Stories from Thursday, May 15, 2008

We have a rather happy family, at most times. We enjoy each other's company, usually. We share the same basic values, most often. We can agree to disagree at times, in most cases. But in this unsettling season there is a disagreement on a basic issue that could lead to real trouble for our family life. Each side of this dispute turns to research and experience to prove his point...

May 5 An accident occurred at 10:02 a.m., at Austin and Osage, involving a car driven by Benetta J. Winslow, of Lamar, and a SUV driven by Anna L. Duncan, of Nevada. No injuries were reporeted. An accident occurred at 10:07 a.m., at Nevada Medical Clinic parking lot, involving a pickup driven by Roger D. McDaniel, of Nevada, and an OATS bus driven by John R. Flynn, of Nevada. No injuries were reported...

Cottey College is preparing for commencement and other related activities. As these important events draw closer, drivers on Austin are asked to take note of the increased pedestrian and visitor traffic and to drive safely. The following commencement events are open to the public...

Two local women, concerned over the plight of people caught in Saturday's devastation, are taking time to gather and deliver donated goods to the area. Linda Byerly and JoAnn Jones, both work at Nevada Housing Authority, and they are ready to leave Friday with donated items to help out. The two stressed that this is a personal effort and not connected with the housing authority...

magine walking along the sidewalk --listening to your IPOD, thinking about dinner -- when you run into low hanging tree branches, or a trash container left on the sidewalk. Irritating isn't it? You can however, move the trash container or duck out of the limbs; someone in a wheelchair however, might not be able to. That is where the Citizens for Safety comes in...

att Schneringer is the new CEO at the Osage Prairie YMCA. Although not a Vernon County native, he is familiar with this area of the country, which is one of the reasons he wanted to live and work here. "I come from a military family," Schneringer explained. "My dad spent 20 years as an Army helicopter pilot. We moved all over the country and even lived in Panama and Germany."...