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Alone time
(Column ~ 05/04/17)
I noticed something yesterday as Hubby and I sat together in the bleachers all day at my daughter’s track meet. We were hunched under a big umbrella, all squished together, not really saying much, just watching the races when it hit me. We were alone. It had just been the two of us all day. In fact, there are lots of days anymore where it’s just him and me with no kids. When did that happen?? Why didn’t I realize it?...
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Whiteclay: Some progress is better than none
(Editorial ~ 05/04/17)
The Legislature has kicked the Whiteclay beer can down the road — to Rushville, Neb., 21 miles to the south, where the neared liquor stores are still open. But that shows at least some movement toward a solution of the alcohol problem that has been plaguing the Oglala Lakota Tribe on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian reservation for generations...
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Is NSEA throwing its weight around?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/04/17)
A Gazette story last week insinuated that the Nebraska State Education Association had "demanded" Gov. Pete Ricketts sign a proclamation honoring the Association's 150 years of service to children and public schools. Nothing could be further from the truth...
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Bill targets teacher retirement options
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — State lawmakers debated a bill Wednesday targeting the practice of “double dipping” into teacher retirement funds by retiring and immediately seeking reemployment within the public retirement system. “I realize there is a substitute teacher shortage but there would be pretty significant saving if LB 415 would be enacted,” said District 44 State Sen. Dan Hughes this morning...
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New fire pits will require city permits
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — City leaders granted final reading approval to a new backyard fire pit ordinance Monday evening, including a previously undiscussed change which added a permit requirement. Fire Chief Marc Harpham indicated the added requirement stemmed from recent discussions with City Building Inspector Barry Mooney. ...
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Indians ready to host regular-season finales
(College Sports ~ 05/04/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — The weather outlook actually looks really good for McCook Community College’s regular-season baseball finales against Western Nebraska on Friday. The Indians have lost recent games against Southeast along with other foes due to rainy, snowy conditions...
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New Bison coach bringing plan on Friday
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/17)
Amy Scheil’s basketball motor has rarely stopped while moving through high school, college and many years of coaching young players. Now it’s rolling into McCook on Friday for an important first meeting with her newest opportunity: coaching McCook High girls’ basketball...
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Time for McCook's big tennis tests
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/17)
Stuck inside and taking big swings at each other might not sound like a great way to beat the recent bad weather. Like amost everything else this spring, it should work perfectly for McCook’s terrific girls tennis team. “With the team we have this season, there are many day where just practicing against each other is our best competition,” coach Matt Wiemers said. “The girls understand our concept that competition breeds success.”...
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Science class
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
Bill Elliott, Red Willow County’s hazardous materials specialist, plucks vials of potentially toxic chemicals from a 1930’s-era child’s science lab before it will be displayed at the Museum of the High Plains in McCook. The lab contains a microscope, slides, test tubes, specimen collector jars, a dissecting stand with magnifier and a dry-electric power pack. ...
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Helmets key part of bicycle safety
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — Elementary schools in McCook and Linda Maiden’s State Farm Insurance Office cooperated this spring for the 28th year to teach first and third graders about bicycle safety and the importance of wearing helmets. Maiden agrees with the National Safe Kids Campaign that a single rule — wear a helmet — can reduce the risk of head injury in a bicycle accident by as much as 85 percent...
- Carl Edwin Lutz (Obituary ~ 05/04/17)
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