Stories from Thursday, April 26, 2007

Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail "Every Victim, Every Time" is the slogan for the week of April 22-28, National Crime Victims' Rights Week. The Vernon County Domestic Violence Task Force organized a crime victims' walk scheduled for Tuesday evening; however, because of weather conditions, the participants canceled the walk but still met for a remembrance ceremony in the circuit court of the Vernon County Courthouse...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon School teacher Carolyn Compton has been selected for the Select Teachers As Regional Resources , a state-level professional development program for Missouri schools created under provisions of the Outstanding Schools Act...

Nevada Daily Mail Jefferson City, Mo. -- Attorney General Jay Nixon says his office already has hundreds of complaints this year about home repair contractors, and he says that number will just keep growing. As spring and summer arrive and more Missourians have work done on their homes, Nixon is urging consumers to watch out for telltale signs of fraud...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors heard from Judith Feuquay that 300 people attended the third annual Health Fair at the Osage Prairie YMCA Saturday, which she said was a great success. She said that "Many, many" hospital personnel helped staff the event and said they deserved thanks for their help...

D. Murle Hill, 64, left this life to be with his Lord on April 24, 2007, from St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. Murle was horn in Chickasha, Okla., on July 11, 1942. The family moved to Texas when Murle was young and remained there until his father's death. ...

Norman L. "Chuck" Cross, 57, Edgerton, Kan., passed away at his home on Thursday, April 19, 2007. He was born Sept. 30, 1949, in Nevada, Mo., to Norman Ivan Cross and Frances Maxine Fellows Cross. He married Frances Marie Dixon on Feb. 24, 1981, in Olathe, Kan., and she survives of the home...

George W. Schmitz, age 84, of Denver, Colo., died at his home on April 9, 2007. He was born Oct. 16, 1922, in LaSalle, Ill. During World War II he served in the U.S. Marines in Europe. After the war, he settled in Denver where he spent 40 years working at the phone company, Mountain Bell...

My mother never believed in taking any medicine. She used the traditional Vicks or Camphorated Oil on our chests when we had a cold. She would also fix a salt and soda concoction to gargle if we had a sore throat. If we got a cut or scrape we could expect iodine unless we talked her into only using mercurochrome. Our medicine chest was rather bare except for those standbys. We didn't get sick very often, and thankfully none of us had anything very seriously wrong with us...

"Aristocrat" comes from the Greek aristos, "best." Who's "best"? In most of history it was defined by heredity. If your parents were "best," so were you, even if you were the most worthless lout on earth. The modern world rejects this "best," only to replace it with a "worse." The pop culture's "best" are the "rich and famous," most of whom are no better than that titled worthless lout. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- With the state legislature scrutinizing the way the Missouri State High School Activities Association operates, area athletic directors seem to be in agreement that the government should stay out. While the legislature has designated a special panel to look into the overall operations of MSHSAA, Nevada athletic director Kevin McKinley said the body that governs high school sports in the state doesn't need any further political influence...