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NRMC Foundation golf tournament postponed to May 21
(Local News ~ 05/14/10)
The Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation's annual Caring with Pride Golf Classic slated for today has been postponed due to weather, and will be played May 21 instead. Teeing off at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, proceeds from this year's tournament will be used to purchase a state-of-the-art infant security system for the NRMC Maternity Department...
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No jobs lost so far in R-5 budget cuts
(Local News ~ 05/14/10)
The Nevada R-5 School District's 2011-'12 budget is getting closer to being balanced, Dr. David Stephens told the R-5 School Board, after they voted unanimously to approve $683,866 in cuts from next year's preliminary budget. "I haven't had to tell anyone they don't have a job," Stephens said...
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Running new jail fraught with new challenges
(Local News ~ 05/14/10)
Budget cuts are just one of the challenges facing Sheriff Ron Peckman as he tries to do the best job he can of running the new jail the way it was first planned. Peckman also has to cope with unrealized expectations, new sentencing guidelines, implementing a new program and trying to do it all while protecting and serving the citizens of Vernon County...
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Local man earns Monsanto grant for Sheldon FFA
(Local News ~ 05/14/10)
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Hedging our bets
(Column ~ 05/14/10)
In the past few weeks, both "Mother Nature" and "human nature" have displayed for all of us, the power they possess. The volcanic eruptions in Iceland, and the oil drilling mishap in the Gulf of Mexico, have impacted all of our lives. We can do nothing about "Mother Nature," but perhaps we need to hedge our bets regarding the other situation...
