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Clara 'Velma' (Harshfield) Ogorzolka
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Clara 'Velma' (Harshfield) Ogorzolka Jan. 2, 1922 - July 24, 2015 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Clara "Velma" (Harshfield) Ogorzolka, 93, died Friday (July 24, 2015), at Kearney. Services are pending with Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge.
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Lana Sue Eberlein
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Lana Sue Eberlein Aug. 10, 1955 -- July 23, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Lana Sue Eberlein, age 59, of Stratton, Nebraska, passed away peacefully after her short but hard-fought battle with cancer, on July 23, 2015, at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska...
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McConville anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 07/28/15)
40th anniversary The family of Dennis and Kem McConville of Indianola, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary Aug. 1. They were married in 1975 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola. Their family includes children, Dannette and Jason Kloepping of Bartley, Nebraska, Dustin and Shelley McConville of Hemingford, Nebraska, Derek and Paige McConville of Lexington, Nebraska; and six grandchildren with one on the way. ...
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On the record
(Other Record ~ 07/28/15)
This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...
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MPCC raffle car, restored 1957 Chevy sedan, headed to Arapahoe
(Community News ~ 07/28/15)
ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- The Mid-Plains Community College raffle car will be on display in Arapahoe this weekend. It will be set up at the eighth annual Arapahoe Show and Shine in the city park from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The 1957 Chevy two-door post sedan is being raffled by the North Platte Community College Foundation. Known in many circles as one of the most famous "icons" of the 1950s, the car is a legendary classic sought by collectors all over the world...
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Protection order violation nets jail time
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook man with a history of arrests and disturbing the peace convictions, accused most recently of smashing out the windshield of an ex-girlfriend's SUV with a tire iron, was sentenced to jail time recently in Red Willow County District Court...
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AARP, SHIIP, Community Hospital offer free retirement planning session
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- AARP and Nebraska Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)will present a free workshop on Aug. 12 to help people prepare financially for retirement. The session will review what soon-to-be-retirees need to know about Social Security and Medicare...
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New economic development consultant named for area
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Nebraska Department of Economic Development has hired Ashley Rice-Gerlach of Cambridge, Neb., to serve as economic development consultant for southwest Nebraska. She will provide business development, expansion, start-up, and community development assistance. The region was previously served by Kelly Gewecke, who will now oversee the central region...
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'Catch-A-Calf'
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
At the Rawlins County Fair in Atwood July 22, livestock judge Marty Fear of St. Francis, Kansas, and 4-H'er Natalie Hawkins discuss the Hereford steer that Natalie won in the Denver Stock Show "Catch-A-Calf" contest in 2014, and will show this year in the stock show. "He's a good steer," Fear told Hawkins. "He has bright prospects in Denver."...
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Young exhibitors
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
Rawlins County Fair livestock judge Marty Fear of St. Francis praised Ryan Sramek who exhibited at the 2015 county fair the cow that he started as a bucket calf and the cow's spring calf that he will show as a steer in the 2016 county fair. Ryan's sister, Sadie, showed the calf. ...
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Don't let eye troubles hinder student learning
(Editorial ~ 07/28/15)
First, a disclaimer: No advertiser has influenced the choice of a topic for today's editorial. That doesn't mean the Gazette doesn't have a vested interest in the subject, however. That's because we depend on our readers being able to -- well, read -- our product, whether it's the version that's printed on paper or published online...
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Immigration dustup
(Column ~ 07/28/15)
In the political news of late there has been considerable angst concerning porous borders and illegal immigration. Yet we as a country are a nation of immigrants. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my light beside the golden door." -- Emma Lazarus. So it says right there on the base of the Statue-of-Liberty in New York Harbor. What happened?...
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City expenses expected to climb more than revenues
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- City expenses are projected to outpace revenue increases in the coming budget and city leaders have renewed discussions around finding alternative income sources, while indicating equipment replacement would be near impossible without sales tax...
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Dorothy E. (Wight) Foster
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Dorothy E. (Wight) Foster March 10, 1922 -- July 28, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Dorothy E. (Wight) Foster was born on a farmstead ten miles southwest of Curtis, Nebraska, on March 10, 1922, to Benjamin and Lydia (Fischer) Wight. She spent her childhood growing up and attending school in Bartley, graduating from Bartley High School as valedictorian in 1938. She passed away on July 28, 2015, at the Cambridge Manor...
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