Stories from Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Robert E. Quackenbush, 76, was born Dec. 19, 1936, and died Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. The family will receive friends from 11 to 11:50 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, at Weymouth Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at noon at Peninsula Memorial Park with full military honors...

Care Connection for Aging Services, Center Coordinator/Care Manager When does worry become depression? Is anxiety over everyday things normal? These are the kinds of questions many of us wrestle with. We wonder if the way we feel, and the things we do to change how we feel, are healthy or not...

Growing up, the story of David and Goliath fascinated me and today causes me to reflect that, perhaps, the governments of that day were more civilized than today. Choosing a "champion fighter" from each side and accepting the results would save a lot of bloodshed, not to mention property destroyed...

The Nevada Osage Masonic Lodge No. 303 will host its fourth annual golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Frank E. Peters Municipal golf course in Nevada. The tournament will be a four-person scramble with an entry fee of $240. per team. Cash prizes are planned for first, second and third places in four flights if there are 36 teams. A skins game, a silent auction and other special events are planned throughout the day...

Care packages are being sent to those serving overseas in the military by the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 918. The veterans' group is asking area residents to help by contacting them with the names and addresses of local soldiers from Barton, Bates, Cedar, Dade, St. Clair and Vernon counties...

Nevada Daily Mail The members of the University of Missouri Extension Council representing Vernon County met in the diner at the county fairgrounds on Monday to discuss trends in three of the offices five thematic areas. About two dozen people showed up for a potluck dinner featuring fried fish, hush puppies and chicken cooked by Eddy Bond. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Bronaugh joins the nation in supporting Constitution week, Sept. 17 to 23. "We ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideals of the framers of the Constitution by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through the guarding of our liberties and remember that lost rights might never be regained," Mayor Sherry Brown read at the Bronaugh Board of Aldermen meeting Monday...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Planning Commission voted 6-0 during a meeting lasting about 20 minutes to send a positive recommendation to the city council on Resolution No. 091093 containing the city of Nevada 5-year Capital Improvement Plan. The 5-year Capital Improvement Plan is a requirement in the city charter...