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Vera Lorraine Holmes
(Obituary ~ 03/01/11)
BURWELL, Nebraska -- Vera Lorraine Holmes, 89, died Saturday (Feb. 26, 2011), at Valley County Health Systems Hospital in Ord, Nebraska. Survivors include five daughters, Jerryl and husband, Tim Rowse of Burwell, Janice and husband, Jim Taylor of Stuart, Nebraska, Joye and husband, Edward Lee of Burwell, Jane Holmes and Neal Coyle of McCook, Nebraska, and Julie Wilson of Hershey, Nebraska; and seven grandchildren...
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Sughroue birthday
(Birthdays ~ 03/01/11)
The family of Mildred (Gillen) Sughroue of Trenton, Nebraska is requesting a belated card shower in honor of her 100th birthday, Feb. 21. She was born in Indianola, Nebraska in 1911. Her family includes children, Sharon Sughroue of McCook, Nebraska, Ed and wife, Margaret Sughroue of McCook, and Linda Frinde of Littleton, Colorado; and seven grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Mildred Sughroue, Junction Highway 25 and 34, c/o El Dorado Manor, Trenton, NE 69044...
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Mid-Nebraska faces deep funding cuts
(Local News ~ 03/01/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Barb Ostrum, community service coordinator of the McCook, Nebraska, office of Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska, is deeply concerned that cuts in Community Services Block Grant funding by the federal government will greatly impact Mid-Nebraska's ability to provide essential community-based resources...
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Water conference to offer practical advice for users
(Editorial ~ 03/01/11)
We're stating the obvious, but water is our most important resource. If we didn't learn that lesson during the drought of the mid-2000s, we are surely being convinced by the ongoing wrangling and legal battles between states and local governmental agencies...
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Surprise letter
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/01/11)
Hello, Writer Ray here again. I received a letter in reply to my letter to Rep. Christensen which was in the Open Forum in the Gazette. I was surprised. His response was quite an event. It wiggled here and there, obfuscating the meaning of what I wrote, as if he had no idea what I was saying. His remarks had little if anything to do with the point of my letter...
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Please write
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/01/11)
Good morning! My name is Meghan C. I am a fifth grade student at Harlan Intermediate School in Harlan, Iowa. My class is studying geography and history of the United States. I am so lucky to pick Nebraska because my sister and I are HUGE fans of the Nebraska Corn Huskers. I would appreciate it if you send me some maps, pictures and postcards...
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Defended rights
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/01/11)
Here in Nebraska we place a high priority on human rights and good government. Our state was populated by people seeking freedom and a better life. When news reaches us about violent protests and civil wars in places like Egypt, Yemen and Dubai, it disturbs us...
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Good intentions gone awry
(Column ~ 03/01/11)
Gov. Frank Morrison was a gent that I enjoyed visiting. I greatly respected him. I'd known Frank since high school when his son Biff (actually Frank Jr.) and I played football together. At the time, Frank was a successful attorney in McCook. Even my dad had great respect for Frank having sat on the jury of a local murder trial while Frank was the defense attorney. ...
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County compromises on assessor's website
(Local News ~ 03/01/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County's assessor will make changes to the county's property search website following action at the county commissioners' weekly meeting Monday morning. Danny Berndt of rural Danbury, Nebraska, a Red Willow County property owner and tax payer, requested that the assessor remove all photographs from the assessor's online property records available at www.co.red-willow.ne.us/webpages/assesso... and clicking on Red Willow -- GIS Workshop Property Search...
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Northrop Grumman: TCE levels are safe for neighboring residents
(Local News ~ 03/01/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The levels of man-made chemicals in the soil gas, related to the former TRW facility in McCook, do not represent a health hazard to residences located in the vicinity of the facility, a media relations director for Northrop Grumman told the Gazette Monday. ...
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Middle Republican NRD irrigators used nearly half an inch less water
(Local News ~ 03/01/11)
CURTIS, Nebraska -- The numbers are in. For 2010, irrigators across the Middle Republican NRD used, on average, 7.86 inches of water per acre on their crops, according to NRD officials. This use is nearly a half inch less than last year's 8.14 inches. To provide a backdrop to these numbers, in 2008, irrigators were allocated 60 inches of water over five years or 12 inches per year...
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William Earl Meyers
(Obituary ~ 03/01/11)
March 11, 1920--Feb. 27, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- William Earl Meyers, 90, passed away Sunday (Feb. 27, 2011), at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born March 11, 1920, in Wilcox, Nebraska to Albert and Lizzie (Burkholder) Meyers. He graduated from McCook High School in 1937...
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