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Luella Caroline Monter
(Obituary ~ 02/13/14)
Luella Caroline Monter Aug. 20, 1921 - Feb. 5, 2014 OVERLAND PARK, Kansas -- Luella Caroline Monter, 92, died Wednesday (Feb. 5, 2014), at her home at Rose Estates Assisted Living facility. She was born on Aug. 20, 1921, in Gosper County, Nebraska, to John and Minnie (Golgart) Puls...
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Students perform at Chadron festival
(Community News ~ 02/13/14)
CHADRON, Nebraska -- The following students participated in the 42nd annual High Plains Band and Choir Festival at Chadron State College. Vocal and instrumental rehearsals and clinics led by CSC faculty, students and the guest conductor on Monday and Tuesday culminated in a final concert Tuesday evening...
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Future leaders
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
Fifth graders at McCook Central Elementary recently took part in a Leadership Conference in North Platte. Students divided up into groups and attended different sessions that addressed various issues, such as cyber-bullying, peer leadership and recycling. ...
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McCook's recognition for giving recognized across state
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
Gene O. Morris McCook Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska -- Generous giving has been a mark of distinction for the McCook community since the community's founding in 1882, with churches, parks, hospitals, charitable causes and people in need all benefiting from the caring and sharing of McCook citizens...
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McCook spirit inspires fund team to be first to hit $50k goal
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Community Foundation Fund's advisory committee is an energetic bunch. They believe in getting things done ... quickly. With that attitude, it's no wonder that the committee members are striving to be the first Fund in Nebraska to reach Susie Buffett's Sherwood Challenge goal of half a million dollars. And they are well on their way, having raised $465,000 to date...
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Coffee, cops and council members
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
From left, City Councilman Bruce McDowell visits with McCook residents Duane Tappe and Roger Moreau during the February Coffee with a Cop meeting at McDonald's Tuesday. McDowell is running for re-election this fall and said, while the position was more work than he originally had anticipated, he was enjoying being a City Council member. ...
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Airport Advisory Commision recommends staying with Great Lakes
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Airport Advisory Commission was presented with a pair of proposals earlier this week and as a result will recommend the city continue to utilize Great Lakes Airlines, as its commercial air service provider. The commission entertained the idea of recommending to switch providers after the airport experienced a rocky start to 2014, resulting in the majority of commercial flights being cancelled...
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College grain-bin simulator helps emergency crews prepare for rescues
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- When Tim J. Zehnder was named Fire Science Director at Mid-Plains Community College almost a year ago, he looked at his new home state with the eyes of someone trained in keeping the public safe. He saw how grain bins dominated the rural landscape and knew the dangers those structures can have...
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Couple convicted of game violations
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- A North Carolina couple who hunts in a reality television series has been convicted of federal game violations in Nebraska. The couple hunted in Frontier County. Jason and Britney Edney of Hendersonville, North Carolina, were accused of interstate transportation (from Nebraska to North and South Carolina) of unlawfully killed deer, at least 25 instances of overbagging or hunting turkeys without permits, illegally taking 29 deer, failing to check 17 deer, and five small game violations. ...
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Family tradition
(Local News ~ 02/13/14)
All five children of Mark and Sherri Uerling of McCook have received the American FFA Degree, an achievement award given to only one-half of one percent of FFA members each year. From left, Joel Uerling graduated 1998 and served as the Sentinel; Dustin Uerling graduated 2000 and served as Parliamentarian; Brian Uerling graduated 2004 and served as chapter President 2003-04; Andrew Uerling graduated 2006 and served as Treasurer in 2004-05 and was Chapter President 2005-06; Mattie Uerling graduated 2012 and served as Historian her Junior year and compiled the Chapters first scrapbook and was Chapter President her senior year 2011-12.. ...
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We're learning to live off the land once again
(Editorial ~ 02/13/14)
We live in a political world, where everything seems to come down to a question of left or right. Even the most innocuous of subjects can deteriorate into a liberal vs. conservative debate -- the weather. Mention "climate change," let alone "global warming" in these parts, and you'll likely touch off a heated discussion mentioning people like Obama, Hillary Clinton and Al Gore...
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No beach, just bleachers
(Column ~ 02/13/14)
So last Saturday, I'm sitting in some hole in the wall town, squeezed in between 150 people on a set of sticky bleachers, waiting for my daughter's basketball game to start. I needed to use the restroom and was dying for a bag of popcorn and a pop but couldn't seem to map out a trail through the mass of parents and kids so at the top I remained. ...
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Patricia Ann Bath
(Obituary ~ 02/13/14)
Patricia Ann Bath Sept. 20, 1931 - Feb. 13, 2014 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Patricia Ann Bath, age 82 of McCook, Nebraska, died at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge, Nebraska, on Feb. 13, 2014. She was born in Denver, Colorado, on Sept. 20, 1931, to Clyde and Elizabeth Ida (Downing) Thomas...
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