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Helen M. Gedminas
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Helen M. Gedminas July 29, 1921 - June 22, 2015 KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Helen M. Gedminas, 93, died June 22, 2015, in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born July 29, 1921, in Selden, Kansas, to Joe and Mary Sulzman. She graduated from Selden High School in 1942. She then went to nurse's training at Saint Margaret's School of Nursing in Kansas City, Kansas. Upon graduation, she returned to McCook to work at Saint Catherine's Hospital...
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Dudley Craig Oltmans
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Dudley Craig Oltmans Feb. 6, 1949 - June 29, 2015 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Dudley Craig Oltmans, 66, North Platte businessman, passed away June 29, 2015, at his home. He was born Feb. 6, 1949, to Glenn and Della (Bargen) Oltmans at Nelson, Nebraska. He graduated from Nelson High School with the class of "67." He attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he received his bachelor of science in agriculture in 1971, studying economics and agronomy...
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Darrel Lyle Cox
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Darrel Lyle Cox July 24, 1936 - July 1, 2015 HAYES CENTER, Neb. -- Darrel Lyle Cox, 78, died Wednesday (July 1, 2015), at Imperial Manor in Imperial, Nebraska. Services are Monday July 6, 2015, 10 a.m. at Union Congregational Church in Hayes Center with the Rev. Jean Miller officiating. Burial is at Hayes Center Cemetery...
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Dianna S. Meissner
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Dianna S. Meissner TRENTON, Neb. -- Dianna S. Meissner, 65, died Wednesday (July 1, 2015), at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. Services are pending and will be announced by Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook.
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Who knew? The stealthy business of making hooch
(Column ~ 07/02/15)
Lawrence Wasia was a heck of a broom maker. He grew his own broom straw and then made the brooms by hand in the basement of Louie Glick's Farm and Ranch Store. He sold a lot of brooms because the women found them to be excellently made. The brooms went out the front door, but Lawrence was selling his other specialty out the back. ...
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Optimists promise to paint the sky
(Local News ~ 07/02/15)
"We're going to paint the sky with fireworks!" With that promise, the McCook Optimists' long-time fireworks display chairman, Jim O'Dea, invited people from throughout the McCook area to view the spectacular fireworks show Saturday night, July 4th, in the skies about the Red Willow Fairgrounds...
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'Nunsense' proceeds to help upgrade Fox Theatre lighting
(Local News ~ 07/02/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Even back when McCook's historic Fox Theatre was in its infancy, locals looked for ways to bring the most up-to-date entertainment to town -- whether it was vaudeville, talking pictures, or full-blown musical performances. And while much of the stage itself has changed over the years, one basic element has changed very little -- lighting...
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Council to consider grant for convention center study
(Local News ~ 07/02/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- City leaders appear to be moving forward with at least exploring the idea of constructing a convention center in McCook. The McCook City Council will be presented with a grant acceptance form Monday evening which would allocate $4,500 from the McCook Community Foundation Fund for feasibility studies of Memorial Auditorium and construction of a new convention/meeting facility. ...
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Honor founding fathers by putting their system to work
(Editorial ~ 07/02/15)
The weeks leading up to the Fourth of July have been interesting, to say the least. The TV Land has dropped the Dukes of Hazzard, and while three-quarters of white Americans see the Confederate battle flag as just a symbol of pride in the south, the same portion of African Americans see it as a symbol of racism...
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Two Supreme Court decisions that defied conventional wisdom
(Column ~ 07/02/15)
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) spoke loud and clear last week on two issues that have divided America for the past several years. In a surprising 6-3 vote, the Court voted in favor of the Affordable Care Act, much to the chagrin of Republicans across the nation and especially those in office who have campaigned long and hard about the necessity of gutting or abolishing the same act for the 33rd time since Obama has been President. ...
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Dianna Sue Meissner
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Dianna Sue Meissner May 27, 1950 - July 1, 2015 TRENTON, Neb. -- Dianna Sue Meissner, age 65, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Trenton after battling cancer. Dianna was born May 27, 1950, in McCook, Nebraska, to Harry and Golda (Roller) Zwickle. She graduated from McCook High School in 1968...
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Local golfers end run for PGA championship with tie at 39th
(Community Sports ~ 07/02/15)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Two golfers with close ties to Heritage Hills in McCook, Chris Wiemers and Shane Zywiec, did not qualify for this year's PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, but they gave a good account of themselves and Nebraska golf by finishing in a tie for 39th place at the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club...
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Playing in the water
(Community Sports ~ 07/02/15)
Sydney Harchelroad of Wauneta, Nebraska, bumps a ball over the net during the 31st annual "River Rat Volleyball" tournament Sunday during Holbrook, Nebraska's celebration of all things summer. Winning first place in the tournament was the Cambridge, Nebraska, team called "Show Us Your Tips," made up of Taylor Quigley, Chad and Katie Flaig and Matt and Madison Chitwood. ...
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Rifle, pistol shoot Sunday
(Community Sports ~ 07/02/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The Southwest Nebraska Rifle & Pistol Club plans a shoot 1 p.m. Sunday at the range north of the McCook airport, $2 target fee. Contests include bowling pins, .22 auto and revolver, 9 mm auto, 38 special revolver, bigbore auto and revolver...
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Spanish classes start Wednesday
(Local News ~ 07/02/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Spanish classes will be offered at 512 Park Ave., 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday through July, starting this week. Cost is $100. Registration and payment in full before the classes are required. Call instructor Patty Keene at (308) 345-2862; or Linda Hedges at (308) 340-1000...
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