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Cynthia Ann (Cole) Brunkhorst
(Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
Cynthia Ann (Cole) Brunkhorst Oct. 7, 1950 - Dec. 21, 2017 PALISADE, Neb. — Cynthia Ann (Cole) Brunkhorst of Palisade passed away at the Wauneta Care and Therapy Center on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 67 years old...
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Donna P. Miller
(Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
Donna P. Miller March 6, 1925 – Dec. 23, 2017 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Donna Miller, 92, died peacefully at home on Dec. 23, 2017. She was born March 6 1925 in Freedom, Neb., to Allen T. Johnson and Lulu V. (Pickering) Johnson. She graduated high school from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis, Neb., in 1942. She married Valarian D. “Curly” Miller in 1949 and lived in Wellfleet and North Platte, Neb., until retirement placed them in Cambridge...
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Faith C. Weskamp
(Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
Faith C. Weskamp March 4, 1933 - Dec. 25, 2017 McCOOK, Neb. — Faith C. Weskamp, 84, of McCook, died Monday (Dec. 25, 2017), at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born March 4, 1933, in McCook to parents, Francis “Frank” and Frances (Kennedy) Hollars...
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Rural America should overcome simple resentment
(Editorial ~ 12/26/17)
Nebraska is as “red” a state as they come, with all five of our congressional delegates members of the Republican Party. You’ve probably seen a red/blue political map of the United States, with the vast majority of the land covered in red, blue concentrated in the heavily populated urban areas...
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Pondering the reality of Christmas
(Column ~ 12/26/17)
“But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.” — Luke 2:19 Luke touches on what were Mary’s thoughts after the birth of the baby Jesus. The time was after the shepherds had come and gone with their excitement in telling the heavenly message they had received announcing her newborn son the long-promised Messiah. Mary, of course, knew not the future as none of us do but pondering what had just happened is what we too can keep in our hearts...
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Community is about belonging
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/26/17)
Community is a word with many meanings, but at its core, it’s about belonging. At Nebraska Community Foundation, we’re in the people attraction business. We’re helping 250 communities across the state discover the unique local assets that can be leveraged to attract young families to stay, return, or move to a community. A sense of belonging is a powerful people attractor. Belonging means to feel that we are in the right place. It is to know that “I am home.”...
- A matter of attitude (Local News ~ 12/26/17)
- Patricia Luna (Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
- Rhonda Lynn Emerson (Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
- Jerry Miller (Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
- Roy Jacob ten Bensel (Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
- Robert A. Vise (Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
- Jeanette M. Haugen (Obituary ~ 12/26/17)
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