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Cole-Boring, Pennel
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
Margaret Cole-Boring and Rex Pennel both of Turon, Kan., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Richard and Darlene Cole of Culbertson and Joe and Pat Pennel of Turon. The bride-to-be is a 1978 graduate of Culbertson High School and a 1982 graduate of Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan. ...
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Roth, Lytle
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
Gary and Christine Roth of McCook, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Sara Grace Roth to Jeffery Brian Lytle of McCook, son of Jim and Anita Lytle also of McCook. The bride-to-be is a 2001 McCook High School Graduate and attends McCook Community College. ...
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Michaelsen, Howard
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
Heather Michaelsen and Ryan Howard both of Lincoln, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Rick and Betty Michaelsen of McCook and Joseph and Margaret Howard of Fremont. The bride-to-be is employed at ZC Sterling Insurance Agency. The prospective bridegroom is employed Lincoln Parks and Recreation. An April 27, 2002, ceremony is planned at Southview Baptist Church in Lincoln...
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Carman 50th anniversary
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
The children of Max and Janice (Claar) Carman are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary April 1. Children of the couple are Tami and Roger Baker of Port Bolivar, Texas; Mark and Cathy Carman of McCook and Lynn and Jim Herbic of Salina, Kan. They have six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 306 North East, Oberlin, KS 67749...
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Doak 25th anniversary
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
The children of Elza and LeaAnn Doak are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. They were married March 26, 1977, at the Methodist Church in McCook. Their children are Amelia and Marcie Doak of McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 1112 W. Third, McCook, NE 69001...
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Rucker, Myers wed
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
Mildred Rucker and Arvene Myers were united in marriage on Jan. 5, 2002 at McCook Christian Church, with their grandson, Scott Beckenhauer, officiating. The couple's children, Carol Schumann, Jerry Rucker, Connie Ward, Richard Myers, Cheri Beckenhauer and Steve Myers, were in attendance...
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Dernovich, Hodge
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
Jessica Dernovich of Culbertson and Mark Hodge of Lincoln announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Kathy and Donald Dernovich of Culbertson and Kathy and Dennis Hodge of Lincoln. The bride-to-be is Mid-Plains Community College-North Platte graduate, with an associate's degree in nursing. ...
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Lucas, Nolan II
(Other Record ~ 03/25/02)
Diane Lucas and Jimmy Nolan II, both of McCook, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Dennis and Charlotte Lucas of Wauneta and Jim Nolan of St. Joseph, Mo., and the late Alberta Nolan. The bride-to-be is employed at Southwest Area Training Services as a residental supervisor. The prospective bridegroom is employed at Magrath's. A June 8, 2002, ceremony is planned at the Wauneta Methodist Church in Wauneta...
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Bonnie J. McClain
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
BEAVER CITY -- Bonnie J. McClain, 82, died Thursday (March 21, 2002) at Beaver City Manor. She was born Jan. 25, 1920, to John and Mabel (Chambers) Bickford at Beaver City. She graduated from Hendley High School in 1938. On June 20, 1943, she married A.F. ...
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Christina Ellen Helm
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
INDIANOLA -- Christina Ellen Helm, 17, died Saturday (March 23, 2002) near Perry, west of McCook, of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was born Nov. 3, 1984, to Mark Walter and Victoria "Vicki" Elizabeth (Barlow) Helm at North Platte. She was a Junior at Republican Valley High School. She sang in the high school choir and was a past band member. She was a life guard at the Indianola pool. She lived most of her life in the Indianola area...
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Pearl G. Cameron
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
OBERLIN -- Pearl G. Cameron, 84, died Saturday (March 23, 2002) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born Feb. 23, 1918, to Thomas and Rena (Taylor) McMann in Rexford. She was raised in Dresden and graduated from Dresden High School in 1936...
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Evelyn Faye (Myer) Creach-Friesen
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
BENKELMAN -- Evelyn Faye (Myer) Creach-Friesen, 94, died Wednesday (March 20, 2002) at Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. She was born Dec. 23, 1907, on a ranch north of Callaway. She graduated from Franklin High School in 1926 and graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors from Chadron State College in 1957, earning her bachelor of science degree in education. She taught for 41 years in Nebraska, Wyoming, Maryland, Missouri and Kansas...
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Phyllis E. Niemeier
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
CAMBRIDGE -- Phyllis E. Niemeier, 75, died Thursday (March 21, 2002) at the Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe.] She was born on Aug. 20, 1926, to Arthur Mattoon and Jessie Eleanor (Watson) Hyde at Fowler, Colo. She grew up in the Edison area and attended school in Edison...
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Eugene L. Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
BEAVER CITY -- Eugene L. Smith, 86, died Friday, (March 22, 2002) at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. He was born Oct. 23, 1915, to Eugene Leroy and Alta Frances (Jones) Smith at Orangevale, Calif. He attended grade schools in Sacramento Valley and graduated from San Juan High School in 1934. He was a truck driver...
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Florence Catherine Unger
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
Florence Catherine Unger, 78, died Friday, (March 22, 2002) at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 18, 1923 at Herndon to Frank and Anna (Kogl) Weishapl. She graduated from Atwood High School in 1940, and later became a teacher there. During World War II she worked in Omaha for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers...
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Children, chickens and bees
(Column ~ 03/25/02)
The old McCook Elks Club at 611 Norris Ave. served as a "waiting room" for the 10th annual Crippled Children's Clinic on June 27, 1942. Children and their parents from an eight-county area in Southwest Nebraska were shuttled back and forth between the Elks Club and St. Catherine's Hospital in the 1200 block of West 4th Street. The Nebraska Bureau of Child Welfare had actually been in charge of the clinics for several years...
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Sexual behavior in the new millennium
(Column ~ 03/25/02)
Sexuality is always a controversial topic, even in the new millennium. As recently as a generation ago, sexual behavior was not a subject to be discussed openly and it was not a subject to be discussed by "nice" people. As recently as the 1950s, if a man and woman were shown in the bedroom on television or even in the movies, they had to be married, they slept in separate beds, and if they happened to be on the same bed, one foot had to be on the floor...
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Early McCook as a health spa destination
(Column ~ 03/25/02)
California has its sun at Palm Springs, Colorado has Estes Park and its mountains, Wyoming has Thermopolis and its mineral baths, and Minnesota has its healers at the Mayo Clinic. All ofthese locations attract people from far offplaces who come to improve their health in one manner or another. In 1893 the good folks of McCook had aspirations that their city might become a similar destination...
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All-Area teams honor quest for sports excellence
(Column ~ 03/25/02)
In this morning's edition, the Gazette introduces an exciting new approach to recognizing outstanding high school athletes. Months in the making, the project is called the "Golden Plains All-Area Basketball Teams" and is unveiled in a two- and-a-quarter page spread on pages 9, 10 and 11...
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Who will pay?
(Column ~ 03/25/02)
I am back for a few weeks and was reading old news. I did not know that McCook was growing fast enough to annex more land. Is this another way of collecting monies for the city's shortfalls. In the process the city talks about declining population in McCook. Does this mean that we the big city will get more industry because we are growing so fast? Who pays for the paving of new streets and alleys, new roads? Guess who? The almighty taxpayer...
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Area musical show deserves golden statue
(Column ~ 03/25/02)
Watch out, Hollywood! Here comes McCook! On a weekend when the world was watching the Oscars' gala in Hollywood, musical theater performers from Southwest Nebraska were making names for themselves on the stage at McCook High School. The show was "Damn Yankees" and it was sensational!...
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Ruth A. Hall
(Obituary ~ 03/25/02)
CURTIS -- Ruth A. Hall, 80, died Thursday (March 21, 2002) at her home in Curtis. She was born Dec. 14, 1921, in a sod house southwest of Curtis to Clarence A. "Jack" and Ettie B. Dettra Hinton. She attended the North Star School in District No. 29 and graduated from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis in 1939...
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