Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Champions for change • Margaret Stamp, right, meets with State Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue to talk about pending legislative proposals, including one of Blood's bills to expand insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening on Feb. 14, 2024.
In the summer of 2002, Margaret Stamp returned home to Sarpy County from college four weeks after her 74-year-old grandmother, Phyllis Behm, had died from a short battle with colorectal cancer.
Stamp found her dad, Mark Behm, a former northeast Nebraska county attorney and private practice lawyer, wincing in pain on the living room floor. Stamp described him as in shape and thin. She said he looked healthy and didn't drink or smoke.
But that weekend, Stamp's father was doubled over, and he told his daughter, "Call your mom."
"I'd never seen him like that," Stamp recalled. "Never even remember...
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