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Tuesday sports shorts (1/18/2005): Colby tourney, McCook soph/frosh boys, NCTA, Eustis-Farnam
(High School Sports ~ 01/18/05)
McCook boys, girls competing at Colby Orange and Black Classic The McCook High School boys and girls basketball teams are slated to compete at the 2005 Colby Orange and Black Classic Thursday through Saturday. The McCook boys (4-8) will play Liberal in the first round at 4:45 p.m. at the Colby Community Building...
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Kinne birth
(Births ~ 01/18/05)
CAMBRIDGE -- Mark and Sarah Kinne announce the birth of their daughter, Brittni Ann, Dec. 7, 2004, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20 inches long. She has one brother, Tyler, 2. Grandparents are Rex and Barb Ostrum of McCook, Paul Kinne of McCook and Steve and Carla Allen of Stapleton. Great-grandparents are Bud and Phyllis Jacobs of Omaha and Hazel Ostrum of Harvard, Ill...
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City turns down college parking plan
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
McCook Community College will not be allowed to replace two homes with a parking lot, after action by the McCook City Council Monday night. Two neighbors adjacent to the property provided testimony during a public hearing to discuss the issue of placing a 28-space parking lot between East Third and East Fourth on L Street...
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Plenty of caps; not enough postage
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
The donations of ball caps for troops serving in Iraq has been so overwhelming, we have a favor to ask -- no more hats -- at least for now. Gloria Masoner, who started the drive, estimates the Gazette has received at least 2,000 caps and several dozen pairs of socks...
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New cell phone restrictions unlikely
(Editorial ~ 01/18/05)
Cell phones are a distraction ... no question about it. You find that out in cars, in stores, in offices and at home. One minute you are casually driving or strolling along; the next moment you are jolted by the jangling of a cell phone. The ringing may be for you; or it may be for someone else; but, regardless, your daily routine is interrupted...
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Time to think about fireworks?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/05)
**Dear Editor, As I sit here tonight, the weatherman says that the temperature outside feels like --4 degrees and the overnight low is expected to be --6 degrees with wind chills approaching --20. This is hardly the type of weather required to get you excited about the subject of this letter. Fireworks...
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The flavor of freedom
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/05)
**Dear Editor, Are people so lacking in mental acuity that they've forgotten what happened when alcohol was outlawed, or are they certain that it won't happen this time with cigarettes? Americans are an unruly lot in some cases, so when booze went by the wayside, it became a status thing to know who was drinking and where they got it...
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Osama bin Laden and Custer?
(Column ~ 01/18/05)
I don't know when a PBS special, "Meeting Osama bin Laden" will be aired again, but anyone who wonders what might be behind the September 11 attacks should do their best to watch it. The only son of the 10th wife of the man who was builder to the Saudi royal family, Osama developed a deep hatred toward the United States after feeling slighted by the Saudis, and seeing their close relationship with America...
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Delivery flight
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
Andy Nielsen poses in McCook near the airplane he is delivering to a California customer for the Cirrus aircraft company of Duluth, Minn. Nielsen, 26, works for UND Aerospace, which provides flight training services for the company. The aircraft started as a homebuilt design, but is now being manufactured at a rate of 12 a week. ...
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Hospital keeping watchful eye for whooping cough
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
While the State of Nebraska has reported an increase in the number of pertussis, or whooping cough, there have been no cases confirmed through the laboratory at Community Hospital, according to Jan Fidler, Vice President of Patient Care Services. Of the 103 confirmed cases in Nebraska in 2004, most were in Douglas County, Fidler said. Nationwide, pertussis is at a 40-year high, with 39 percent of the reported cases affecting those between 10 and 19, according to the Center for Disease Control...
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Freedom has to stop somewhere
(Opinion ~ 01/18/05)
I just thought I would let people in McCook know why Lincoln decided to pass the smoking ban by a large margin. According to the 2004 Surgeon General's report, smoking causes 25 major cancers and diseases. Mr. Hendricks says cancers are basically just genetic...
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