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Ida Bartels
(Obituary ~ 12/03/14)
Ida Bartels WAUNETA, Neb. -- Ida Bartels, 96, died Tuesday (Dec. 2, 2014), at the Sunrise Heights Nursing Home in Wauneta. Survivors include children,Wayne Bartels and wife, Donna, of Enders, Nebraska, Dale Bartels and wife, Barbara, of Brush, Colorado, Barbara Cooper and husband, Jerry, of Henderson, Nevada, Lois Glover of Wauneta and Allen Bartels and wife, Joyce, of Mount Juliet, Tennessee; 13 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren...
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Cliff Shackelford
(Obituary ~ 12/03/14)
Cliff Shackelford WAUNETA, Neb. -- Cliff Shackelford, 93, died Tuesday (Dec. 2, 2014), at the Sunrise Heights Nursing Home in Wauneta. Funeral services are Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, 10:30 a.m. (MT) at United Methodist Church of Wauneta with the Rev. Bonnie McCord officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Wauneta...
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Alizabeth JoAnn 'Ali' Moreau
(Obituary ~ 12/03/14)
Alizabeth JoAnn 'Ali' Moreau Jan. 21, 1992 - Dec. 1, 2014 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Alizabeth JoAnn "Ali" Moreau, age 22, of North Platte, passed away Dec. 1, 2014, in North Platte due to a single vehicle accident. Ali was born Jan. 21, 1992, to Andrea Nekuda. ...
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Ricketts recruiting leadership
(Local News ~ 12/03/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- During a visit at the Bieroc Cafe this summer Governor-elect Pete Ricketts said he intended to create a mentality within state government that sought continued improvement, adding it was the same approach his family's business saw proven success with. Rickett's appears to be wasting little time in regards to tackling the issues facing Nebraska with an approach similar to one from the corporate world...
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Annual Christmas light display ready for visitors
(Local News ~ 12/03/14)
CULBERTSON, Neb.-- It's officially Christmas at the Rosemary and Gerald Corey corner east of Culbertson, Nebraska, as they share their love of the holiday with motorists who drive out and park by the side of the county road to watch their "50,000-ish"-bulb computer-choreographed synchronized Christmas light show...
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Hot ashes are blamed for second fire in two days
(Local News ~ 12/03/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook, Nebraska firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to the second fire in two days blamed on hot ashes carried out of a fireplace. Fire chief Marc Harpham reported this morning that a garage and its contents, two vehicles and a camper trailer owned by Robert Frazier, 1103 E. Fourth, were destroyed in the Tuesday fire...
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Former Hillcrest nurse questioned vacation policy
(Local News ~ 12/03/14)
McCOOK, Neb. -- A registered nurse who previously worked at Hillcrest Nursing Home is alleging that vacation time she earned is being withheld due to wording in a Hillcrest policy. An earlier story had Carol Grafel accumulating overtime rather than vacation time. Administrator Colinda Nappa said the issue involved "accrued but not available vacation time."...
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Countdown continues
(Local News ~ 12/03/14)
Janelle Williams draws the name for one of today's McCook Area Chamber of Commerce Countdown to Christmas at Longnecker Jewelry. The winner will remain anonymous so as to protect a Christmas surprise. Nancy Broadfoot was announced as a winner, however, of the $120 daily drawing across the street at Brown's Shoe Fit. The winner of a grand prize drawing Dec. 23 will receive two nights and four meals at the Lodge Casino in Blackhawk, Colorado...
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Medicaid expansion or no, fair, equitable system needed
(Editorial ~ 12/03/14)
Red Willow County is being used as an example of what can happen to people without health insurance. Nebraska Appleseed testified Tuesday before a legislative committee examining the effects of our state's decision not to participate in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act...
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Thanksgiving week leftovers
(Column ~ 12/03/14)
There is one more polygon that was left-over from last week, I didn't have room to put it in, so here goes. There is another shape in the winter sky that astronomers look for. Just as the summer has a triangle, so does winter. This triangle can be found low above the eastern horizon after 10 p.m. MDT, and we can use our old friend Orion to do it...
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'Killing Patton' review
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/03/14)
The Trenton Public Library ordered "Killing Patton" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard for its patrons. This book, which is a best seller, was published by Henry Holt and Company in 2014. Important jigsaw puzzle pieces from my own childhood were available to me at last when I read it. I visualized events from World War II taking place from 1939 to 1945. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, I was in the fourth grade. This book jogged memories...
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Larry Marlin Dyer
(Obituary ~ 12/03/14)
Larry Marlin Dyer Oct. 9, 1938 - Dec. 2, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Larry Marlin Dyer, age 76, passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook on Dec. 2, 2014. He was born at his home in Bertrand on Oct. 9, 1938, to Jesse and Madge (Stevens) Dyer. Larry grew up in Bertrand, graduating from Bertrand High School in 1956...
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