Stories from Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Sept. 18, 1923--Oct. 31, 2010 ORANGE, Connecticut -- Mildred Viola (League) Pollaro, 87, died Oct. 31, 2010, at the Willows Health Care Center in Woodbridge, Connecticut. She was born Sept. 18, 1923, in Haigler, Nebraska, to Floyd and Nellie Viola Ovendon League. She attended rural country school before the family moved to Stratton, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from Stratton High School in 1940...

May 16, 1939--Nov. 6, 2010 ALLIANCE, Nebraska -- Donald Roy Welch, 71, died Saturday (Nov. 6, 2010), at Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance. He was born May 16, 1939, in Farnam, Nebraska to Robert Leland and Mildred Josephine (Spencer) Welch. He was a graduate of Farnam High School...

April 17, 1951--Nov. 8, 2010 EDISON, Nerbaska -- Roy Lee Dawson, 59, died Monday (Nov. 8, 2010), at his home after a year long battle with cancer. He was born April 17, 1951, in McCook, Nebraska to Lowell and Lois (Hays) Dawson. He went to country school through eighth grade and graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1969...

McCook school board members approved purchase of a new route bus and set a new base salary for teachers Monday night. The McCook Public Schools board of education agreed that the school should spend $74,600 to replacing a 1993 route bus with about 270,000 miles...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Meeting Monday night, the McCook Public Schools board of education approved board policy 504.05, which defines dating violence and provides for training for staff and personnel to identify the signs of dating violence and inappropriate dating behaviors that may be happening inside and outside the school environment...

Esther Wissbaum, who was one day past 100 years old when she died last May, is fondly remembered by her friends and family. That includes U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, who said she became a surrogate mother figure after his own mother's death, and whom she defended on this page. At the Gazette, we remember her for her tireless, no-nonsense promotion of industrial hemp as a promising agricultural product for our area...

In response to Mr. Whipps's letter on the Beef Checkoff: I am concerned by some of Mr. Whipps's comments. He stated that the marketing plan of the Nebraska Beef Council (NBC) is approved by the Cattlemen's Beef Board (CBB). While this is a true statement, it does not give me comfort, since the Nebraska Beef Council and the CBB are both stacked with individuals whose primary loyalty is to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). ...

His name is John (real name withheld for his and his family's security) and he is assigned to a forward operating base in Afghanistan. To say that just being an American Christian there is living dangerously would be an understatement. You see John is an Army Chaplain and sees his duty as essential to the well being of "his" soldiers, our heroes of today. He is a man of the cloth that speaks their language because he has been there and done that...

June 8, 1950--Nov. 5, 2010 INDIANOLA, Nebraska -- Stephen L. Hollers, 60, lost his 15 month battle with cancer the night of Nov. 5, 2010. Steve was born on June 8, 1950, to Claude A. and Maureen M. (Eickmeier) Hollers in Aberdeen, Maryland. He graduated from Lincoln Northeast in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1970...