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Smart snacking tips
(Weekend Menu ~ 11/11/11)
Family Features If you want to lose weight or maintain weight loss this winter, choose smart snacks that will satisfy your taste buds without sabotaging your goals. Low-fat dairy is one great option recommended by the USDA. It's a good source of protein that can help keep you fuller longer while providing calcium and important nutrients...
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Long live Daylight Saving Time
(Column ~ 11/11/11)
I never realized there was actually a debate behind the whole "daylight saving time" practice until shortly after my move to Nebraska. I had always assumed there must be some mathematical need for it, pertaining to our calendars or keeping the days bright and the evenings dark. Yes, before I was bald, I was blonde...
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Harding anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 11/11/11)
40th anniversary The family of Don and Annie Harding of Cambridge, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 40th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 20, 1971, at Stratton, Nebraska. Their family includes Diane and Jed Stamm of Imperial, Nebraska, Janet and Marc Rasmussen of Cambridge, Pat and Lori Harding of Cambridge and four grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 40810 Road 725, Cambridge, NE 69022...
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Dann and Sue Nelms anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 11/11/11)
The family of Dann and Sue Nelms of Benkelman, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 30th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 21, 1981, at Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook, Nebraska. Their family includes Brent and Melissa Nelms of Eagle, Nebraska, Kelli and Justin Jensen of McCook, Julie Nelms, Laura Nelms, and Mark Nelms, all of Benkelman, the late Craig Nelms and two grandchildren. ...
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Alice Hays birthday
(Birthdays ~ 11/11/11)
The family of Alice Hays is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday on Nov. 22. Her family includes Pamela and Duane Leibbrandt of Culbertson, Nebraska, Colleen and Ted Bode of Omaha, Nebraska, Cynthia Peklo of Gothenburg, Nebraska, five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 1603 Lake Ave., Gothenburg, NE 69138. Alice and George (deceased) were long-time farmers and did custom harvesting in the McCook and Cambridge area...
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Connor Cole Duncan birth
(Births ~ 11/11/11)
Reilly and Kara Duncan of Hudson, Kansas announce the birth of their son, Connor Cole Duncan, born Oct. 21, 2011, at the Great Bend Medical Center in Great Bend, Kansas. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Linda Melchert of Benkelman, Nebraska and Richard Melchert of Trenton, Nebraska and Stewart and Gayla Duncan of Hudson. Great-grandparents are Al and Burdean Melchert of Stratton, Nebraska and the late Omar and Delores Robb...
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Burgett wedding
(Wedding ~ 11/11/11)
ESTES PARK, Colorado -- Alison Hansen of Lincoln, Nebraska and Vincent Burgett of Gretna, Nebraska were united in marriage Oct. 16, 2011 at the the Black Canyon Inn in Estes Park, Colorado. Parents of the bride are Ron and Kathleen Hansen of Bartley, Nebraska...
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NBC launches 'Grimm' crime drama
(Column ~ 11/11/11)
Portland police detective Nick Burkhardt is seeing some very strange -- and frightening -- sights these days, and not just because he and his partner Hank Griffin have just returned from the scene of a young woman's gruesome murder inside a wooded city park. ...
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Remembering our nation's heroes
(Column ~ 11/11/11)
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the guns in Europe fell silent and the War to End All Wars was over. And on that day every year thereafter, Americans have come together to remember the sacrifices made by the veterans who took up arms on their behalf to defend freedom...
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McCook florist to help decorate White House
(Features ~ 11/11/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Laura Ford of McCook is dreaming of a White Christmas -- as in a White House Christmas. Ford is one of about 100 designer/florists who have been chosen as volunteers to help decorate the White House for the holidays. "It's a florist's dream, to have the opportunity to decorate at the nation's capitol," Ford said. "It's such a honor."...
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Town offers to purchase nursing home
(Local News ~ 11/11/11)
WAUNETA, Nebraska -- The village board of Wauneta, Nebraska, voted unanimously Nov. 3 to offer $50,000 for the Heritage of Wauneta nursing home facility that offers 38 beds, 60 full- and part-time jobs and an annual payroll of $831,000. Several Wauneta residents and an attorney planned to make the offer Thursday to Vetter Health Services of Elkhorn, Nebraska, Thursday. Vetter announced last summer that it plans to close the nursing home by June 20, 2012...
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Wave a flag, wipe a tear
(Local News ~ 11/11/11)
Students at McCook, Nebraska, Elementary School pay tribute to America's veterans during the school's annual Veterans Day program Friday morning, reciting poems and singing patriotic songs to the 40-some veterans who gathered on their Commons Room stage. ...
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Not every day with memorable date is memorable
(Editorial ~ 11/11/11)
Schools and organizations are busy honoring American veterans today in ceremonies that have been going on since the end of World War I, with an armistice that took place in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. That's an easy date to remember and with good reason -- their sacrifice should never be forgotten...
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Another 'good-guy' scandal
(Column ~ 11/11/11)
We have several theories in Sociology about deviant behavior. Some of the theories ask why people break the rules. Others ask why people conform to the rules to begin with since there are attractive and exciting things to do that violate the rules. But there's one theory that doesn't ask either question. ...
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Patrick Joseph 'Joe' Mindrup
(Obituary ~ 11/11/11)
Patrick J. 'Joe' Mindrup April 13, 1923 - Nov. 10, 2011 COLBY, Kansas -- Patrick J. "Joe" Mindrup, 88, died Nov. 10, 2011, at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas. He was born April 13, 1923, to Al and Marie (Costello) Mindrup in Norton County, Kansas...
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Jaxon Anthony Bedel birth
(Births ~ 11/11/11)
Jeff and Staci (Wilhelm) Bedel of Omaha, Nebraska, announce the birth of their son, Jaxon Anthony Bedel. He was born Sept. 7, 2011 at Lakeside Hospital. He has two sisters, Lauren and Jayden. Grandparents are Lee and Theresa Wilhelm of Indianola, Joan and Ed Bedel of Omaha and Keith and Gloria Shepherd of McCook. Great-grandparents are Bill Vontz and Esther of Indianola...
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