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Worldwide relief effort for tsunami victims reaches Vernon County
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The earthquake and the tsunami it caused are being felt here in Nevada. The American Red Cross is responding to the emergency, of course, but a Nevada bank is part of a national effort to help funnel money to those impacted by the emergency...
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City staff trains for the worst
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
Nevada Parks and Recreation director Carol Branham learns how to resuscitate a victim under the watchful eye of class instructor Robert Benn, Nevada Fire Department. Branham and 17 other city employees spent Thursday learning how to perform CPR on adults, children and infants as part of the city's loss control program. ...
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Shooting sports program teaches safe practices
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
Nevada Daily Mail Whatever the reason, youngsters are attracted to firearms. However, sometimes parents of children interested in guns may not know where to turn for safety instruction. In Vernon County, an increasing number of parents are turning to the Vernon County 4-H Shooting Sports program...
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New Year's celebrations of yesteryear in Nevada
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
By Nick Wright Nevada Daily Mail New Year's Day is an event that has been celebrated for centuries. The days have changed, the early Romans began their new year on March 1, but the event remains largely the same. Quite possible the oldest New Year's tradition is the making of resolutions. According to the Web site, www.infoplease.com, it is believed that the Babylonians were the first to make New Year's resolutions...
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Rescue divers pull car from creek
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
Vernon County Ambulance district swiftwater rescue divers Joe Brant, left, and Richard Smith, right, help to haul a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier out of the creek on Thursday. According to one police officer at the scene, at about 12:19 on Thursday a citizen came into the Nevada police station to report that a car was in the Birch Branch creek near south Ash and the railroad tracks. ...
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Nellie F. Broughton
(Obituary ~ 12/31/04)
Nellie F. Broughton, 72, died Dec. 28, 2004. Services were held today, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m., at Ferry Funeral Home with John Nichols officiating. Musical selections were "In the Garden" and "Peace in the Valley." Pallbearers were Grant Broughton, Rick Bozworth, Bill Stevens, James Smith, Mark Rosser and Lawrence Jr. Alexander II. Honorary pallbearer was Robert Broughton. Interment was in Newton Burial Park. Arrangements were by Ferry Funeral Home...
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Making sense of
getting fit
(Column ~ 12/31/04)
The gym sits on the west side of Fourth Street, "get fit and save today" and "$0 sign up for the new year" signs out front catching my eye, but not as much as the thin people working out. It took another year of up and down weight capped off by a holiday month of pure binge eating to get me in there. Just one example: The Other Half's grandmother gave us a tin of her homemade bonbons on his birthday, Dec. 9. By my birthday, Dec. 18, Mr. Half had eaten three, and I'd eaten 18...
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Settlement means cleaner water
(Editorial ~ 12/31/04)
By Ted Heisel Missouri Coalition for the Environment Many newspapers reported Wednesday on a settlement the Coalition recently entered into with the U.S. EPA regarding Missouri's failure to properly implement the Clean Water Act. The lawsuit concerned a broad range of deficiencies in the state's existing water quality regulations, and the settlement will result in a major overhaul of those rules by April of 2006...
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Skidmore's fate
(Editorial ~ 12/31/04)
Skidmore, Mo., a tiny hamlet in Northwest Missouri, has once again become the focus of worldwide attention. For the residents of the town, which would much prefer to be known for its annual pumpkin festival, the tragedies that have brought the town so much attention have also left deep personal scars...
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The Way It Was
(Column ~ 12/31/04)
100 years ago: Man says the Lord told him to jump; out of a window he went Louis Hofmeister, an insane patient from Joplin, stripped the bars from a corridor window on the third floor at the State Asylum this morning, and leaped head-foremost to the ground. The dash was made so quickly that the attendant was unable to catch him...
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Mizzou beats Gonzaga
(Other Sports ~ 12/31/04)
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jason Conley had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and Missouri survived a lengthy cold stretch at the finish to hang on and beat No. 12 Gonzaga 63-61 on Thursday night. Linas Kleiza added 11 points despite foul trouble for Missouri (7-5), which scored just two points in the final 8 1/2 minutes...