Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 2009

April 1 An accident occurred at 6:22 p.m., on Route W and Cleveland, involving a car driven by Ashley R. DeBoutez, of Nevada, and a car driven by Sammantha A. Drake, of Nevada, and a van driven by Christopher R. Million, of Nevada. No injuries were reported...

Natosha Coonce, of Rockville, Mo., is proud to announce the birth of her daughter, Carmen Lynne Coonce. Carmen was born at 4:22 p.m., on April 6, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 21 inches. Maternal grandparents are James and Threasa Coonce, of Rockville, Mo. Maternal great-grandparents are R.W. and Harriet West, and Willard and Della Glaze, all of Rockville, Maternal great-grandparent is Alice West, of Kansas City, Mo...

Ruth Eileen Ferguson, 90, of North Little Rock, Ark., formerly of Hume, Mo., died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Lonoke Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born Oct. 26, 1918, in Hume, the daughter of Lloyd and Cora Austin Brooks. She married James Ferguson on May 26, 1942, at Nevada. ...

Marvin C. Budd, 87, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2009, at his home in Nevada, following a brief illness. He was born on May 14, 1921, in Cedar County, Mo., to Robert E. Budd and Edith Phillips Budd. He married Mary E. Noel on March 20, 1980, in Nevada, and she preceded him in death on June 11, 2004...

I've noticed as the years go by that choices are sometimes forced upon us. Economics, health changes, all of it comes down to choices. It's human nature, oftentimes, to resist changes. We don't want to give things up. We don't want to trust, to change our lifestyle, to cut our expenses. We see these all as bad things forced upon us...

Editor: Since no Congress, president, or court will ever ever succeed in overturning Roe vs. Wade, we must take it into our own hands to rid the nation of abortion. It no longer matters who you vote for (I voted for a pro choice candidate for President in 2008); it can be done by us. Americans have rid themselves of problems before and they can do it again. Here is how...

An "Afternoon of Jazz" will be presented on Sunday, April 19, at 3 p.m., in the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The concert is free. The "Afternoon of Jazz" will feature the Cottey Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Gary Johnson, along with the Nevada Middle School Jazz Band and Nevada High School Jazz Band, both under the direction of Tom Meyer...

Vernon County Ambulance District Director James McKenzie said that he is in favor of the combined dispatch operation between the city, county and VCAD; but he has some questions relating the financial issues involved. "We never said we wouldn't pay for it. ...

A group of young women from Vernon and Cedar counties worked together to win the 4-H junior team horse judging in Columbia Saturday, March 21. The group was first formed from just Vernon County four years ago but as the young ladies grew out of the junior division into the senior division there weren't enough members to make two teams and that's when they reached out to the members from Cedar County...