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Stoplight squandering
(Column ~ 07/28/17)
My response to a recent inquiry was to reply in kind with a question of my own. During my recent 50th class reunion, several of my former classmates questioned the current status of their old hometown. They wondered how those of us who still live here have been able to endure this back water village. In a comeback, I teased them, “in all these same years you have so loved living in your larger metropolitan area, how many hours, days or perhaps months, have you squandered sitting at stoplights?...
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Lost in changed medical buildings
(Column ~ 07/28/17)
Editor’s note: The following column originally ran in the Sept. 30, 2010, edition of the Daily Mail. There are many places in my life that I remember vividly. I can picture each wall of a certain building, remember the houses on a certain street, or walk in memory down several miles of country roads without ever feeling confused. But put me in those same places after there has been a remodeling or road changes and I get disturbed by trying to remember just how it used to be...
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“Discover Your District” event planned for area educators and youth leaders
(Column ~ 07/28/17)
By Rep. Patricia Pike Missouri’s 126 Dist. JEFFERSON CITY, MO — A “Discover Your District” event has been planned specifically for adults working with our area youth. Area educators and youth leaders, from Bates and Vernon counties, are invited to a one-hour lunch program on Thursday, Aug. ...
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Richard Hugh Johnson (Obituary ~ 07/28/17)
Richard Hugh Johnson, 64, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, July 25, at his home in Nevada. Richard was born Aug. 10, 1952, in Nevada, to Richard Edwin and Betty Sue (Callaway) Johnson. On Sept. 7, 1977, he was united in marriage to Shirley Jean Monter in Calhan, Colo., and she survives of the home... -
Nevada hospital explores three options
(Local News ~ 07/28/17)
Together, Monday evening’s closed session and Tuesday’s open sessions of the board of directors of Nevada Regional Medical Center were a bit like the old Roman god Janus. Noted for having one face looking backward and another looking forward, he is the source for the name of January, a month which looks backward over the previous year and ahead to the year to come...
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National Night Out swim party Tuesday
(Local News ~ 07/28/17)
A free swim party from 6:30-8 p.m. at Walton Family Aquatic Center will highlight Nevada’s observance of National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 1. Kansas City Power and Light will be on hand providing free hotdogs, chips and drinks. A host of other activities will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. as Nevada will join some 38 million residents in 20,000 communities taking part in National Night Out...
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Ambulance district faces increasing call volume (Local News ~ 07/28/17)
The Vernon County Ambulance District is working to keep up with a steadily increasing call volume, but days like June 22 and 23, 2017 ,stretch resources to their limits. “I would say probably in a months time we’ll have … 5 to 10 days … pushing that 14 to 15 call volume,” said Leland Splitter, VCAD director...
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