Stories from Tuesday, April 27, 2004

In the past few months there has been an onslaught in the media over fast food types and their portion size. It did not take a mental genius to figure out that one did it? You order a burger, fries, and drink, then for a little additional money you get the super size of each item, it follows that you are going to get more of everything including calories and fat. Duh!...

Elson V. Earnest, 81, Nevada, passed away April 24, 2004, at his residence following a brief illness. He was born May 11, 1922, in Nevada to Emmett Cleveland Earnest and Avis Roberta Stucker Earnest. He was married April 1, 1945, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Fern Dee who survives of the home...

Robert Dougherty, 87, Nevada, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2004, at his home in Nevada. He was born Dec. 10, 1916, in Cowlick, Ark., to Barney Wright Dougherty and Annie Gray Dougherty. He married Maggie Belle Burnett on Dec. 25, 1937 in Wynne, Ark., and she preceded him in death on Jan. 31, 1997...

Craig Wendell Johnson, 49, Nevada died suddenly Friday, April 23, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. He was born Nov. 3, 1954, in Nevada to Horace Wendell Johnson and Joan Louise True Johnson. He lived all his life in Nevada and Vernon County. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1973. He was self employed in the trucking business his entire working life...

By Scott Moyers and Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Iraq is the likely destination of 20 Vernon County National Guard troops who have been activated for deployment overseas in the war on terror, according to state guard officials. "The information I've received is that they're going to Iraq as part of Iraqi Freedom," said 1st Lt. Jamie Melchert, public affairs officer of the Missouri National Guard in Jefferson City...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Chris Hopkins, District III Area Agency on Aging, excused herself for a moment while she went back into the kitchen of the new Neal Center. "Our head cook, Kelly Key, pointed out that we're going to need more freezer space, even bringing over the old freezers won't be enough to handle the need."...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The support group for individuals receiving care at the Nevada Habilitation Center have hired Jefferson City lobbyist Jerry Ford to represent them. "We need to have someone that will put our concerns first," said Natalie Woods, whose sister lives at the Nevada Habilitation Center...

Recent heavy rains have flooded the camping and restroom area at Cephas Ford Access, a Missouri conservation area that lies alongside the Marmaton river. The rains have also benefitted the many green growing things found in Vernon county. At right, tulips bloom on the Vernon county courthouse lawn, recently. The National Weather Service is predicting clear skies until Thursday night when showers and thunderstorms are expected to return...