Stories from Thursday, October 11, 2007

"Read the plan. Read the updates and then if you still think we need to redo it I'll probably support you," John Flynn, planning commission member, told Nevada City Manager Bill McGuire Tuesday before the planning commission voted unanimously to send the city's Five-year Capital Improvement Plan to the city council with a positive recommendation...

If it's October it must be time for Oktoberfest and that means chili in these parts. Peggy Tedlock, United Way executive secretary, said that more than 10 teams have registered already but "the more the merrier." The cook-off will begin at 8 a.m. and the musical entertainment will begin at 10 a.m., Oct. 13...

The Christmas season is closer than you think, and now's the time that On My Own, Inc., its clients and any disabled person with a flair for crafts or baking who wishes to participate are getting ready for the organization's fourth annual Christmas Bazaar Craft Fair and Bake Sale. The event is set for 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, at the City/County Community Center in Nevada...

Peggy Graves is a retired teacher who loves to garden. She is also a Master Gardener. She worked for a while at the Nevada YMCA and decided to make their garden her project. "I did gardening for fun. I started it before I became a Master Gardener. The Osage Prairie YMCA had a little garden and I drew up some plans. Ted Maxwell showed it to the Board. They then came and asked if I would do it," Graves said...

On Wednesday afternoon, the Vernon County commissioners were joined, at the site of the long-awaited new jail, by many supporters for a groundbreaking ceremony. The commissioners have spent many hours working with Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman and others to make this facility a reality and they took a step closer with the groundbreaking...

David B. Isaacson, 54, Nevada, entered into rest Monday evening, Oct. 8, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born Aug. 12, 1953, in Watertown, S.D., to Marvin Henry Isaacson and Monica Dawn Wensing Isaacson. On Oct. 8, 1983, he married Cynthia Ann Cantrell in Mora, Minn, and she survives of the home...

Alvie Levera Highley, age 76 of Milo, Mo., passed away on Oct. 9, 2007, at McCune Brooks Hospital, in Carthage, Mo. Born May 8, 1931, in Montevallo, Mo., to James Miles Highley and Gertie Ann Rapp Highley. Alvie joined Georgia Nell Weaver in holy matrimony on May 16, 1954...

Infant son of Kirk and Nancy Davisson, of Sheldon, Adam Riley Davisson, died Oct. 9, 2007. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 2:30 p.m., at Tolson Cemetery, in Sheldon, Mo.

Crystal Henry and Chris Foster are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Jaelynn Deztanye Pearl Foster. Jaelynn was born Oct. 9, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical center. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 21 inches. Maternal grandparents are Rick and Kim Young, of Nevada, and Kevin Henry Sr., of Modeste, La. Maternal great-grandparents is Kathy Hull, of Bullhead City, Ariz. Maternal great-great-grandparents is Vivian Hull, of Bullhead City, Ariz...

Dr. Richardson, our old country doctor, was loyal to me even before I was born. My mother had a bad experience with the doctor in our nearby town and wanted her old doctor from the community in which they had lived earlier. It was 35 miles away at Tiffin. That doesn't sound far today, but in 1939, it was...

The Cottey College Comets had a three-game winning streak stopped cold on Tuesday night by the Longview Community College Lakers. Longview swept Cottey in three games 15-30, 17-30, and 19-30. "Longview is currently ranked 13th in the national polls," said head coach Marla Kannady Foreman. "We knew we had our work cut out for us on Tuesday night. However, we went into each game with the mindset to work on each point, and not focus on the overall result of the game."...

On Tuesday, at approximately 5:30 p.m., local residents around the Lynn, Ashland intersection rushed to see what happened after hearing a crash nearby. "I heard the sound and knew just what it was." said one spectator. Two vehicles, a white Cutlass Ciera and a maroon Lincoln Towncar, collided at the intersection after the Cutlass driver Henry E. Shumaker, Nevada, "failed to yield," said Sgt. Jeff Baker of the Nevada Police Department...