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Writer Ray
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Writer Ray July 14, 1933 - Jan. 11, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska --Writer Ray, born Raymond Tyler Lofvendahl in Clarksfork, Idaho on July 14, 1933, passed away peacefully in McCook, Nebraska on Jan. 11, 2013, with family by his side. Before joining the army, Ray was adopted by his stepfather and his last name became Lubben...
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Billie Jean James Boyer
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Billie Jean James Boyer July 7, 1945 - Jan. 3, 2013 TOMBALL, Texas -- Billie Jean James Boyer, oldest daughter of Harold E. James (deceased) and Dolores June Bestol James, rejoined the Creator on Jan. 3, 2013. She was 67 years old. She was born July 7, 1945, in Hyannis, Nebraska and graduated from Mullin High School. ...
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Chris L. Nelsen
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Chris L. Nelsen Aug. 17, 1959 - Jan. 11, 2013 MAXWELL, Nebraska -- Chris L. Nelsen, age 53, of York, Nebraska, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, near Maxwell. He was born Aug. 17, 1959, at McCook, Nebraska, to Robert 'LeRoy' and Velma (Ramels) Nelsen and graduated in 1978 from Curtis-Medicine Valley High School. ...
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Ethel W. Nemeth
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Ethel W. Nemeth March 13, 1926 - Dec. 25, 2012 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Ethel W. Nemeth, 86, died Dec. 25, 2012, at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. She was born March 13, 1926, in Dresden, Kansas, to Chris and Mabel (Litton) Ehler. She was raised on a farm near Dresden. She graduated from Dresden High School in 1954 and attended business school in Denver, Colorado...
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Marjorie E. Paschall Hicks
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Marjorie E. Paschall Hicks Feb. 21, 1927 - Jan. 9, 2013 FREMONT, Nebraska -- Marjorie E. Paschall Hicks, 85, died Wednesday (Jan. 9, 2013), at the Pathfinder house in Fremont. She was born Feb. 21, 1927, in Lexington, Nebraska, to Pete and Hattie 'Welliver' Richards. ...
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Ruth Elizabeth Clason
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Ruth Elizabeth Clason April 28, 1930 - Jan.12, 2013 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Ruth Elizabeth Clason, 82, of Beaver City, died Saturday (Jan.12, 2013), at the Josie Harper Hospice House, in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born on April 28, 1930, to Aldoph Oscar and Hulda Josefina Wasenius in Oxford, Nebraska...
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Rural clinics complete surveys
(Business ~ 01/15/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska--Community Hospital's two rural medical clinics successfully completed unannounced State of Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services Rural Health Clinic surveys in late November, according to Diana Gross, Community Hospital Outpatient Clinic Manager...
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REAP announces January hours
(Business ~ 01/15/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dena Beck, central and southwest Nebraska Business Specialist with the Center for Rural Affairs' Rural Enterprise Assistance Project will hold office hours in McCook on Jan. 25. Hours will be 10:00 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. McCook Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) will handle the appointments; (308) 345-1200. MEDC office is located at 402 Norris Avenue, Suite 301 (Keystone Business Center - 3rd Floor)...
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Local student named among Who's Who
(Features ~ 01/15/13)
KIRKSVILLE, Missouri. -- A.T. Still University students, including Kimberly Serbousek of McCook, have been named as Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges recipients for 2012-13. This prestigious honor recognizes top students from across the nation based on GPA, student leadership and involvement on campus, community involvement, and future leadership ability. ...
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Great Plains Communications to provide up to $35,000 for schools
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
BLAIR, Nebraska -- Continuing its efforts to promote education in the communities it serves, Great Plains Communications is offering up to $35,000 in grants and scholarships. The company will award up to $15,000 dollars in college scholarships for a wide range of interests and learning styles including technical institutes, four-year colleges, and distance learning programs. ...
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Medicine Valley announces honors
(Features ~ 01/15/13)
CURTIS, Nebraska -- Medicine Valley Schools has released the names of students recieving academic honors during the second quarter and first semester of the 2012-13 school year. Double asterisks on the honor rolls indicate that the students received all A's...
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Southern Valley Scholars
(Features ~ 01/15/13)
Southern Valley Schools gathers student scholars for a photo as first semester honor roll with distinction and honor roll designations are announced. Honor roll with distinction (95 percent grade point average or higher) recipients are -- Seventh grade: Cassandra Rae Bose, Kade Michael Bose, Alexis Gene Crawford and Kylee Alexis Woodring; Eighth grade: Ian Robert Coffey, Braiden Aaron Dawson, Trent Charles Krejdl, Laranda Lammers, Tia Richelle Norman, Savana Jo Quinn and Ian Josef Len York; Freshmen: Katelynn Renee Dietz, Haley Lee Ehrke, Trak Allen Lewis, John Warner Malzacher, Matthew James Malzacher and Jacinda Ruth Vollmer; Sophomores: Joslyn Rose Ballou, Shelisa Mary Lee Brooks, Frank Dean Cayou, Baily Beth Craig, Elizabeth Rene' Dawson, Wendolyn McGinnis Dietz, Abigail Leigh Eden, Peyton Victoria Ellis, Bailey June Graff, Brooke Corrinne Hays, Thomas John Hoxmeier, Samuel Dean Hunt, Austin Wayne Krejdl, Jeremiah Janssen Perkins, Hunter Joe Quinn and Alan Sivestre Varela; Juniors: Tony Danial Dietz, Michael Christopher Longsine and Griffin James Bridger York; Seniors: Steven Michael Andrijeski, Randy WayneBrink, Erin Jane Conley, Brooke Ashton Eden, Alexander Carl Eman, Payshence Marie Ester, Nicole Marie Forbes, Mikaela Elizabeth Hoxmeier, Spencer Steven Kucera, Alicia Marie Lambert, Jaelyn Cleora Lerwis, Amanda Jolene Long, Kaylee Dee Moore, McKenzie Taylor-Ann Nielsen, Ali LoRee Norman, Jordan Daneen Paine, Kattie Leigh Sadd, Mega Joyce Schoen, John Carl Shaw, Garrett Leigh Skiles, Jennifer Rose Sladky, Danielle Lee Stevens and Cody William Wittfoth. ...
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Parole hearing set for man involved in standoff
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man sentenced to 3-5 years in January 2012, for firing a weapon at EMS personnel responding to a report of a possibly suicidal individual, has been scheduled for a parole hearing in March 2013. According to representatives with the Nebraska Board of Parole the offender, Raymond Miley, is eligible for parole on or after April 7, 2013, which is just over nine months after his 3-5 year sentence began in July 2012...
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Bredvick re-elected as school board reorganizes
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- New officers were elected at the regular McCook School Board meeting Monday night. Tom Bredvick was unanimously re-elected as board president, nominated by fellow board member Larry Shields. Bredvick nominated Sandy Krysl as vice president and she was unanimously elected. She takes over for Shields...
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Norfolk firm will build jail for $5.1 million
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners signed a contract Monday afternoon with a construction company whose officials presented an estimate that does not exceed the $5.1 million construction cost and bond maximum set by commissioners and architects to build a new 24-bed county jail...
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Create a shrine to George W. Bush
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/15/13)
The vacated city auditorium has been a topic of discussion: What to do with it? One plausible solution is this: Convert it into the George W. Bush Shrine of Democracy. The finest president in American history (only a few nutjobs would dispute it) had big ears, huge gigantic colossal ears...
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Why democracies fail
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/15/13)
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. ...
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El Dictator
(Column ~ 01/15/13)
His name was Mike and we spent a lot of time together learning to fly an old airplane. It was in the spring of 1972 and I was preparing to go on my 4th deployment to the war in Vietnam. The airplane was the thirty-plus year old C-47 "Gooney Bird" or DC-3 in civilian colors when used everywhere as an airliner...
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Milton Edwin 'Ed' Rogers
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Milton Edwin 'Ed' Rogers Jan. 25, 1926 - Jan.11, 2013 LONGMONT, Colorado -- Former McCook resident, Milton Edwin "Ed" Rogers, 86 died Jan. 11, 2013, at his home in Longmont, Colorado. A celebration of life service will be Jan. 17 at 2 p.m. at Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel, 607 Norris Ave, McCook, Nebraska. Viewing will be Wednesday, Jan. 16 , family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m...
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Dr. Batty a lover of life who won't soon be forgotten
(Editorial ~ 01/15/13)
Dr. John Batty, 98, passed away Friday at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946, Dr. Batty accepted a position at the McCook Clinic, where he was a general practice physician. He continued to practice medicine in McCook until his retirement in 1984...
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