Stories from Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Oct. 30, 1930 - Sept. 24, 2007 ATWOOD -- Mary Ann Fredrickson Howland Lorimer, 76, died Monday (Sept. 24, 2007) at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was born Oct. 30, 1930, to Carl Gustav and Hilda Elizabeth (Carlson) Fredrickson at the Swedish Community of Lund, Decatur County. She attended the first grade at Westminister, Colo., and the rest of her school years at Oberlin. She was baptized and attended church as a child at the Lund Covenant Church...

A lot of building blocks have to fall into place for a community or region to survive and flourish. A hearing before the Nebraska Public Service Commission on Tuesday is a case in point. Norfolk city leaders want the commission to take over regulation of pipeline projects that start and end within Nebraska's borders...

Thanks to Connie (Jo Discoe), we enjoyed the recent Gazette story and photos about the big oil drilling operation alongside Highway 83 north of McCook, just a mile downstream of the "Willow" dam. I thought your readers might like to know that while parts of the U.S. oil industry remain frequent targets of criticism these days, it's been my personal experience that Ranch Oil of Greeley is out to break that stereotype...

Yeah for the MHS Band! It is a wonderful thing to see and hear the band growing again, however as band parents from 2001-05, we must wonder what the Gazette means by "years of inactivity." The MHS band has been at every home football game since forever, followed the football team to all playoff and State championship games, the pep band plays at home basketball games, and has traveled to Lincoln for State B-ball. ...

LINCOLN -- Worries about health care loom over rural Nebraskans' retirement dreams -- even for those who are decades away from their golden years, the Nebraska Rural Poll shows. This year's 12th annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln poll asked 6,400 residents of Nebraska's 84 rural counties a number of questions about retirement plans, including a dozen focusing on health care. Results are based on 2,680 responses...

By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor Lacing his medical advice with a little dose of humor -- "Your genes are just bad!" and, "I highly recommend the dark chocolate" -- a stroke specialist from Omaha told McCook seniors the grave facts regarding strokes, their prevention and treatment...

Mary Ann Howland Lorimer Oct. 30, 1930 - Sept. 24, 2007 ATWOOD -- Mary Ann Fredrickson Howland Lorimer, 76, died Monday (Sept. 24, 2007) at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was born Oct. 30, 1930, to Carl Gustav and Hilda Elizabeth (Carlson) Fredrickson at the Swedish Community of Lund, Decatur County. She attended the first grade at Westminister, Colo., and the rest of her school years at Oberlin. She was baptized and attended church as a child at the Lund Covenant Church...

Helen Miller Jan. 18, 1914 - Sept. 23, 2007 IMPERIAL?-- Helen Gertrude Miller, 93, died Sunday (Sept. 23, 2007) at Chase County Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 18, 1914, near Tuscola, Ill., to Claude O. and Maude A. (Evans) Dunbar. She graduated from Chase County High School in 1932...

Theresa McBee KEARNEY?-- Theresa McBee, 40, formerly of Kearney, died Wednesday (Sept. 19, 2007) in Evanston, Ill. Funeral services will be Friday, 10:30 a.m., at First United Methodist Church in Kearney with the Rev. Dr. Marvin Koelling officiating. Internment will be at the Kearney Cemetery...

Robert 'Bob' Burns Korell Oct. 18, 1936 - Sept. 24, 2007 CULBERTSON -- Robert "Bob" Burns Korell died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, near his rural Culbertson home. He was 70 years old. Bob was born on Oct. 18, 1936, to Roy Clark and Morah L. (Hanks) Korell on the family farm north of Culbertson. He attended rural elementary school and Culbertson High School...

Oct. 18, 1936 - Sept. 24, 2007 CULBERTSON -- Robert "Bob" Burns Korell died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, near his rural Culbertson home. He was 70 years old. Bob was born on Oct. 18, 1936, to Roy Clark and Morah L. (Hanks) Korell on the family farm north of Culbertson. He attended rural elementary school and Culbertson High School...

Jan. 18, 1914 - Sept. 23, 2007 IMPERIAL -- Helen Gertrude Miller, 93, died Sunday (Sept. 23, 2007) at Chase County Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 18, 1914, near Tuscola, Ill., to Claude O. and Maude A. (Evans) Dunbar. She graduated from Chase County High School in 1932...