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Rawlins County golfers place 10th at state
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/09)
SALINA, Kan. -- The Rawlins County-Atwood golf team placed 10th out of 12 teams at the Kansas Class 2A state tournament Wednesday at the Salina Municipal Course. The Buffaloes posted a 378 team score. Pittsburg Colgan won the team title with a 323 score, edging out Trego by 10 strokes...
- 2009-10 McCook Cheer Squad announced (High School Sports ~ 05/28/09)
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More proof health care system is unfair
(Editorial ~ 05/28/09)
There's more proof that there's no free lunch, and that applies to health care as well. Families USA, a healthcare reform advocacy group, has released a study showing that the current system unfairly penalizes those who do have health insurance, throwing the system into a spiral that threatens to go out of control...
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And the score is ... two to nothing
(Column ~ 05/28/09)
Clouds two, astronomer zero. That is the way it was last week when I was looking forward to viewing the conjunction of a couple of planets and the moon. I know, you will tell me there is always a next time, and that may be true for some things, but for that particular conjunction it may be a very long time. Like about a month...
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Maryan R. Casjens
(Obituary ~ 05/28/09)
Feb. 9, 1928 - May 25, 2009 HILL CITY, Kan. -- Maryan R. Casjens, 81, died Monday (May 25, 2009) at Graham County Hospital in Hill City. She was born Feb. 9, 1928, in Madison, S.D., to Rudolph and Anna (Ruemann) Bothern. On Dec. 20, 1947, she married Dr. Clifford Curtis Casjens PHD., in Coleman, S.D. She worked as a social worker and a homemaker. She was formerly of Lincoln...
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Maudie Smith Isley
(Obituary ~ 05/28/09)
Feb. 11, 1922 - May 24, 2009 LINCOLN -- Maudie Smith Isley, 87, died Sunday (May 24, 2009) He was born Feb. 11, 1922, to Seldon and Mary Smith of rural Champion. She joined siblings Jack, Hazel and Stanley. Several years later, Francis was a new adopted sister...
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Glen Burdette Powell
(Obituary ~ 05/28/09)
Feb. 23, 1934 - May 22, 2009 BENKELMAN -- Glen Burdette Powell, 75, died Friday (May 22, 2009) at his home in Benkelman. He was born Feb. 23, 1934, in Holyoke, Colo., to William J. and Marie (Jorgensen) Powell, Sr. He grew up in the Yuma area and graduated from Yuma Union High School in 1953...
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Hospital construction expected to start in fall
(Local News ~ 05/28/09)
About $20 million worth of construction for new patient and surgical wings as well as outpatient treatment rooms is being planned to start at Community Hospital beginning in October. Phase I of the construction, specifically a new 25-bed wing, is slated to start in fall and will replace the existing patient "pods" built in 1974...
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New NCTA building wins $8.7 million in funding from state
(Local News ~ 05/28/09)
CURTIS -- A major challenge for the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture came to a positive finish on Tuesday when Gov. Dave Heineman approved the Legislature's $6.9 billion budget. The 2009 -- 11 budget provides more than $8.7 million to build an urgently needed NCTA Education Center, although the project seemed in doubt as the state faced even bleaker revenue projections during the global economic slowdown in the days preceding the governor's signature...
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Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival taking its show on the road
(Local News ~ 05/28/09)
After 13 years, the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival is taking its show on the road. This year, organizers are taking storytellers -- and story listeners -- on a bus tour to area historical sites as part of the Friday workshop portion of the two-day festival...
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Christensen votes to override veto
(Local News ~ 05/28/09)
LINCOLN -- Although he originally agreed with governor's veto of a bill concerning public employees using state resources, Sen. Mark Christensen this morning ultimately voted against the veto. Gov. Dave Heineman's veto of the bill, the only one this session, was overridden by 35 to 8...
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