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Moving slowly, but steadily forward
(Column ~ 08/04/22)
Did instant gratification begin with the microwave when cooking a meal went from an hour to mere minutes? Can our desire to see and do everything now be blamed on automobiles, giving us personal access to go wherever we want? Are our shortened attention spans blamed on these giant advances in technology, making it possible to have almost endless entertainment and information at our fingertips?...
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Glen Ernest Kirk
(Obituary ~ 08/04/22)
Glen Ernest Kirk June 14, 1936 - July 28, 2022 BELLEVILLE, Kan. — Glen Ernest Kirk died peacefully after a day of being surrounded by close family, on July 28, 2022, in Belleville, due to complications of a stroke. Glen was 86 years old. Glen Ernest Kirk, the eldest child of Ernest and Kathryn (Thompson) Kirk was born on a farm on the northeast side of Scandia, Kan., June 14, 1936. He was one of two children, his brother is Alan D. Kirk of Scandia, Kan...
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Man killed in truck wreck Wednesday
(Local News ~ 08/04/22)
McCOOK, Neb. — Traffic was diverted for several hours after fiery crash killed a Hitchcock County man Wednesday. Red Willow County Sheriff Alan Kotschwar said Patrick Bryan Grossman, 48, lost control of an eastbound truck on U.S. Highway 6-34 and the truck rolled and burst into flame. McCook and Red Willow Western Rural Fire Department, Nebraska State Patrol and Red Willow County sheriff’s officers responded to the scene...
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Maintaining access to water
(Column ~ 08/04/22)
INDIANOLA, Neb. — On July 25, we got about .35 inches of rain and I had marked on my calendar that we also got .25 on the 24th of June. Needless to say, a half-inch in one month’s time must mean we aren’t living right, or as the world evolves naturally over centuries, that’s just the way it’s going to be...
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