Stories from Friday, April 18, 2014

Francis Marie Wood, 93, formerly of Vernon County, Mo., passed away April 17, 2014, at the Colonial Springs Healthcare, in Buffalo, Mo., following a short illness. Francis was born July 11, 1920, in Vernon County, to Frank Marshall Carter and Anna May (Slates) Carter. She was united in marriage to George A. (Del) Wood in December 1936, and he preceded her in death on 1971...

The Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission will host its first public meeting for a Joint Land Use Study for Camp Clark April 22, at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome and all are encouraged to attend and to participate. The Joint Land Use Study is an ongoing project between Camp Clark, the City of Nevada, and Vernon County. The objective of the study is to encourage and enhance compatibility between the National Guard mission at Camp Clark and lands surrounding the training center...

Nevada Daily Mail The newest Healthy Nevada project is using shovels, wheelbarrows and patches of dirt to further explore healthy living. Seeds of Faith, a gardening project, looks to teach healthful eating through hands-on learning in community gardens...

Nevada Daily Mail The Fifth Nevada Young Authors' Conference rolls around Saturday, April 26, at Truman Elementary, at 12:30 p.m. Students from Appleton City, El Dorado Springs, Ballard, Hume, Sheldon, St. Mary's Catholic School, Benton Elementary, and Truman Elementary will take part...

Years ago I bought a box full of books at an auction for $3. Not too many people seemed to be interested in some old books. One of the books I found in the box was an 1882 household addition of the Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The old original leather-bound book was very stiff and worn, some of the pages had come loose from the binding and yellowed over time...

Hi neighbors. It is difficult to believe that another Easter Sunday is just one night away. We often remember the years of our lives by holidays, national and personal. Ask someone when such-n-such happened. They start recounting by personal experience. ...

Schools in our area are in the midst of raising funds for their after graduation parties and after prom events. Volunteers are working to provide a safe environment for our students. Every year, "project graduation parties" and after prom events are held at schools across the country. The idea grew out of concern about potential alcohol and drug use during prom and graduation season...

By Melissa George Kessler Gorgonzola, asiago, parmesan, feta--all of these are common in grocery stores and restaurants, key components of salads, pasta dishes and cheesy bread products. They are also known as geographic indicators, words that reference the historical origins of the products themselves, though all have been produced outside of those home regions for generations. In many cases, makers of these products in other parts of the world have spent decades building their markets...