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Lela Myrth Norman
(Obituary ~ 10/19/10)
Jan. 13, 1909--Oct. 16, 2010 Kearney, Nebraska -- Lela Myrth Norman, 101, formerlyof Atwood, Kansas, died Saturday (Oct. 16, 2010), at Mother Hull Home in Kearney. She was born Jan. 13, 1909, near rural Venango, Nebraska, to Alson Vale and Sylvia (Watkins) Williams. On Aug. 22, 1927, she married Virgil Norman, and to this union two sons were born. They were married for 44 years until his death in 1971...
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Harold R. Naugle
(Obituary ~ 10/19/10)
Aug. 29, 1932--Oct. 15, 2010 ROSEVILLE, California -- Harold R. Naugle, 78, died Friday (Oct. 15, 2010), in Roseville. He was born Aug. 29, 1932, to Rex and Minnie (Pollmann) Naugle in Hitchcock County, Nebraska. He was educated in the Trenton, Nebraska public schools, graduating in 1950...
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Denzel Lee Kasson
(Obituary ~ 10/19/10)
Nov. 4, 1946--Oct. 15, 2010 FORT WORTH, Texas -- Denzel Lee Kasson, born Nov. 4, 1946, in McCook, Nebraska, left his loved ones on Oct. 15, 2010, in Fort Worth at the age of 63, to walk along side Jesus. He is survived by his wife Betty "BJ" Kasson of Watauga, Texas; sons, Chuck Hubbard and Kevin Hubbard; daughters, Ruth Ann Leonard and Danielle Phillips; and eight grandchildren, all of the Fort Worth area; daughter, Michelle Eberle and husband, Anthony, and grandchildren Amanda, Emily, and Brett Allen II, all of Phoenix, Arizona; mother, Burdene Kasson of Beaver City, Nebraska; and brother Dan Kasson and family of Colorado Springs, Colorado.. ...
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Old buildings tell tales
(Column ~ 10/19/10)
It is all gone now, just an empty cellar hole since filled in and smooth. "It" being the old three story brick building on the corner of Norris and B Streets in McCook. Lately referred to as the Romanoff Building, it was abandoned and becoming derelict the last several years. The City used stimulus dollars to do the demolition. Good riddance and all that now remains are the memories. Ah the memories...
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How does NRD, state plan affect water?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/19/10)
The Integrated Management Plans (IMPs) recently adopted by the Middle Republican NRD and the Upper Republican NRD in cooperation with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are another step forward in water in conjunctively managing ground and surface water. ...
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Abide by compact
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/19/10)
In the midst of the dust bowl days of the 1930s an astonishing weather event occurred in eastern Colorado and westerner Nebraska. Mother Nature deposited upwards of 24 inches of rain within a 24 hour period. We all know this event as the "1935 Flood" on the Republican River. As this tremendous amount of water headed east down the River Valley it left behind devastation and death, millions of dollars of loss to property and more than 110 lives lost...
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New CPR guidelines emphasize chest compressions first
(Editorial ~ 10/19/10)
Nothing's more upsetting than seeing someone in a medical emergency and not knowing what to do. Sure, we all know enough to call 9-1-1, but no matter how fast the response, minutes drag by like hours while we're waiting for help. Thankfully, many of us have taken CPR -- cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- and many owe their lives to such training. And, automatic external defibrillators -- AEDs -- are relatively low in cost, nearly foolproof to use and becoming more and more common...
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Home owner given more time
(Local News ~ 10/19/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council voted to delay abatement for two weeks, on a nuisance property at 8101⁄2 W. Fourth Street, at its semi-monthly meeting Monday evening at Council Chambers. While the council gave the property's owner, Sharon Boley, the extra time, several members expressed concern that, after a year with no progress, two additional weeks might not change anything...
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Top seeds advance in RPAC volleyball tourney
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/10)
The top four seeds held true to form in the opening two rounds of the 2010 Republican Valley Activities Conference (RPAC) volleyball tournament. The top two seeds in each division advanced to semifinal action Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the Southwest High School gym...
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