Stories from Sunday, November 20, 2005

Nevada Herald "Since we are approaching the winter season, this is the perfect time for our citizens to begin getting prepared for winter snow, blizzards, and freezing weather," said Dennis Kimrey, Vernon County Emergency Management director. The winter awareness campaign encourages citizens to prepare for the winter season and reminds them how to protect themselves during a severe winter storm, Kimrey said. ...

Editor's note: This is the last in a series of articles by Nevada Native Jim Weatherly, who spent weeks in the South helping residents begin the process of recovering from hurricanes. --- By Jim Weatherly Special to the Herald According to my copy of Marathon Training for Dummies -- yes, I admittedly own this book -- running shoes are meant to last 500 miles at most. ...

Special to the Herald The Ozark Jubilee will present "The Joy of Christmas," a brand new show for 2005, filled with Christmas music and message, on Friday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m., in the El Dorado Springs High School gymnasium, El Dorado Springs, Mo. The Jubilee features Branson comedian and world class fiddler Doofus Doolittle...

Nevada Herald Bronaugh R-7 School District announced this week that it has received the "Accredited with Distinction" status issued by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Bronaugh R-7 School District scored 100 points on its annual performance report, meeting all 12 performance standards...

By Afton Bugg Nevada Herald Producers at Meyer Pastured Poultry, formally Farmadillo's Pastured Poultry, raise and sell fresh turkeys and chickens on their farm near Sheldon. Paul and Lisa Meyer's two- year-old business provides services for customers from Joplin to Kansas City...

David Dean Winship, 63, Nevada, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. He was born Feb. 25, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan., to William Joshua Winship and Amy Louise Morris Winship. He married Arline Higgins on June 26, 1976, in Nevada. She survives of the home...

Margaret Lynch, 83, Nevada, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at Medicalodge, Nevada. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, at Moore Cemetery, Nevada, with Pastor David Rorabaugh officiating. View obituaty and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Hi neighbors. It's turkey time! We can enjoy several days of anticipation, one day of pigging out, and enjoy (not so much) weeks of left-overs. Yes, it is again Thanksgiving. Family time, parade time, food time and ball game time as well. How many of you attend large reunions of your extended families?...

Last week (Nov. 7, 2005), the traditionally Republican Time magazine had a lead article, by Nancy Gibbs and Mike Allen, that noted of American history, "Second terms have a way of veering into wild and menacing terrain, spiked with indictments and scandals and betrayal and grief. ...

Nevada Herald Following the winter Meet the Players night at Wynn Gymnasium Friday, the Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers took turns with an intra-squad scrimmage. Neither team played all that long, but both gave the fans a glimpse of what to expect when the season starts...

The upset bug finally came back to the ol' NFL this past week, I figured it was only a matter of time. That's why I picked Oakland over Denver -- a big mistake. Oakland was atrocious against the Broncos, never having a chance at even sniffing an upset...

Associated Press HOUSTON -- The Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans will have two entirely different agendas when they meet Sunday night. While the Chiefs (5-4) are looking for a win to bolster their playoff hopes, Houston is playing to save the job of coach Dom Capers...

You know, I've often wondered what it would be like to live in a city with two single-sports franchises. In the world of professional sports there are very few of them left while there used to be many, especially in baseball. The NFL has two teams in New Jersey with the name New York affixed to both. ...

The deer biologists appear to have their preseason forecast of fewer deer taken during the firearm season coming true. The first weekend totals were down by more than 26,000 from last fall. That doesn't mean there are fewer deer in the state, word from the Conservation Department officials is that with the big crop of acorns this year, the deer are staying in the woods and are harder for the hunters to find. That, plus the weather in some sections of the state, made hunting more difficult...

Lisa Ann Butrum became the bride of Corey Michael Owen on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005, at East Mountain Overlook, in Eureka Springs, Ark. The bride is the daughter of Bob and Mary Lou Riengel of Independence, Mo., and the granddaughter of Santo and Elizabeth Smiroldo, of Kansas City, Mo...

Deandra Stevens and Chase Owen exchanged wedding vows July 2, 2005, at the Rinehart Christian Church. Chris Burke solemnized the vows of the ceremony. Parents of the bride are Lance and Patty Stevens of Minnesota. She is the granddaughter of Edward and Neoma Stevens and Nancy Stewart and Stanley Lee Masters...

Wayne Kennedy and Thelma Fengler were married on Nov. 24, 1945, in Fort Scott, Kan. The Kennedys are parents of Donna Adams and husband Darrell, Moundville, Mo., and Janet Bley and husband Allen, Moundville, Mo. Grandchildren are Christi Miller, Bennie Adams, Jennifer Eaton and Nicole Bley. Great-grandchildren are Hailee Miller and Hannah Miller...