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Saving songs from extinction -- Old West Music Show Wednesday
(Local News ~ 04/03/08)
The culture of cowboys -- their music and stories -- is going the way of buffalo: nearly extinct. Rex Rideout of Conifer, Colo., is keeping cowboy history alive and will appear at the Old West Music Show at the Fox Theater Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will donation that will go toward renovations being done at the Fox...
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Ivan C. Brunkhorst
(Obituary ~ 04/03/08)
Feb. 10, 1925 - April 1, 2008 STRATTON -- Ivan C. Brunkhorst, 83, died Tuesday (April 1, 2008) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born Feb. 10, 1925, to Ernest and Sophia (Haarberg) Brunkhorst in Sharon Springs, Kan. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He moved with his family at an early age to Imperial, where he attended school through the eighth grade. He then helped his parents on their farm, and moved with them to the Wauneta Frenchman Valley area...
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Jane 'Jean' Elizabeth Carmichael
(Obituary ~ 04/03/08)
June 30, 1931 - April 2, 2008 INDIANOLA -- Jane "Jean" Elizabeth Carmichael died Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at her home in Indianola. She was 76. She was born in New York City, N.Y., on June 30, 1931, to John and Mary Gorycki. She graduated in 1948 in New York...
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Christensen: Override doubtful
(Local News ~ 04/03/08)
There may not be enough votes to override Gov. Dave Heineman's veto of a increased gas tax that lawmakers approved in the state budget, said Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial. Christensen said he voted in the increase, that would raise fuel prices about a penny per gallon, because he believed in a self-funding system -- where those who use the roads pay for the costs -- and that the increase would help fund roads in western Nebraska...
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Cellular phone calls began 35 years ago today
(Editorial ~ 04/03/08)
You can tell how old a movie is by the telephones, and the movie doesn't have to be that old to tell a difference. A few years old, and someone may use a cellular telephone to make a call, but it's considerably larger than the one carried by a typical teenager today...
- Glenn W. Morgan (Obituary ~ 04/03/08)
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