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Heath R. Swigert
(Obituary ~ 12/17/14)
Heath R. Swigert BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Heath R. Swigert, 34, died Monday (Dec. 15, 2014) at his home in Benkelman. Survivors include his parents, Robert and Cindy Swigert of Benkelman; children, Katlyn Swigert, Lynae Swigert, Julia Coleman and Jordan Coleman; grandmothers, Bertie Stroup of Benkelman and Peggy Ketler and husband, Gary of Benkelman; sister, Emilee Brown and husband, Clarence of Kearney, Nebraska; and sister, Alisha Shapley and husband, Roy of Benkelman...
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Sharla J. Trotter
(Obituary ~ 12/17/14)
Sharla J. Trotter June 8, 1937 - Dec. 12, 2014 LAKEWOOD, Col. -- Sharla J. Trotter, 77, of Lakewood, passed away Dec. 12, 2014. She was born June 8, 1937, in Stratton, Nebraska, the daughter of Ervin and Wilma (Romine) Ross. She graduated from McCook High School in 1955. On April 7, 1961, she married John Trotter of Edgewater, Colorado...
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Esther Luella Semler
(Obituary ~ 12/17/14)
Esther Luella Semler Jan. 19, 1928 - Dec. 15, 2014 ST. FRANCIS, Kan. -- Esther Luella Semler, 86, died Monday Dec. 15, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society at St. Francis. She was born Jan. 19, 1928, in Cheyenne County, Kansas. She was a homemaker and CNA...
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Mildred M. Carroll
(Obituary ~ 12/17/14)
Mildred M. Carroll May 26, 1921 - Dec. 16, 2014 ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, -- Mildred M. Carroll, 93, formerly of Oberlin, Kansas, died Tuesday (Dec. 16, 2014), at Presbyterian Manor in Arkansas City, Kansas. She was born May 26, 1921, in Deer Trail, Colorado, to William and Lulu (Connell) Davis. She grew up on a farm in Roosevelt Township, Decatur County, Kansas, and attended school in Decatur and Norton County rural schools and Almena High School...
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Chili feed, Santa at fire department Sunday
(Local News ~ 12/17/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Fire Department is coordinating a free-will donation chili feed Sunday, Dec. 21, from 12-3 p.m. at the fire station. Funds raised during the event will go towards the purchase of a new piece of exercise equipment, known as a Jacob's Ladder, for the fire station fitness room...
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Council finalizes lot sale
(Local News ~ 12/17/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook City Council granted final approval to city staff Monday evening to sell a partial city lot, approximately 3500 square feet, to Mayor Mike Gonzales and his wife for $1,540. The property is just north of the recently completed parking lot at the McCook Public Library and directly south of the Gonzales home on Norris Avenue...
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Businessman starts 'Community Christmas Tree'
(Local News ~ 12/17/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The owner of a McCook tree service has decorated what he has dubbed "The Community Christmas Tree" in a McCook, Nebraska, city park. Ryan Davis, owner of Davis Tree Service, spread his arms at the base of the 50-foot evergreen tree in Kelley Park Tuesday afternoon and said, "This is the blank canvas. Now, it's ready for some bling."...
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Toy Box in desperate need of baby doll clothes
(Local News ~ 12/17/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook's "Christmas Toy Box" is in desperate need of doll clothes, from Barbie size to baby dolls. "We have a lot of naked babies here," Barb Ostrum, "head elf" of the Toy Box effort, chuckled Monday. Outdoor drop-off locations are still located this week at Alco, Dollar General/Schmick's, McCook Christian Church and WalMart. Inside locations are McCook National Bank, First Central Bank, Eakes Office Supply and Advanced Services...
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Nebraska's most underutilized natural resource
(Editorial ~ 12/17/14)
Quick, name some of our region's top natural resources. Water? Yes, we're sitting on one of the largest freshwater resources in the world, the Ogallala Aquifer. It's the source of consternation and conflict, declining at the shallow edges and the focus of opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, which skirts the aquifer to the northeast...
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Gift ideas for budding astronomers
(Local News ~ 12/17/14)
Here are a couple more gift ideas for that astronomically minded husband, child, sibling or relative. Every astronomer likes to have maps of the sky, but who want's to pay for -- or lug around in the field -- an enormous star atlas? Instead there is a small device called a planisphere that serves the same function...
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More revelations in Department of Corrections mess
(Column ~ 12/17/14)
Just when you thought you'd read everything there was to write about problems with the Nebraska prison system, new revelations indicate a nagging intrusion from the governor's office. Parole Board Chairwoman Esther Casmer of Omaha has told a special legislative committee investigating the scandal-plagued Department of Corrections that she felt threatened by comments from Gov. ...
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'Shekels, Shillings' coin shop now open in downtown McCook
(Local News ~ 12/17/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook, Nebraska, attorney has transformed his hobby and passion into a business, opening a coin shop called "Shekels and Shillings" on the bricks in downtown McCook. Ryan Wilcox has collected coins since he was a kid, beginning with buffalo nickels and Franklin and Kennedy half-dollars. Although he says that there are still many people who collect, the focus of many collectors is turning to buying and selling gold, silver and precious metals...
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Decorate your door
(Local News ~ 12/17/14)
McCook, Nebraska, Junior High students Isabelle Paz, top, and Skyla Henning peek around the Christmas-tree decorated door of Colleen Olson's eighth grade math room. Junior high teachers -- assisted by some students after an early-dismissal Wednesday recently-- participated in a "Decorate Your Door" contest, won by Deb Florke's "Santa stuck in the chimney" into her sixth grade science classroom. ...
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