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Sheila Ann Gerdes
(Obituary ~ 09/24/09)
March 17, 1951 - Sept. 17, 2009 OMAHA--Sheila Ann (Nelson) Gerdes, 58, died Thursday (Sept. 17, 2009) in Omaha. She was born March 17, 1951. She married Richard Gerdes of Wauneta. She was preceded in death by her father, Denton; and a brother, Patrick...
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Shirley Canavan
(Obituary ~ 09/24/09)
March 17, 1947 - Aug. 21, 2009 MONTROSE, Colo. -- Shirley Patricia (Wehmeyer) Canavan, 62, died Aug. 21, 2009, at Montrose Memorial Hospital. She was born March 17, 1947, in Iowa City, Iowa to Merritt and Gladys (Latta) Wehmeyer. She grew up in Riverside, Iowa and attended schools there until the family moved to Nebraska. She graduated from Culbertson High School. Following graduation, she attended nurse's training in Dodge City, Kan., obtaining her LPN...
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Norma Laverne (Rollstin) Chapman
(Obituary ~ 09/24/09)
Jan. 18, 1915-Sept. 21, 2009 EDISON -- Norma Laverne (Rollstin) Chapman, 94, of Arapahoe, formerly of Edison, died Monday (Sept. 21, 2009) at the Good Samaritan Society in Arapahoe. She was born Jan. 18, 1915, at Giltner to Ralph D. and Carmen (McCoy) Rollstin. She received her education at Edison, graduating from Edison High School in 1933. She was baptized into the Christian faith at age 10 in the Edison Christian Church and remained an active member her entire life...
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Mildred P. Stretch
(Obituary ~ 09/24/09)
April 1, 1929 - Sept. 23, 2009 HAMLET -- Mildred P. Stretch died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at Community Hospital in McCook at the age of 80. She was born April 1, 1929, on the family farm in Rawlins County, south of Stratton. She was the daughter of the late Sherman and Flossie (Hoover) Spears. She grew up on the farm until the eighth grade when the family moved to Stratton, where she graduated from Stratton High School in 1946...
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Nelson health care reform meeting here Sunday
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Sen. Ben Nelson has scheduled a public meeting on health care reform from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Heritage Senior Center, 1400 W. Fifth in McCook. He will go on to Scottsbluff for another meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 MDT, with satellite viewing locations in Sidney and Alliance...
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USDA official to speak at groundbreaking
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary Rural Development U.S. Department of Agriculture from Washington, D.C. will be an honored guest and speaker at Community Hospital's lunch and groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday for the hospital's expansion and renovation project...
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Cephus and the carbon star
(Column ~ 09/24/09)
Fall has fell, at least as of 3:19 p.m. MDT Tuesday when the sun crossed the celestial equator moving south. Although the weather has been predicting such an event for a couple of weeks. Speaking of fall, the autumnal constellations are making a good showing above the eastern horizon these early to mid-evening hours, pushing the stars of summer off stage right...
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Left, right share fault in tone of political discourse
(Editorial ~ 09/24/09)
Two of mccookgazette.com's most prolific bloggers are back online this week after a short hiatus for things to cool off. Too many users were violating the site's rules. As a refresher, they include: "If you can't live by these rules, you won't be allowed to play," users are reminded on the Gazette's Web site...
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Mixer kicks off Heritage Days 2009
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Guests were greeted by staff in formal attire and served tantalizing treats by waiters in cummerbunds and bow ties at the McCook National Bank chamber mixer Wednesday night. But the atmosphere was anything but stuffy as the bank kicked off the McCook Chamber of Commerce 38th annual Heritage Days Celebration and honored the specially-chosen royalty of the event...
- Glen W. 'Bud' Lytle (Obituary ~ 09/24/09)
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