Stories from Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Juanita Bostick, 81, formerly of Schell City, died Monday, March 29, 2004, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, Mo. Survivors include two daughters, Judy Hefner, Rogers, Ark., and Betty Carlton, Springdale, Ark.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild...

Charles "Lendel" Fulbright, 77, Pittsburg, Kan., formerly of Bolivar, Mo., died March 27, 2004, at Integris Baptist Hospital in Miami, Okla. He was born on Feb. 5, 1927, the son of Charles Aaron and Bessie Jane Davison Fulbright. On Feb. 3, 1952, he married Sibyl Ruark in Miller, Mo...

Stanford Dewitt Buntin, 74, Butler, Mo., died Friday, March 26, 2004, at the Medicalodge of Butler. He was born Jan. 21, 1930, in Palestine, Ill., the son of Jerome and Enolia A. (Reinbold) Buntin. All of his life Stanford worked in the family's retail sporting goods business and helped care for ailing family members. ...

The Nevada Tiger track team opened its season at the Mule Relays, an indoor meet at Warrensburg, Mo., on Monday. Senior Mikel Gragg scored the Tigers only points (2) with a fifth-place finish in the shot put event. Complete Nevada results: Men 55-meter dash -- 27. Ryan Seaver, 7.05; 31. Steve Branstetter, 7.08...

By Steve Moyer A group of parents and guardians of people being cared for at the Nevada Habilitation Center met with Dr. Anne Deaton, division director Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the Missouri Department of Mental Health Saturday afternoon. They were upset that their family members may be moved out of the habilitation center in order to close Benton Hall...

By Steve Moyer Anne Deaton, division director Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the Missouri Department of Mental Health, distributed copies of the five-year plan for habilitation centers in Missouri to the parents and guardians of the clients served at the Nevada Habilitation Center at Saturday's meeting...

By Steve Moyer Two men armed with rifles robbed Emery's Truck Plaza in Deerfield Sunday night. The two men entered the store, bandana's covering part of their faces, and ordered employees and customers to lay on the floor, according to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office. ...

By Nancy Malcom Friday preschool students from Bryan elementary school took a field trip to Midwest Feed & Farm store to see the newly hatched chicks. "We've been here eight years and kids come here every year to see the chicks," owner Bellinda Kennedy said. The chicks are pre-ordered by local farmers and usually only available for the children to see for a couple of days before being picked up and taken to their new homes...