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Dura 'Dell' R. Delano Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/07/15)
Dura 'Dell' R. Delano Jr. Aug. 2, 1924 - April 6, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Dura "Dell" R. Delano Jr., 90, died Monday (April 6, 2015), at Hlllcrest Nursing Home in McCook. A gathering will be Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel in McCook. No time has been set yet. Additional information will be released tomorrow...
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Boyce Warning
(Obituary ~ 04/07/15)
Boyce Warning BENKELMAN, Ne. -- Boyce Warning, 92, long-time resident of the Max, Nebraska, area, died Sunday ( April 5, 2015), at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. Survivors include children, Connie and husband, Jack Bunning of Stapleton, Nebraska, Kyle and wife, Gloria,of Elwood, Nebraska, Delbert of Atwood, Kansas, Tamara Hinton and husband, Laurence of North Platte, Nebraska, Darwin and wife, Carole of Benkelman, Regina Lauby and husband, Justin of Elwood, Keith and wife, Tonya, of Hayden, Colorado; 21 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.. ...
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Lou Ann Neville
(Obituary ~ 04/07/15)
Lou Ann Neville May 16, 1929- March 29, 2015 BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Lou Ann Neville, 85, died Sunday (March 29, 2015), at Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. She was born May 16, 1929, in Brewster, Kansas. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Neville, in 1996; and son, Gary Neville, in 1999...
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Elizabeth Ann "Debbie" Miller
(Obituary ~ 04/07/15)
Elizabeth Ann "Debbie" Miller April 23, 1953 - April 5, 2015 ST. FRANCIS, Kan . -- Elizabeth Ann "Debbie" Miller, 61, died Sunday (April 5, 2015), at Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis. She was born April 23, 1953, in Valdosta, Georgia. She was a homemaker...
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Roger Emigh
(Obituary ~ 04/07/15)
Roger Emigh OBERLIN, Kan. -- Roger Emigh, 50, of Cimarron, formerly of Selden, Kansas, died Monday (April 6, 2015), at Jetmore, Kansas. Pauls Funeral Home of Selden, Kansas, is in charge of arrangements.
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Historic family buckboard takes great-great-grandson full circle
(Local News ~ 04/07/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- In a buckboard wagon, Tom Conroy's great-great-grandparents traveled from a seaport in Louisiana to Wisconsin, then to Exeter, Nebraska, and on to Centerpoint, Nebraska, 20 miles north of McCook. Many years later, on Monday, the same buckboard, rebuilt by family, carried Tom to his final resting place in Calvary Cemetery in McCook...
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Would City Council time change boost attendance?
(Local News ~ 04/07/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook City Council is considering moving its 7:30 p.m. meeting time to an earlier spot. During Monday's regularly scheduled meeting Mayor Mike Gonzales said he polled a random sampling of other first class cities and found start times varied from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. He said he hoped an earlier start time would increase public attendance at McCook City Council meetings...
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Seat belts helped limit injuries in Sunday accidents
(Local News ~ 04/07/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- All drivers and passengers were wearing seat belts in a three-vehicle accident that happened on Easter Sunday when traffic was stopped on Highway 6&34 east of McCook, Nebraska, for an earlier accident. The driver of the "middle" vehicle involved in the second accident was transported to Cambridge Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while two other drivers and two passengers were uninjured...
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Wall of Honor unveiled at Fox Theatre
(Local News ~ 04/07/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- A tribute to the many generous individuals who have contributed to the "Friends of the Fox" campaign was recently installed in the lobby of the Fox Theatre. The beautiful oak panels were designed and built by local wood craftsman Stan Spomer. McCook Lettering personnel, Sara Rippen and Paulet Gaboury lettered the brass name-plates and heading plates. Paul Goodenberger of McCook Contracting installed the finished pieces in the lobby of the Fox...
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Armed escapee captured on Norris Avenue
(Local News ~ 04/07/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- A Dundy County inmate who escaped from custody early Monday morning was arrested a few hours later, armed with a handgun and walking Norris Avenue. The McCook Police Department was initially informed of the escape at just past 2 a.m. and received an update at 3:34 a.m. indicating the escapee had made it to a convenience store in Wauneta and was last seen traveling east on U.S. Highway 6...
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Supporting D.A.R.E.
(Local News ~ 04/07/15)
Pizza Hut/KFC/Taco Bell general manager Kevin Cox presents a check for $222.79, the proceeds of a benefit for D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), to McCook Police Officer Ashley Donovan, the school resource officer and D.A.R.E. instructor for McCook Public Schools. ...
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Marijuana could be wild card in 2016 election
(Editorial ~ 04/07/15)
Malcolm Gladwell's 2000 book, "The Tipping Point" explored, among other things, how small things can make a big difference -- a few Manhattan hipsters began wearing Hush Puppies shoes to clubs, saving the brand from extinction in 1990. Although other social scientists question some of Gladwell's conclusions, it's true that relatively small factors can have big consequences down the road. ...
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Good news
(Column ~ 04/07/15)
Observed while walking -- good exercise for this old guy. Adjacent to the new paved walking trail just north of the new Peter & Delores Graff Event Center, I have long noted an odd concrete structure. Obviously the crumbling concrete was an anchor for something below as there is a hefty steel rod attached. What in the world could it be?...
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Auto service center closing
(Local News ~ 04/07/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Frenchman Valley Farmers Cooperative Inc. has announced the closing of the automotive service center in McCook. The closure is effective with the end of the business day Friday. General Manager, Doug Ohlson, explains, "The advancements in automobile technology and tire products have changed the environment for light-duty car care centers, such as our operation in McCook. ...
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