Stories from Friday, May 16, 2008

Inter-racial marriage and religion Dear Editor: I was intrigued when I read the "Blended Blessings" article by Richard Carpenter in the Nevada Daily Mail of April 18, 2008. I agree with Mr. Carpenter that interracial marriage is not an easy one to write about in our community due to the traditional stereotypes...

Barbara Lee Wolfe, 67, Republic, was escorted to her Heavenly Home by her Friend and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 1:25 a.m., Thursday, May 15, 2008, in St. Johns Hospital, Springfield. She was born Jan. 18, 1941 in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Samuel Clarence Jr. and Lula Mae "Lou" (Shaw) Bethel...

May 14 There were reports of a suspicious person in the Nevada area, an animal in the I-44 area, an alarm in the Bronaugh area, suspicious activities in the Bronaugh area, debris in the road in the Nevada area, and harassment in the Nevada area. Ronnie W. Radford, 48, of Nevada, was arrested and processed by the Vernon County Sheriff's Office on charges of domestic assault. He was released on a $500 bond...

The Nevada R-5 Board of Education had a brief meeting Wednesday evening at the district's central office with little on the public agenda; but a buzz was in the air about the district's search for a new superintendent. Thursday morning, board president Larry Forkner confirmed the hiring of a new superintendent, Dr. David Stephens, who is currently serving as assistant superintendent at Carl Junction...

The Nevada R-5 School District could soon receive aid to mitigate damage from a recent storm that flooded parts of Truman Elementary and the high school. During a meeting Wednesday night, Assistant Superintendent Christi Peterson reported on a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant the district for which the district is eligible. The district may receive up to $164,600 in aid...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Peach and apple growers in Missouri should now thin fruit from their trees to produce a good crop this year and get the trees back to a regular bearing cycle. Last year's late-spring freeze destroyed both crops, resulting in an overabundance of developing fruit on trees this spring...

The Vernon County Drug Court Committee will conduct its 14th graduation ceremony at 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 20, in the circuit courtroom at the Vernon County Courthouse. The drug court is a diversionary program aimed at giving first-time offenders facing convictions for drug-related offenses a second chance, offering rehabilitation rather than incarceration. ...

Don and Nicholas Traub, father and son, have a museum exhibit design firm in Spring Hill, Kan. Recently, they were hired by the Vernon County Historical Society to add some extraordinary exhibits to the Bushwhacker Museum. "We have a small firm," Don Traub said. "It's all family-operated. My wife is president and marketer, and one of our researchers. I'm the primary designer and Nicholas is the graphic designer...

I suspect I am like many of you, already quite tired of this presidential election year. I would not be writing this now if it were not of such importance. For you see friends and neighbors, there is a "sinister plot" hidden in this campaign. If the news media is correct, our next president will be left-handed!...

In opposition of "Blended Blessings" Dear Editor, This letter opposes the "Blended Blessings" article by Mr. Richard Carpenter recently published in your paper. He is correct stating the American "racial mix is becoming homogenized. " He is incorrect to cast his thoughts as if this new way of racial miscegenation or amalgamation is better than the old, ancient, Christian way of opposing racially mixed marriages to maintain racial purity. ...