Stories from Friday, October 11, 2013

Have you noticed the scarcity of my favorite wild flower, the Spanish Blossom, this year? Every year I look forward to seeing fields of the little yellow blossoms before the winter wheat preparations plow up the growths from the summer. If there were no actual fields with the blooms, there were plenty in the road ditches and right-of ways. I considered the treat of all that cheerful yellow as my "fix" for the winter which will be without much color...

Dear Editor: Recently, I went to the funeral of a man I knew growing up, Page Fletchall. It seems I go to a lot of funerals as I grow older -- funerals of men my father's age, men Tom Brokaw called "our greatest generation." Page Fletchall was one such man. ...

Dear Editor: I don't know about you, but this headline and story about the poor bovine falling into a bathtub to get the last drop of water put me in stitches. It's why I love to read country correspondence, which was not always the case. Mary Shead's story from over at Arcadia, Kan., which ran Tuesday, Oct. 1, brought to mind my experience as a cub reporter in Colorado Springs, long before that beautiful place had grown to be Colorado's second largest city. We carried several country columns...

Nevada Daily Mail All of the fourth grade students and teachers at Truman Elementary School in Nevada heard the last of a series of fire prevention presentations which were conducted throughout the R-5 school system this week by the men of the Nevada Fire Department. The presentations are part of what Fire Capt. Robert Benn called the largest public outreach program of the year...

Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series on local manufacturer 3M following a recent information session and tour for local lawmakers and business officials. Nevada Daily Mail 3M Nevada has a sizeable community footprint beyond its economic impact as the largest employer in Nevada and Vernon County and as the largest 3M plant of five in Missouri...

Daily Mail Oktoberfest arrives again, continuing a tradition that began in 1985, started by the management of Farm and Home Savings, which is now US Bank. Today, United Way coordinates the event, a showcase for its member agencies. Each of these agencies has a booth and will offer food and/or games...

A 23-year-old Nevada man was arrested following an investigation by Nevada Police in the report of a theft from a parked car. Nevada Police Detectives recently concluded an investigation in a reported stolen purse from an automobile parked overnight in the 100 block of North Olive Street, occurring Sept. 13...