Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 2004

100 Years Ago -- March 17, 1904 ITEMS -- Ed Looney and George Wachtel have opened the Crescent Cornice Factory in the Nixon Building on Washington Street. Both young men are well known Nevada cornice workmen. Miss Maggie Fence, who has made her home with the family of Maj. Lemmon the past ten years, left Tuesday for Moreland, Oklahoma where she will be married to William Ryan, a sweetheart of her childhood day...

In August it will be 6 years since my physician told me that I am a diabetic. I have promised you that I will report to you from time to time on how I am doing with this disease. In many ways I have been doing well, which is a real blessing. Still it is a challenge to do even better. Recently, I had blood tests at the Veterans Administration Clinic. The advantage is, it is helpful in preventive care -- it's a good early indicator that something may be getting out of line...

Max O. Carleton, Sr., 83, Springfield, Mo., formerly of Kansas City, Mo., died March 13, 2004. Max was born at Moundville, Mo., and graduated from Bronaugh High School. He retired from the Kansas City, Mo., Post Office in 1979 and moved to Springfield in 1998. ...

Alma Elizabeth Beltram, 80, of Calvary Crossing Apartments, in Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, March 15, 2004, at her home. Alma was born on Sept. 25, 1923, in rural Bourbon County, the daughter of Will Herbert Gladstone Bishop and Margaurite Russell Bishop. ...

By Ralph Pokorny The Missouri Department of Mental Health is going to close Benton Hall at the Nevada Habilitation Center over the next two years as part of a plan to prevent closing an entire habilitation center and there is nothing the city can do to prevent it...

Superintendent Patricia Phillips from the Bronaugh R-7 School District recently announced that its board members voted to accept a one-year waiver from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Missouri School Improvement Program...

By Nancy Malcom Vinyard's Farm and Home store co-owner Phil Vinyard is worried. "Our steel prices have gone up big time and we're getting some complaints from farmers. It's not just us. It's a big issue nationwide." "We first caught wind of it at the Wheatbelt show Feb. 8-11. We are a Wheatbelt store," Vinyard said. As one of more than 220 farm stores, Vinyard's can buy in quantity and pass on the savings to their Vernon County customers...

Nevada has a new chief of police. When Christine Keim, who has 26 years experience in law enforcement, was sworn in as chief of police during Tuesday night's council meeting she became one of a very few women in the state to hold this position. According to the Missouri Police Chief's Association records, there are currently four other women heading local police departments in Missouri: Laura Webster from Camdenton, Trish Cohen from Delta, Linda Tuch from Marionville and Marilyn Meyer from Oregon.. ...