Stories from Thursday, March 2, 2006

The city of Nevada is in the process of replacing the Fire Department's 1984 rescue vehicle with a new state-of-the-art technical rescue vehicle. The current truck responds to virtually every call the Fire Department receives and goes on many runs the fire trucks do make...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Tim Wells, of Nevada, traveled to Jefferson City, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, to file as a candidate for the District 125 seat in the Missouri House of Representatives, currently held by Republican Barney Fisher of Richards. Wells, a Democrat, is a local business man who is co-owner, with his wife, Sonja, of Counseling Associates, a private mental health counseling practice with offices in Nevada, Butler, Lamar, and Joplin. ...

The city of Nevada will be hosting a vaccination clinic at the Community Center, 1-3 p.m., Saturday, March 4, with Dr. Brad Copeland in attendance. A second clinic will be held on March 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with Dr. Andersen. All dogs must be leashed...

Paxton Williams, executive director of the George Washington Carver Birthplace Association, presented a theatrical, educational program at the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts on the campus of Cottey College Wednesday night. "Listening to the Still Small Voice" was first performed as Williams' undergraduate program at Iowa State University. ...

A small group of local producers interested in learning more about organic production, related rules and marketing opportunities attended a meeting on the subject hosted by Missouri Northern Pecan Growers, Nevada, at Casa Azteca on Wednesday. Britton White, left, of Galesburg, Kan., spoke to the assembled crowd about the services his company, SEK SEE Clean, a value-added processing plant that cleans, packages and ships locally grown crops. ...

Mass of Christian burial for Eva Mae Quinn, 77, Lawrence, Kan., will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 4, at St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Lawrence. Mrs. Quinn died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, at her home after a long illness. She was born June 10, 1928, in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of Henry F. and Theresa Krieger Jensen...

Ben and Amanda Bennett, Springfield, are proud to announce the birth of thier son, Dakota William Wayne Bennett. Dakota was born at 11:33 p.m., Feb. 14, 2006, at St. John's hospital, Springfield. He weighed 8 pounds, and measured 21 inches.

This morning I heard the song of the turtle dove or the mourning dove, whichever name you call this welcome bird of spring. Nothing can give me peace quicker than hearing this coo-oo, coo, coo, coo sound echoing across the fields. I become a small child again, waking up to a warm morning with many promises for the day. I feel that all is right with the world when this little bird joins us with its song...

Monday morning, I was at the chamber of commerce office saying that this week's column is rather difficult to write. I was wondering what to say and how to say it. Charlene Winfiel, tourism coordinator, suggested saying, "Thank you -- and stop at that." She gave me the answer to what was needed...

Electricity injures sight CHICAGO, Ill., -- Universal blindness is to be humanity's tribute to electricity is the theory expressed by Dr. H.H. Preston Pratt, X-ray and therapeutic expert, in the trial of a personal injury suit in Judge Winde's court yesterday...

DREXEL, Mo. -- The Hume Hornets and Bronaugh Wildcats were both knocked out of the Class 1, District 12 semifinals Wednesday, in entirely different fashions. Hume led for nearly the entire game but succumbed to a multitude of turnovers late as they fell to the hosting Drexel Bobcats, 62-61, in overtime...

The latest tiff between billionaire owners and multi-millionaire players has reared its ugly head. This time it's the NFL deciding that fan interests mean nothing and making money is all that matters. I'm not naive enough to think that making money isn't always at the forefront of professional sports. But just for once, I'd like to see a major sports league do things solely for the purpose of pleasing its cash cow -- the fans...