Stories from Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Marjorie Minter Hart Carpenter, 86, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born Dec. 30, 1921, in Milo, Mo., to Benjamin Harrison Hart and Helen Kinkead Hart. She married Harold L. Carpenter on April 27, 1942, in Los Angeles, Calif., and he preceded her in death in February 1982...

Alice and Cooter Yount, of Liberal, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Callie Lou Yount. Callie was born at 11:23 p.m., on Sept. 2, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 3/4 inches...

Sept. 12 There were reports of a stranded motorist in the Arthur area, a juvenile in the Sheldon area, a medical call in the Walker area, an assault in the Nevada area, a careless and imprudent driver in the U.S. Highway 71 area, an alarm in the Walker area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Milo area, a traffic stop in the Milo area, a medical call in the Richards area, and a check well being in the Dederick area...

Hurricane Ike was busy wreaking havoc in Texas, blasting ashore with its 110 mph winds on Saturday, reaching its long, wet fingers of moisture into Vernon County over the weekend, causing flooding and closing roads -- some of which remained closed Monday...

The 39th Annual McGennis Youth Center barbecue is set for Sunday Sept. 28. Good food, good music and good times are the order of the day on that Sunday with activities for all ages. Horse drawn wagon rides will be offered beginning at noon and running to 1:30 p.m., to the 160-acre youth center...

The Nevada City Council will be considering eight new items of business and three old items when they meet at 7:00 tonight in the city council chambers, in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash Street. Among the new items on their agenda will be consideration of the lease-purchase of a Tymco 600 BAH street sweeper to replace the current sweeper. ...

It survived the Civil War, both World Wars and the Great Depression but Lehman Brothers threw in the towel and filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Monday. Lehman, Merrill Lynch and other big institutional investors were major participants in the commodities boom of the past year, helping push the price of oil, precious metals and grains to historic highs until a slowing global economy helped bring a halt to the rally. ...

Each year, on the anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America, people across the nation celebrate Constitution Week. A proclamation by President George W. Bush states, Americans are united by the principles embodied in the United States Constitution. On Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and during Constitution Week, we celebrate the establishment of the United States Constitution and honor the Framers of this groundbreaking document...

The Liberal High School Bulldogs defeated the Diamond Wildcats Friday night. Liberal got on the board first in the game on an 18-yard pass from Cole Williams to Jordan Meadows with 9:30 to go in the first quarter to take a 6-0 lead. Diamond needed just one minute to answer as T.J. Devins ran the ball 53 yards for the score...