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Ronald Richard Frank
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
CULBERTSON -- Ronald Richard Frank, 51, died Monday (Jan 5, 2004) at his home in Culbertson. He was born Oct. 17, 1952, to Wiley Ray Frank and Evelyn Joyce Brown in Cambridge. He grew up in Lebanon where he graduated from Lebanon High School in 1971...
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Lester Paul Pianalto
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
KEARNEY -- Lester Paul Pianalto, 78, of Atwood, died Wednesday (Jan. 7, 2004), at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born Dec. 9, 1925, in Gem, Kan., to George and Clara (Barenberg) Pianalto. He attended Tully School for six years. In 1937, the family moved to a farm southwest of Atwood. He finished grade school and graduated from Atwood Community High School...
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Gunner Hall
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
ATWOOD -- Gunnar Hall, 56, died Friday (Jan. 9, 2004) at Rawlins County Hospital in Atwood. He was born May 13, 1947, in Framingham, Mass. On Aug. 29, 1987, he married Theresa Lynn Kelling in Smith Center, Kan. He lived in Atwood since 1985, after moving from Smith Center...
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Heble and Taylor wedding
(Wedding ~ 01/09/04)
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. -- Jennifer Heble and Roger Taylor, both of the Woodlands, Texas were united in marriage Aug. 2, 2003, in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., with the Rev. Ivan Beach of St. Andrew's Church in Panama City, Fla., officiating. Parents of the couple are Pat and Charlie Powers of McCook, the late Steve Heble and Marcia Taylor of Mesquite, Texas...
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Nicholson birthday
(Birthdays ~ 01/09/04)
The family of Dorothy Nicholson is hosting an open house in honor of her 90th birthday, Jan. 18, 2-4 p.m., at the Red Willow Community Building on the fairgrounds. She was born Jan. 14, 1914 in McCook.
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Hometown sendoff for soldiers
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
STRATTON -- In a small town like Stratton, the absence of three of its citizens will be deeply felt, but none will feel it deeper than the families who will be anxiously awaiting their return. Eddie Minary, Bernard Andrijeski and Tom Jones, who serve with the Nebraska Army National Guard in McCook will be leaving home for a tour of duty in Iraq on Jan. 13...
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Going down?
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
Dave Carfield (holding scissors) heralds the opening of the new elevator at the McCook YMCA. The elevator will now allow easier access to the lower level of the fitness facility. Randy Korgan (left, holding ribbon), congratulated YMCA board members on its continuing growth...
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Air ambulance service plans to begin operations in May
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
A new chapter in Southwest Nebraska healthcare will begin in May when the region becomes home to a new air ambulance service combining advanced emergency care with speed Currently, when air ambulance transport is needed, hospitals or emergency medical service agencies must rely on services based nearly 100 miles away...
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Ethanol plant taking applications
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
TRENTON -- Trenton Agri Products LLC announced Friday that applications for permanent plant employment at its Southwest Nebraska ethanol plant are now being accepted. Charlie Wilson, president of Trenton Agri Products, said "construction progress at the new ethanol production facility near Trenton is proceeding on schedule. In anticipation of the plant being operational in March, we are now prepared to focus on hiring and training of new employees."...
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Pass energy bill as soon as possible
(Editorial ~ 01/09/04)
It's becoming harder and harder for American farmers to be heard. Powerful equipment and technological advances have drastically reduced the number of ag producers, leaving too few to be a significant force in most state's elections. Proudly, Nebraska, Kansas and other farm states are bucking the trend. Because there are so few of us, it makes it all the more important that an all-out effort continue to ensure that agriculture remains in the forefront of America's plans and policies...
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Up the slope, out of the box
(Column ~ 01/09/04)
An article in January Shape magazine listed several suggestions to improve your happiness, ranging from singing out-loud to laughing to personalizing your work space (with pictures, not just empty Mountain Dew cans). After reading the article, I realized I had completed two of the suggestions: asking a stranger his or her life story and completing a physical feat, even if it's alone. I combined both of those tasks by skiing -- by myself...
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Other innocents
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/04)
**Dear Editor, Enclosed is an article from the Omaha World Herald on 1-6 A.D. 2004. "Anti-war ballad earns Nelson cheers." I am compelled to comment that Willie Nelson should be commended that he has compassion for the innocent babies of the Iraqi war and also the mothers of American troops and the mothers of Iraqi casualties...
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Enforcement needed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/04)
**Dear Editor, I have driven from North Platte to the Elm Creek interchange two days a week for the past five years, and it won't do any good to increase the speeding fines until they can catch them. I drive the speed limit, and they just fly around me...
- Ping-Pong in 1902 ... Who Knew? (Column ~ 01/09/04)
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