Stories from Friday, October 17, 2008

Theda Harriet Wilson, 86, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. She was born Oct. 27, 1921, in Nevada, to Harry Vernon Downey and Ora R.E. Hopkins Downey. She married Charles Woodrow Wilson on Oct. 6, 1943, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 9, 1994...

Shana Brown and Greg Roberts, of Milo, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Wendie Renaye Roberts. Wendie was born at 6:53 a.m., on Oct. 10, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches...

Oct. 15 There were reports of an abandoned vehicle in the Walker area, a juvenile in the Moundville area, a disturbance in the Nevada area, a 911 hang up in the Nevada area, a dog bite in the Nevada area, a 911 wrong number in the Metz area, a theft in the Nevada area, threats in the Bronaugh area, an assault in the Walker area, a vehicle vs. deer accident in the Rich Hill area, and found property in the Deerfield area...

Nevada City Clerk, Julie Lewis, recently announced that Jayne Novak has filed for re-election to one of the two seats available in the 2009 City Council election. The filing period for candidates opened on Oct. 14 and ends at 4 p.m., Nov. 18. Novak was appointed to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Russ Kemm last spring...

The string ensemble Angèle Dubeau and La Pieta will be at Cottey College performing in the Missouri Recital Hall at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. Angèle Dubeau and La Pieta is a string ensemble for piano, uniquely composed of eight women, that brings together some of the finest musicians in Canada...

Don Kennedy, former Missouri state legislator, Nevada city councilman and mayor, Western Missouri Appeals court judge and author died Oct. 10, at his home in Marion, Ky., at the age of 82. Kennedy, whose health had been declining for several years, suffered from Parkinson's disease and post-polio syndrome...

A resilient and positive attitude surrounded the dreary reports regarding population growth in Bourbon and Vernon Counties Friday afternoon. According to studies conducted by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research, W. Barton School of Business at Wichita State University in Kansas and Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, both counties could experience a population decline over the next 22 years...

When asked to review last night's dress rehearsal of CCPA's up-coming production of "Dracula," I jumped to the conclusion it must be a children's theater venture: I thought immediately of Abbott and Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr., you know the drill. And I foresaw a long, long evening filled with far-off wolf cries, unmuffled, long-lasting soprano screams, blood-spattered walls, the whole bit. Yes, I kind of dreaded the thought of what might be in store for me...

The Nevada Middle School eighth grade volleyball team competed in the first night of the Tri-County Tournament in Joplin Monday night. Nevada played Joplin South on the tournament's first night and was able to come out of the night with a victory 25-14, 25-16. The semifinal round of the tournament was scheduled to start Tuesday night...

The Nevada Middle School seventh grade A and B teams competed against Joplin at Logan Field Tuesday night. The B team played first and ended the night with a scoreless game that ended in a tie, 0-0. The tie brings the B team's record to 0-2-2 on the year...

Across our nation October is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a time to not only raise awareness about Breast Cancer prevention but to share our support for the continuous effort to find a cure. Earlier this month I was honored to attend a proclamation ceremony where our governor, my husband Matt Blunt recognized October 2008 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Missouri. ...

Most Americans, when they refer to the Constitution of the United States, do so with an almost religious reverence. While it is without a doubt, one of mankind's greatest achievements, it is most definitely not "sacred." On the contrary, the Constitution is the product of living, breathing, flawed, human beings. There was no clap of thunder, no bolt of lightening, and the words were copied on paper, not burned into stone tablets...

Dear Editor, Oct. 6, 2008, a family member was killed by a hit-and-run driver on 1525 Road. The speed limit on rural roads is 55 mph and that is still too fast. You are lucky it was not a child, bet the heartache felt by this family for Sugar Ann, our beloved pet is felt everyday...

Dear Editor: As a retired teacher I feel compelled to inform your readers of a true American injustice. After teaching in the public school system for 32 years I retired in 2005. Like most other college students I worked during college and often worked a second job while teaching. ...