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Galen John Carper
(Obituary ~ 08/22/11)
June 9, 1927-Aug. 19, 2011 JENNINGS, Kansas -- Galen John Carper, 84, died Friday (Aug. 19, 2011), at his residence in Jennings, Kansas. He was born June 9, 1927, at Jennings, to Judd E. and Clara Mae (Tacha) Carper. He was raised in Jennings and graduated from Jennings High School in 1945...
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Donald Ray Frost
(Obituary ~ 08/22/11)
Jan. 14, 1930-Aug. 18, 2011 ELWOOD, Nebraska -- Donald Ray Frost, 81, died Thursday (Aug. 18, 2011), at Elwood Care Center, in Elwood, Nebraska. He was born Jan. 14, 1930, west of Overton, Nebraska to Harry Leonard and Vera Alice (Davidson) Frost. He grew up in and around rural Overton, and attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for one semester before being called back home by his father to assist on the family farm west of Overton. ...
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Leo George Hartman
(Obituary ~ 08/22/11)
Dec. 23, 1919-Aug. 20, 2011 DANBURY, Nebraska -- Leo George Hartman, age 91, of Danbury, Nebraska passed away Aug. 20, 2011, in North Platte, Nebraska. Leo was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Goshen Hole, Wyoming to George E. and Mary Odella (Purdey) Hartman. He was one of seven children...
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Donna Jean (Workman) Wiggins
(Obituary ~ 08/22/11)
Nov. 23, 1948-Aug. 17, 2011 BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Donna Jean (Workman) Wiggins was born in St. Francis, Kansas on Nov. 23, 1948, to Roy and Permelia Workman. She was the 10th of 11 children, her twin brother, Dennis, being the eleventh. Donna passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Wray, Colorado at the age of 62 years...
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Lessons from a tragic weekend
(Editorial ~ 08/22/11)
We always enjoy a good airshow, and know many Nebraskans will be making the trek to Omaha for next weekend's Offutt Air Force Base "Defenders of Freedom" show. This was a tragic weekend for the air-minded community, however, with two performers killed in the United States and one in England...
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Wolf statues stolen from husband's grave
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/22/11)
This letter is directed to the person who dishonored my husband's grave. My husband loved wolves, so for the past five years, we had wolf statues on his tombstone. They survived numerous rain and hailstorms and high gusts of wind. They could not, however, withstand thieving hands...
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McCook during the war
(Column ~ 08/22/11)
It has been said that citizens were united, as never before, or since, during World War II. Everyone felt that winning the war was the nation's most important job. We felt that there was a real threat to America from the German Nazis and the Japanese. Those of us who remained home accepted as fact that we needed to do all we could to support our boys in uniform who were locked in mortal combat with our enemies in far-flung battle fronts around the world...
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Cable opens new public access channel
(Business ~ 08/22/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook now has a new station dedicated to bringing local content to the city. Great Plains Communications has added McCook to the list of cities that have their own local channel powered by the company's award-winning GPC-TV. The McCook channel will feature a variety of programming tailored to the town including Bison sports, civic events, along with local interest and Husker programming. ...
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Changing landscape greets MCC students
(Local News ~ 08/22/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- As McCook Community College students and staff return to campus, an altered landscape on the north side of the campus foreshadows an exciting new era for Nebraska's first two-year college. Following new student orientation today, night classes begin tonight and the first full day of classes is Tuesday. ...
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Utility line student spends summer internship helping throw sandbags along flooding Missoure
(Features ~ 08/22/11)
NORFOLK, Nebraska -- When Northeast Community College utility line students compare notes about their summer coop internships, Mark Tyler Brown will have had perhaps the most unusual story of them all. Tyler, as he prefers to be called, fulfilled his eight-credit-hour coop internship this summer with Nebraska Public Power District in South Sioux City. ...
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