Monday for waste reduction and recycling projects throughout Nebraska. NDEQ Director Mike Linder said that funds for the state's Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grant Program are generated by a fee on solid waste disposed of in landfills (disposal fee), an annual retail business sales fee (business fee), and a fee assessed on the sale of new tires for motor vehicles (tire fee).. ...
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A plea from the Plains
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
To this self-feeder in a pasture northeast of McCook, Nebraska, SOS means "South Omaha Supply," but to the dry, thirsty plains of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas, it takes on its more traditional message -- distress. With only 7 1/2 inches of measurable moisture since the first of the year, McCook's precipitation is 11 1/2 inches below normal. And the forecast isn't very promising. Pray for snow?...
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McCook High School awarded $7,500 EducationQuest grant for four years
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK,Nebraska -- McCook High School is among 19 Nebraska high schools selected to receive an EducationQuest Foundation College Access Grant -- a program designed to increase the number of students who go to college. The school will receive $7,500 a year for four years...
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Hospital plans fall disaster drill
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Community Hospital will conduct a disaster drill in October that will activate and test the decontamination team, according to a report presented to Community Hospital Board of Directors Sept. 19. Dari Olson, director of safety, informed the board that the drill will focus on chemical exposure...
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Voices from a 'Silent City'
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
OBERLIN, Kansas -- There are 137 bodies buried in the oldest corner of the cemetery in Oberlin, Kansas. Sharleen Wurm, curator of the Decatur County/Last Indian Raid Museum in Oberlin, said coordinators of the "Voices from the Silent City Tour" believe they could have done a story on every one of them...
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Theater group reprises Rock Hudson and Doris Day comedy
(Local News ~ 10/03/12)
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