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Hali Ann Maslyn
(Obituary ~ 08/14/13)
Hali Ann Maslyn May 14, 1981 - Aug.6, 2013 FORT COLLINS, Colorado -- Hali Ann Maslyn, 32, of Fort Collins, Colorado, entered into eternal rest at her home on Aug. 6, 2013, after a courageous, life-long battle with lupus. She resided in Fort Collins for 28 years...
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On the record
(Other Record ~ 08/14/13)
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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New massage therapist joins Community Hospital staff
(Community News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska--A new massage therapist, Kelly Catt, Licensed Massage Therapist, joined Community Hospital's staff last week. Kelly was born and raised in McCook and graduated from the Denver School of Massage Therapy at Westminster, Colorado in 2007...
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Don't send kids back to school with back trouble
(Features ~ 08/14/13)
The Nebraska Medical Center OMAHA, Neb -- It's a common sight -- the first day of school and children of all sizes are walking into school with backpacks that look to be as big as them and just as heavy. It could be a recipe for a lifetime of back pain, according to Rachel Hagemeyer, occupational therapist at The Nebraska Medical Center...
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Burglar gets 2-4 years in prison for probation violation
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook woman was sentenced last week in Red Willow County District Court to 2-4 years in state prison for violating her court ordered probation. The offender, 21-year-old Toni S. Hopkins of McCook, originally was sentenced to 36 months probation in February 2013 stemming from the burglary of a West First Street McCook residence...
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County testing security system
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Security at the Red Willow County courthouse in McCook would be enhanced with the "call duress system" that will be tested during the next couple of weeks. Sheriff's Deputy Steve Kotschwar told county commissioners Monday morning that a system that alerts sheriff's officers to a problem in the courthouse could help de-escalate a situation and prevent injury...
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MHS FFA gets green light for trip to Kentucky
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook High School FFA will be able to represent McCook at a national convention in Kentucky. After hearing a presentation from Chance Koetter and Nick Cole, FFA members at MHS, the McCook School Board later unanimously approved the request Monday night at the regular meeting from Sarah Knutson, MHS agricultural education instructor, for FFA members to attend the national FFA convention Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in Louisville, Kentucky and the Denver Stock Show...
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Racing to beat the storm
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
The Chase County Fair's carnival construction crew races to complete the midway's Ferris wheel at the Imperial fairgrounds Tuesday afternoon as thunderheads darken the skies overhead.
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Skate park question to school board?
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook School Board will be asked to donate property owned by the school district for a possible skate park. Mayor Dennis Berry, who is also the principal at McCook Junior High, told the school board at its regular meeting Monday that the McCook City Council has been approached by community members known as "Build McCook a Skate Park," requesting $75,000 toward cost of building a skate park. ...
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County valuation grows to $932 million
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County's assessor Sandra Kotschwar will certify the county's total tax valuation of $931,795,554 for the tax year 2013 to state officials by Tuesday. Aug. 20. Kotschwar told county commissioners at their meeting Monday that the new valuation indicates a growth of $12,420,903 over 2012-13...
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School wrapping up summer construction projects
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Improvements at the McCook School District are wrapping up, just in time for the new school year. Business manager Rick Haney gave an update on the projects, totaling $440,758, for the McCook School Board Monday night at the regular board meeting...
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Big splash
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
Taryn Confer makes the most of one of his last trips of the summer to the Benkelman municipal pool. Cooler temperatures and the return of school will soon make this summer's outings only a pleasant memory.
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Fuller's Family Restaurant reopens in new Norris Avenue location Monday
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The doors of the new "Fuller's Family Restaurant" will reopen at 6 a.m., Monday. "And they'll never close again," said manager Linda Thayer, with a tired smile. Linda and owner Val Fuller, and their crew of employees, family and friends, are restocking and refitting what was Mitch Farr's "Looking Glass" lounge and restaurant at 110 Norris Avenue, about a block from the Fuller's restaurant that was gutted by fire July 20 and 21...
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Still no resolution to alcohol insanity on the reservation
(Editorial ~ 08/14/13)
America banned the sale, production and transportation of alcohol from Jan. 16, 1920, until repeal went into effect Dec. 5, 1933. The ban did have one desired effect -- the consumption of alcohol overall went down by half in the 1920s and stayed there until the 1940s...
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Public involvement in tax reform
(Column ~ 08/14/13)
During a lengthy legislative hearing some years ago, a reporter friend said, "Nothing screws up the public hearing process like the public showing up." It was a joke of sorts. But the press corps understood that public engagement, while vital to the democratic process, could be cumbersome. ...
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Star light, star brights -- what's the first star I see tonight?
(Column ~ 08/14/13)
"Star light, star bright; first star I see tonight." You ever say that little poem? I think a lot of us have. So, what is the first star you will see tonight? Well, depends which way you are looking. If you are looking almost directly overhead the first star you will probably see is Vega, the brightest star in Lyra, the Harp, and the fifth brightest star in the night sky or it could be Altair in Aquila, the Eagle, one of the three stars in the Summer Triangle below and to the lower right of Vega.. ...
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REAP sets August office hours in McCook
(Business ~ 08/14/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dena Beck, central and southwest Nebraska Business Specialist with the Center for Rural Affairs' Rural Enterprise Assistance Project-REAP will hold office hours in McCook Aug. 23, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. McCook Economic Development Corp. will handle the appointments; (308) 345-1200. MEDC office is located at 402 Norris Avenue, Suite 301 (Keystone Business Center - 3rd Floor)...
- Today's Jurascals (Weekend Menu ~ 08/14/13)
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Under the dome
(Local News ~ 08/14/13)
Sue Helms of Holbrook, Nebraska, captured a rainbow under retreating storm clouds near Byers, Colorado, on July 30. The McCook Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. Readers can contribute to our daily weather page, subject to space and color availability, by emailing photos to editor2@ocsmccook.com or bringing them into the Gazette offices at West First and E Streets. ...
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