Stories from Friday, April 9, 2004

Alphanzo Lee "Bud" Bunker Jr., 47, Kansas City, Mo., passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2004, in Kansas City, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born July 8, 1956, in Nevada, Mo., to Alphanzo Lee Bunker Sr., and Margaret Ann Karhoff Bunker. Bud was born in Nevada and attended St. ...

Ethel Peggy Huff, 97, formerly of Nevada, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, in Universal City, Texas. She was born March 18, 1907, in Brownington, Mo., to James Albert Scroghan and Linnie D. Turpin Scroghan. She married George Huff in June 1926 in Burlington, Kan., and he preceded her in death on Sept. 11, 1977...

By Brian Johnson Children and parents gather around their cars after a enjoyable time hunting Easter eggs at the Christian Health Care. "I had a lot of fun," said one child. The Easter egg hunt consisted mainly of Christian Health Care employees and their children...

By Ralph Pokorny After waiting for months InSite Support Services will finally get their loan. Thursday, during a special council meeting the Nevada City Council passed an emergency ordinance to finalize the process to get InSite a $170,000 Action Loan to cover some of the company's start-up costs. The Action Loan program is a part of the Community Development Block Grant program...

By Brian Johnson Back in the "Good ol' Days," it was unheard of for women to take up sports. Today, however, girls of all ages not only participate in athletics -- they enjoy every second of it. Even though more girls are participating in sports now than in the past, there is still one taboo...

By Brian Johnson The Leadership of Vernon County, formerly called EXCEL, are looking for potential leaders of tomorrow. The group, lead in part by Carol Parmenter, will try to put together a class for people of all ages who are interested in becoming leaders...

By Ralph Pokorny A Roman soldier places a crown of thorn on Jesus' head during an Easter production based on the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Jeremy Fast will return as Jesus in the eighth annual performance of Triumphant Love at the First Baptist Church...