- Jurascals (Weekend Menu ~ 03/04/14)
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Betty Louise Robinson
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Betty Louise Robinson Aug. 25, 1930 - March 3, 2014 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Betty Louise Robinson, 83, of Beaver City, died Monday (March 3, 2014), at Christian Homes Health Care Center in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born to Henry W. and Ruby F. (Thomas) Taylor on Aug. 25, 1930, southeast of Beaver City, on the Moses Thomas farm...
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Grant 'Bill' Mackey
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Grant 'Bill' Mackey Nov. 29, 1941 - Feb. 23, 2014 BLOOMINGTON, lllinois -- Grant "Bill" Mackey, 72, of Bloomington, died at 10:04 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal. Funeral Mass was Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, at St. Patrick's Church of Merna, with Rev. Luke Spannagel officiating. Cremation rites were accorded after services. Visitation was Wednesday at Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, where the Rosary was recited...
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James Stuart, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
James Stuart, Jr. Feb. 27, 1943 - Feb. 20, 2014 LINCOLN, Nebraska -- James Stuart, Jr., age 70, of Lincoln, died in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was born Feb. 27, 1943, in Lincoln to James and Helen Catherine (Davis) Stuart. James Stuart, Jr. was a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, and attended the University of Nebraska, graduating in 1965 with a degree in business administration. ...
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Bernice F. Josten
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Bernice F. Josten ELGIN, Nebraska -- Bernice F. Josten, 91, formerly of Elgin, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2014, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Elgin, with Revs. Ross Burkhalter and Curtiss Dwyer officiating...
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Hearing held on concealed carry for teachers
(Column ~ 03/04/14)
This last week, the Judiciary Committee had the public hearing for my bill, LB879. The bill would give freedom to the governing body of any school to choose a security policy in their school that allows chosen employees who have taken 24 additional hours of training to carry a concealed handgun in their school. ...
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Finding ways to fulfill need for affordable housing
(Editorial ~ 03/04/14)
Ever wonder what happened to all the "Occupy" people? You remember, the "99 percent" who pitched tents and made themselves a nuisance to protest "social and economic inequality"? Some of them have moved on to a new project to help shelter the homeless, but, never fear, they're still annoying some people in the process...
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Revise the Republican River Compact
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/04/14)
The Republican River Restoration Partners was developed 10 years ago by seven RC&D's within Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska on the Republican River Basin. Our goal is to bring the agencies with an interest and entities of government together to develop a healthy river system. ...
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Turmoil and hope
(Column ~ 03/04/14)
The news from Kiev is unsettling. Our administration's response is sad. But then Grannie and I watched a rite of passage that was positively uplifting. The TV news is full of the turmoil in the Ukraine. Putin's Russia is attempting to pull the Ukraine into his abuilding sphere now named the Eurasian Union. ...
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MCC art instructor's work in MONA auction benefit
(Community News ~ 03/04/14)
MCCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook artist and teacher Rick Johnson is one of 55 Nebraska artists whose work will be featured in a benefit for the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney. "Spirit: A Celebration Of Art In The Heartland" is set for the weekend of April 4-6. It includes patron package festivities, a gala dinner and art auction, and closes with Good Morning MONA...
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