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Rural fire department highlights role at annual dinner (Local News ~ 04/05/07)
By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail The Milo Rural Fire Department held their 29th annual benefit dinner last Saturday. Established in 1978, the department has come a long way over several years. It is a non-profit private corporation operated by a seven person board of directors. ... -
Woman injured in morning crash (Local News ~ 04/05/07)
Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper James Wilde takes measurements and writes down information about an accident that occured at mid-morning Thursday on U.S. Highway 54 a few miles west of Deerfield. Wilde said the accident occured when a west-bound Pontiac van was passing another vehicle and collided with a west-bound grain truck that was turning left off the highway. ... -
3M Nevada plant releases environmental performance report
(Local News ~ 04/05/07)
Nevada Daily Mail The 3M manufacturing plant in Nevada, Mo., released its annual environmental performance report on Tuesday. The report outlines voluntary progress made as part of the facility's membership in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track program. The membership recognizes 3M's commitment to exceeding environmental protection requirements, both historically and in the future...
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Foursha to speak about experience on economic development efforts in Iraq
(Local News ~ 04/05/07)
By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Sam Foursha has spent time in Iraq as part of the State Department's effort to help build the infrastructure and civilian leadership necessary for that country to transition to self-sufficiency. Sunday, April 15, Foursha will be speaking to the Vernon County Historical Society on his work in Iraq...
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Coffee Camp schedules historic tour and dinner
(Local News ~ 04/05/07)
Nevada Daily Mail The program for the Sixth Annual John T. Coffee Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Heritage celebration will include a tour of the historic Osceola, Mo., area as well as the customary dinner and speaker. On Saturday, April 14, at about noon, there will be a guided bus tour which will include caves used by the James Gang, the assassination of John Younger by Pinkerton agents, and the Missouri Brigade (CSA) Memorial. These events are open to the public...
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Habitat seeks applications from prospective homeowners
(Local News ~ 04/05/07)
Nevada Daily Mail Applications are now being accepted for the next home to be built by the Nevada chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Individuals or families interested in applying for the selection process can pick up an application at Haggans Real Estate, 131 East Walnut, Nevada, weekdays, between 9 a.m. ...
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Dorothy H. Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/05/07)
Dorothy H. Jones, age 95, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2007. She was born June 28, 1911 in Springfield, Mass., to Claus and Dora Hjelm. She is survived by her husband, Philip M. Jones; sons, John D. Jones and wife Norma Partida, Philip E. Jones and wife Betty; grandson, Matthew Jones; numerous nieces and nephews...
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Maletha Margaret Davies (Obituary ~ 04/05/07)
Maletha Margaret Davies, 86, Nevada, Mo., passed away April 3, 2007, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born Feb. 14, 1921, in Lilly, Pa., to Ira P. Harker and Matilda McKinney Harker. She was married Feb. 24, 1945, in Hollsopple, Pa., to Glyndur James Davies. He preceded her in death Dec. 17, 2004... -
Roger Owen Stapes
(Obituary ~ 04/05/07)
Roger Owen Stapes, 69, died of cancer in his home in Sante Fe, N.M., on March 8, 2006. Roger was born May 16, 1936, near Redfield, Iowa, the son of Lloyd A. and Wilma L. Stapes. He graduated from Redfield High School in 1954 and immediately enrolled at the AIB College of Business in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated with honors in December 1955...
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Wilma Louie Wilson
(Obituary ~ 04/05/07)
Wilma Louie Wilson was born June 3, 1918, near Guthrie Center, Iowa, the daughter of Vernon Wilson and Maude (Watson) Wilson. Wilma died at the Ramsey Nursing Home in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 30, 2007. She attended Guthrie County schools and graduated from Linden, Iowa, high school in 1935. She was married to Lloyd A. Stapes in 1935. To this marriage three sons were born, Roger, Reid and Romon (who died in infancy). In 1972 she married Albert C. Miller in Rogers, Ark...
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Spring has sprung
(Column ~ 04/05/07)
April is a month of excitement and appreciation. I'll admit that it doesn't take as much to get me excited these days as it did a few years back. But if you go even further back to the prehistoric times of my life when I was quite young, almost anything could get me excited...
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Write your obituary in 'Talkese'
(Column ~ 04/05/07)
"Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music, and Why We Should, Like, Care" (Gotham Books, 2003). Anything but a catchy title. The author, John McWhorter, seems to go out of his way to perpetrate the very linguistic sins he laments. He gives no real reason "why we should, like, care." And he ends with no suggestions for reversing or even halting the "degradation."...
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Athletes honored for work in class (High School Sports ~ 04/05/07)
Nevada High School athletes (front row, from left) Heidi Wilson, Lauren Dockery, Emily Moore, (back row) Kellie Cooper, Brittany Crockett and Kaitlin Holland were honored with the Most Improved Scholastic Achievement Award for this school year by the Missouri State High School Activities Association. ... -
Pit wrestlers get back on the mat
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/07)
Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Pit club wrestling team is back in action as they competed in a tournament in Warrensburg Saturday. Spenser Daniels won both the freestyle and the greco tournaments in his weight class. Mason Heard took second in both competitions...
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Results from the men's senior golf league
(Outdoors ~ 04/05/07)
Nevada Daily Mail The local Senior Men's League has been competing on Tuesdays at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. On March 27, Larry Testman won the A Flight, while Ron Berryhill, Doug Campbell and Art Farmer tied for second. Bernie Wooldridge won the B Flight, while Charles Smith took second. Dick Staihr and Jim Shannon tied for third in the flight...
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