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The city of Murfreesboro recently launched a project to teach the community of prominent figures behind the names of parks, roads, bridges and memorials.
While many residents may know the Doug Young Public Safety Training Center off New Salem Highway is named after the former vice mayor and councilman, other names are less notable, especially to newcomers.
Who was John Bragg whose name resides on a highway to Woodbury? What did Baxter Ertis Hobgood do before his name appeared on a Murfreesboro elementary school? Who is behind the name on Vaughn Street and where is it?
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On Saturday, more than 160 people showed up to Rosetta and Malah McFaddenâs final farewell at their retirement picnic at Bowers Mansion in Washoe City.
Families, friends and many of the students theyâd taught in the 57 years theyâd worked at Kinderland in Carson City came to thank them for the service before they prepare to leave Nevada in August for Oregon.
Rosetta and Malah McFadden are retiring from Kinderland Nursery School in Carson City after 57 years. (Photo: Jessica Garcia/Nevada Appeal)Â Former Nevada Health and Human Services Director Mike Willden sent two of his sons and his youngest daughter Mikayla to Kinderland, where owners Rosetta and Malah McFadden made Mud Days and âDo-Do Days,â or donut days, to make it memorable for preschoolers like his children, he said.âItâs not the traditional day care,â he said. âMud Day was the big day. You went in your bathing suit and wallowed in the mud, probably not allowable today, but it
George Wisner, a Corvallis Gazette-Times reporter for nearly 20 years, has died after a two-year battle with colon cancer.
Wisner, 79, who died Tuesday, worked for the paper from 1972-1990, earning praise for his âhard-nosedâ news reporting. Those who knew him also will remember his wide range of interests and passion for life.
Buddhist monks light candles to commemorate Visakha Bucha Day, a celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of the Lord Buddha held on the full moon of the third lunar month in the Buddhist calendar, at Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok.
âGeorge had a nose for news and a natural instinct for a good story,â said John Bragg, a G-T photographer who often worked with Wisner. âHis stories were built of humor, compassion, sobriety and sometimes a touch of the outlandish.â