Stories from Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Young children grow and change at an extraordinary rate and don't come with a "how to" manual. Yet advice for parents comes from many different avenues ranging from health and governmental agencies to companies selling products for babies. Parents are forced to decipher between genuine help and biased promotional plugs, not to mention myths circulating about hidden agendas to control and regulate the American family. ...

Nominations are being accepted for the January election of the Vernon County University of Missouri Extension Council members, according to Council Chairman, Tom Harold. Council members are elected or appointed to two-year terms and may not serve more than two consecutive terms. Nominees must be at least 18 and must reside in the district from which they are selected. Nominations must be made prior to Dec. 3...

Nevada's Public Safety Building has a problem with water running into the basement when it rains; and without the dehumidifiers that run 24 hours a day, black mold would be growing all over the basement. Replacing this facility has been a high priority for several years and Monday night the city council took a tentative step in the direction of bringing that to fruition when the council voted 4-1 after a sometimes heated discussion to pay Jean Loving $10,000 for an option to purchase four tracts of property in the 300 block of West Cherry Street.. ...

Emergency personnel from the Vernon County Ambulance District, Nevada Fire Department, Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a one vehicle accident about noon on Monday, Nov. 8. The accident occured near the intersection of Quail Road and 1600 Road, one mile east of Ricketts when a northbound Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Allison N. ...

Agriculture, culinary arts students share knowledge, skill

Edward "Ed" Hulse, 56, of Stephenville, Texas, passed away Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, in Fort Worth. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 8, at the Stephenville Funeral Home Chapel with Werth Mayes and Jeff Andis officiating. Interment followed at the Indian Creek Cemetery in Erath County. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home...

Nola J. Hartzfeld, 69, of Nevada, passed away on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., following a lengthy battle with cancer. Nola was born on Nov. 11, 1940, in Alton, Ill., to Clifford Eugene Arbuthnot and Gladys Fern Volentine Arbuthnot. She was married June 1, 1959, in Nevada, to Kenneth R. Hartzfeld and he preceded her in death...

Alice Helen Brandt, 81, of Norwalk, Calif., died on Friday, Nov. 6, 2010, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born on May 12, 1929, in Matlock, Iowa, to Herb and Magdalene Mastbergen. On July 25, 1946, she was married in Iowa, to Donald Brandt, and he preceded her in death...

October 25 Michael A. Collins, Nevada, no dog tag. October 27 Veronica A. Chavez, Lamar, speeding 52/40. Kenny R. Cook, Hazen Prairie, Ariz., failure to secure load. Lyn B. Horst, Nevada, expired license plate. Kristopher G.L. Paxton, Nevada, speeding 43/30, driving while suspended...