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Rancher in search of runaway horse
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
WAUNETA, Nebraska -- A Wauneta-area rancher is looking for his missing horse. Tom Kiplinger of McCook said this morning that he sold the quarterhorse gelding to Kent Buffington of rural Wauneta over the weekend, and Monday, "he escaped ... he did a disappearing act."...
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Kayla J. Quist
(Obituary ~ 09/24/13)
Kayla J. Quist Feb. 14, 1965 - Sept. 20, 2013 GREELEY, Colorado -- Kayla J. Quist, CMSW, 48, passed away on Sept. 20, 2013, at the hospital in Greeley, Colorado, of complications from MS. Kayla was born in Little Falls, Minnesota on Feb. 14, 1965. She graduated from high school in Brighton, Colorado, in 1983 and received her BA from Midland Luteran College in Fremont, Nebraska in 1987. ...
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Eager Beaver Day Parade
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
Arapahoe Junior High School band members and the Southern Valley Eagles band provide the marching beat for the annual Eager Beaver Day Parade Saturday in Beaver City, Nebraska
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MCC's new dean of students on campus
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Community College's new Dean of Student Life, Brian Obert arrived on campus last week to begin his duties. "I see Brian as our chief judicial officer on campus so when we have student discipline issues, club and activity questions, and just concerns about students that may not be disciplinary, those will be his responsibilities," said Andy Long, MCC Vice President...
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Harvest begins
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
A combine collects the 2013 corn harvest south of Wilsonville, Nebraska, Sept. 19. Photographer Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, used these settings to get the shoto: f/9, 1/200, iso100, 55mm. The McCook Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. Readers can contribute to our daily weather page, subject to space and color availability, by emailing photos to editor2@ocsmccook.com or bringing them into the Gazette offices at West First and E Streets. ...
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'Flying Saves Lives' is theme of state aviation art contest
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Since 1986, the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics has sponsored an annual Aviation Art Contest for the benefit of our youth. The program goal is to motivate and encourage young people to become more familiar with and participate in aeronautics, engineering, math and science. There are three age categories of contestants: 6-9, 10-13 and 14-17 for boys and girls...
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Emergency responders take training
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Those who have served in our nation's armed forces are likely familiar with the phrase, "hurry up and wait." It is commonly used to describe the two phases of existence for enlisted individuals, the whirlwind of training and deployment activity coupled with the lull that exists the rest of the time...
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Diverted flood waters should help recharge Republican River
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, local natural resources districts, and irrigation districts in the Platte River Basin have taken steps to divert floodwaters out of the river as they moved into Nebraska from Colorado...
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Road repair project begins Monday
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Department of Roads will begin a mill-and-asphalt overlay project on Nebraska Highway 89 west of Beaver City on Monday, weather permitting. The project will begin at the Highway 89 and U.S. 283 junction and continue east for two miles...
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Downtown, on main street
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
Brianna Navara of the Cambridge High School Art Club paints a stylized Cambridge Trojan on the check of Brenna Johansen of Bartley, during Cambridge's annual "Old-Fashioned Saturday Night." In the pig pen, two girls chased a greased pig, while on main street, Don Trosper of "Huskerfields" grilled hot dogs and -- oh, my! -- sausage!? The event recreates a typical mid-century Saturday evening in a rural American community when everyone went to town or went downtown, did their "tradin'" and caught up on the news and gossip with friends and family. ...
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West Nile virus confirmed in Southwest Nebraska
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Three positive tests of West Nile Virus for residents living in southwest Nebraska has been reported to Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) within seven days. Confirmation came from lab testing by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. SWNPHD serves Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, Perkins and Red Willow counties. This is a total of four cases since July in southwest Nebraska...
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On a Saturday night
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
Staci Tomlin of Cambridge and Mike Ross of Bartley meet over the motorcycles during Cambridge's annual "Old-Fashioned Saturday Night." The 1947 Indian Chief Roadmaster belongs to Gene Witte of Cambridge. It's turquoise and cream, "just like my wife's '57 Chevy," he chuckled. ...
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Dodging responsibility
(Column ~ 09/24/13)
A tip of the hat to Al White, who died this week. Al was one of the few GI's left who passed through the McCook Army Air Base during World War II and returned to stay. Al crewed B-29s here and also found the love of his life a local girl, Dorothy Stewart. ...
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Keystone XL Pipeline -- Why counties will benefit
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/24/13)
OMAHA, Nebraska -- The Platte Institute for Economic Research has released a policy brief analyzing the economic benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline for counties in Nebraska, including job and revenue projections for the twelve counties in the proposed pipeline's path. The brief also summarizes the economic impact for the counties impacted by the first Keystone pipeline...
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Keystone XL Pipeline -- Oil and water don't mix
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/24/13)
The Keystone XL pipeline threatens natural resources that rural folks depend on. The pipeline is not in the best interest of America's small towns or those that depend upon agriculture for their livelihood. Rural America has a key role to play in America's energy future, but we need to make sure that we are doing energy development that will help and not hurt our farms, ranches and small towns. ...
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Get an early start in fight against flu
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
We had unusually hot weather at the end of summer, but there's a welcome chill in the air as October approaches. Pumpkins are out for fall decorations and Halloween, and we're already being invited to use lay-away plans for our Christmas shopping. Can the flu season be far away?...
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Jail construction
(Local News ~ 09/24/13)
Concrete blocks and steel beams mark progress in Red Willow County's new $5.1 million, 24-bed jail and law enforcement center. Beckenhauer Construction Inc. of Norfolk started work in April, and officials anticipate 14 months until completion.
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