Stories from Wednesday, April 21, 2004

The advantage or disadvantage of living in a small town is that most everyone knows what you are doing. It is common knowledge that we are about to make a move after owning and living in our current house for nearly 41 years. When I was young, I said that I never wanted to live in town. ...

Lula Mae Williams, age 86, resident of Deerfield, Missouri, died early Monday, April 19, 2004, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, following a brief illness. She was born December 28, 1917 in Goodrich, Kan., the daughter of Garfield Williams and Bertha Ryston Williams. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Nevada hosted the ninth and 10th grade track meet on Tuesday despite less than ideal weather. Both teams placed third overall, individual rankins follow: Boys 100-meter- 1, Caleb Sanders, Carthage, 11.50. 2, Georgio, Fort Scott, 11.67. Jake Ralston, Carthage, 11.68. 4, Tracy Stone, Nevada, 11.87. 6, Derrick Turner, Sheldon, 11.96...

By Brian Johnson Nevada Daily Mail Inside Truman Elementary School Tuesday night, children from kindergarten to fifth grade received applause, prizes, cookies and punch for their hard effort in learning to read. Truman's Spring Fling is a once-a-year event where kids, teachers and parents get rewarded for their hard work...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail People will no longer be able to legally stop cars at the intersection of Austin Boulevard and Ash Street and ask for money. The Nevada City Council gave final approval Tuesday night to an ordinance restricting where and how people can solicit money from cars in the city streets. The only locations permitted under this ordinance are the intersections at Osage and Austin boulevards and Washington and Cherry streets...

Steve Moyer/Daily Mail Volunteers from several Vernon County 4-H clubs were on hand Monday to help plant flowers at Chapman Estates. Wal-Mart donated $500 to the effort which had 4-Hers planting flowers in front of the homes of residents who requested them. Teryn Greer, Lonestar 4-H, plants some flowers in front of Mary Buckle's house at Chapman Estates Monday as part of a project to help beautify the grounds...