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Gordon L. Johnson
(Obituary ~ 03/16/11)
Jan. 13, 1929-March 14, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Gordon Lyle Johnson, 82, died Monday (March 14, 2011), at Morton County Health Center in Elkhart, Kansas. He was born Jan. 13, 1929, in Minden, Nebraska, the son of the late Iner and Mary (Ostergaard) Johnson. Gordon grew up in Minden where he graduated from Minden High School...
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UNL study estimates climate change impact on arctic
(Local News ~ 03/16/11)
Lincoln, Nebraska -- Imagine the vast, empty tundra in Alaska and Canada giving way to trees, shrubs and plants typical of more southerly climates. Imagine similar changes in large parts of Eastern Europe, northern Asia and Scandinavia, as needle-leaf and broadleaf forests push northward into areas once unable to support them. Imagine part of Greenland's ice cover, once thought permanent, receding and leaving new tundra in its wake...
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Nuclear troubles puts wind power in the spotlight
(Editorial ~ 03/16/11)
The still-developing nuclear disaster in Japan threatens to kill the nascent revival of atomic energy production in the United States, but we hope it only serves to improve reactors that will be built here in the coming decades. With few other resources, Japan had to rely on nuclear power to support an economy dependent on high productivity...
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Asking the right questions
(Column ~ 03/16/11)
I've written about Marcus before -- the little boy I looked after when my oldest, Ben, was still a babe in arms. Marcus was the most inquisitive human being I had ever encountered, repeatedly asking "why" about everything under the sun. The first time I changed Ben's diaper in his presence, Marcus had at least a dozen "why?" questions following his initial, "What are you doing now?"...
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New phone system replaces 1960s, '70s phones
(Local News ~ 03/16/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Public Schools system will pay up to $90,000 for a new phone system that will replace phones from the 1960s and 1970s. Board of education members authorized the purchase or lease/purchase Monday evening following comments by Dan Shiers and Scott Johnson, MPS technology coordinators, who explained that the new system will place a telephone in every classroom...
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Gene E. Frank
(Obituary ~ 03/16/11)
Dec. 15, 1926-March 15, 2011 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Gene E. Frank, 84, died Tuesday (March 15, 2011), at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born in rural Frontier County near Bartley on Dec. 15, 1926, to Jesse J. and Gladys A. (Turpin) Frank. Gene graduated from Bartley High School in 1944, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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