Stories from Thursday, May 7, 2009

April 27 An accident occurred at 7:55 a.m., in Cedar Ridge State School's parking lot, involving a car driven by Susan K. Forester, of Nevada, and a van driven by Julie A. Ogden, of Nevada. No injuries were reported. An accident occurred at 1:32 p.m., in Social Security Administration's parking lot, involving a car driven by Jackie L. Allen, of Nevada, and a parked SUV owned by Douglas and Dondria McGuire, of Butler. No injuries were reported...

May 4 There were reports of a suspicious vehicle in the Nevada area, a vehicle vs. deer accident in the Bronaugh area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, a gas drive off in the Fort Scott area, a missing person in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Milo area, mudding in the Bronaugh area, threats in the Nevada area, and an ex parte violation in the Bronaugh area...

Sue Ellen Bice, 76, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Sept. 27, 1932, in Nevada, to Jack Bice and Nova Penney Bice. Sue was a graduate of Nevada High School in 1951. ...

The Vernon County jurisdiction of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program has been chosen to receive $5,914 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. These funds have been made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...

With the recent spread of the H1N1 strain of flu, some residents may be wondering what can be done in advance of its possible arrival in our area. Earl Ackley, disaster services coordinator of Care Connection for Aging Services, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of health and Senior Services, will be presenting the "ready In Three" program, "preparing for Pandemic Flu: A Community Guide," on May 11, at 10:30 a.m., in the dining room of the Vernon County Senior Center...

"Misnaming the H1N1 virus 'swine flu' will cause a significant amount of monetary damage, not only to the hog industry but to related industries such as hog packing and trucking," said Ron Plain, livestock economist with the University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program...

Austin Brown and Alex Gayman, who are both enrolled as automotive technology students at Nevada Technical Center have won the opportunity to compete in the "Hands-On" Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Quality Care Challenge. The competition is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Education, AAA and Ford and will feature 10 two-person teams from 10 schools, who are students in automotive technology programs...

Following a search and rescue effort involving several local responding agencies, two people were safely pulled from high water after they got trapped in the high waters caused by the week-long rains Vernon County has experienced. The Vernon County Swift Water Team was activated after the Vernon County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from the couple...

It is never too late for parents to begin using Love & Logic techniques regardless of whether the family has a teenager or a toddler. Of course, the best time to start using Love and Logic is before the infant can walk. Experience indicates that 8 to 9 months of age is a wonderful time to apply the techniques. Even if children do not understand the spoken language, they do grasp the general ideas of what we say to them...

In this column I'd like to give a shout-out to some of my oldest friends. I hope you find these stories as heartwarming as I do. I hope they make you laugh. I hope they make you smile. And I hope they make you remember. If I think back to my earliest and longest friends, my head floods with memories. ...

Privacy! That seems to be the operative word these days. We can't tell you what is wrong with someone or we would invade his privacy. Churches send out prayer lists but we don't know what we are praying for. Is she seriously ill, or is she facing making an important decision?...

Elizabeth Bird and Mike Clemmons, and siblings Kannon and Whitney, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Alexxis Paige Clemmons. Alexxis was born at 3:36 p.m., on April 26, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches...