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eaths Thursday, June 19, 2008, HOUSTON HERALD Houston, www.houstonherald.com A3 a genDa At a Glance Nikki Leake from the American Cancer Society staff will be available to speak with cancer patients and families to assist with needs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 20, in the education department at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston. Firefighters is 9 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at the Roby Fire Station.

The family reunion is 11 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at the Citizens Center in Roby. The Sullins family reunion is 11 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at Deer Lick Park in Licking. For more information, contact Teresa Irwin at 417-217-0693 or Kathy Taylor at 417-260-4284.

Fleet Reserve Association Branch 364 and Unit meeting is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at the American Legion hall on South Sam Houston Blvd. The Southwest Missouri Democratic Rural Caucus will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at Lone Star Steakhouse in Branson. The meeting will showcase water quality improvement efforts in southwest Missouri.

State Rep. Sarah Lampe of Springfield will be in attendance to discuss this legislative session. Members of the HHS class of 1948 will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 12, at Pizza Express to plan the 60-year reunion. The Houston Schools board of education meeting is 6 p.m.

Monday, June 23, in the office of the superintendent. The Houston Alumni Association meeting is 7 p.m. Monday, June 23, in the library at the First Baptist Church in Houston. The Association of Retired Missouri State Employees meeting is 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 24, at the Hillbilly Junction Restaurant at Willow Springs.

The Texas County Memorial Hospital board meeting is noon Tuesday, June 24, in the hospital meeting room. Texas County Health Department board meeting is 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at 950 N. Highway 63, Houston. Fraternal Order of Eagles meeting is 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 24, at the aerie south of Houston on U.S. 63. The Houston Area Chamber of Commerce board meeting is 6 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the chamber office on South Sam Houston Blvd. The SMTS medical van to West Plains is Thursday, June 26.

Make appointments between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Call 800-392-0754 for more information. List your meetings free at www.houstonherald.com Click classifieds and go to the event calendar to include them. Twelve area residents recently graduated from the Missouri Association Training Academy after completing the 640-hour peace officer basic training program at Missouri State University-West Plains.

Individuals who graduate from the academy and pass the state licensing exam receive a Class A peace officer license from the state of Missouri. This certification is required for anyone applying for a job with a state law enforcement agency. Graduates include, front row, from left: Rex Allcorn and Sean Barrett, West Plains; Jason Beard, Tecumseh; Matthew Bell, West Plains; Kevin Bettis, Thayer; and Jonathan Ewbank, Gainesville. Back row: Joshua Green, Success; David Karr, West Plains; Dustin Kirkpatrick, Alton; Cody Shelton, Caulfield; Kevin White, Thayer; and class coordinator Ron Redfield of the West Plains Police Department. Wayne Jordan Junior Dewayne Jordan, 66, son of Fred Leo Jordan and Vinnie Marie Gale Jordan, was born Sept.

27, 1941, at Hartshorn. He died June 9, 2008, at Harry Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia. He married Fay Ann Jolliff Aug. 19, 1961. They were married 46 years and had four children.

Mr. Jordan served in the U.S. Army from March 30, 1963, to March 29, 1966, and in the Reserves until March 29, 1969. He worked for many years at Chrysler in St. Louis.

He loved living on a farm in the country, enjoyed fishing, camping, taking care of the yard and being outside. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Buford Jordan and Ricky Cantrell; one sister, Connie Hinkle; an infant great-grandson; and his son, Richard, who also died this week from complications of surgery. Surviving are his wife of the home at Mountain View; his children, Russell Jordan of Cadillac, Eva Bayard of Superior, and Tammy Jacques of Mountain View; brothers and sisters, Winford Jordan of Success, Jerry Dean Trolinger of Salem, Harley Trolinger of Houston, Sammy Cantrell and Leo Cantrell of Florida, Timmy Lovins of West Plains, Leona Lucas of Mountain Grove, Wanda Lacky and Betty Busse of Bourbon, Judyjane Trolinger of St. James and Sharon Smith and Connie Adkerson of West Plains; and 10 grandchildren. Services are 1 Saturday at the Bradford Funeral Home Chapel in Summersville.

Burial with full military honors is in the Antioch Cemetery at Hartshorn. Family visitation is 5 Friday evening at the Bradford chapel with visitation for friends from 6 to 8 Ellen Breedlove Ellen L. Breedlove, 56, daughter of Charles L. Swain and Betty Jean Colter Swain, was born Feb. 13, 1952, in St.

Louis. She died June 10, 2008, at her home at Houston. She married Jerry Breedlove. They were later divorced. Ms.

Breedlove was a school teacher, most recently teaching in the Dixon School District. She had taken a leave to care for an ill family member. She was preceded in death by her father; son, Anthony Lee Payne; and a granddaughter. Surviving are her children, the Rev. Jerry Don Breedlove Jr.

of Hopkinsville, and Gena Doty of El Dorado, her mother and stepfather, Betty and Bill McSherry of Sum mersville; special friend, Kenneth Roberts of Mountain Grove; brothers and sisters, Ivan Swain, Janet Bohn, Jim Finnell, Robin Swain, Chuck Swain and Manuel Swain; and seven grandchildren. Memorial services were June 13 at the Bradford Funeral Home Chapel in Summersville with the Rev. Terry Hancock officiating. Perry Mansfield Perry A. Mansfield, 47, fifth child of Earl F.

and Betty F. Mitchell Mansfield, was born Sept. 8, 1960, at Waynesville General Hospital. He died June 11, 2008, at Texas County Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father and an older brother, Garry R.

Mansfield. Surviving are his mother of Houston; one brother, Dennis of Houston; two sisters, Frankie Topping and Marilyn Schultz of Houston; and one daughter, Cody Mansfield of Plato. The body was cremated under the direction of Evans Funeral Home. No services are planned. Johnny Fiske John Allen Fiske 63, son of John Allen Fiske Sr.

and Roberta A. Ackerman, was born June 9, 1945, at Hayden, Colo. He died June 11, 2008, at St. Hospital in Springfield. He married Jeannie Clark Oct.

14, 1966. They were married 41 years and had four sons. In Mr. younger years, he was baptized in the Christian church in Colorado. He and his family attended the Summersville Christian Church.

He worked in the logging woods for many years with his brothers. In later years, he drove a truck, doing long-distance hauling with his brothers and sons. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing music and working on his trucks, spending time with family and friends over a cup of coffee at home or in a local restaurant and reading. He read many Louis westerns and his logging books. He loved being in the woods in Colorado and Missouri, sitting at his kitchen table looking over the hillside and watching for deer and other wildlife at the creek bed.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister. Surviving are his wife; sons, Jim, David, John and Joe of the Summersville area; four brothers, Don, Tom, Gene and Jim of the Summersville area; sister, Darlene of Conway, eight grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. Graveside services were June 14 at the Antioch Cemetery with Paul Hamm officiating under the direction of Bradford Funeral Home of Summersville. Victoria M. Browne Victoria Marie Browne, 51, daughter of Margaret and John Sneed, was born Jan.

10, 1957, in St. Louis. She died June 13, 2008, at St. Louis University in St. Louis.

She spent her summer vacations as a young child staying with her grandparents, Raymond and Addie Sykes. She attended Mehlville High School and after graduation, worked for Chrysler. She and her sons lived in the Summersville area for a few years before moving to St. James, where she received her nursing degree. She worked for the Missouri Veterans Home and Golden Age Nursing Center in St.

James until she became too ill to work. She was preceded in death by her great-grandparents, Oscar and Gladys Sykes; and grandparents, Addie Sykes, Anna Sneed and Herman Sneed. Surviving are her sons, Justin Browne of St. Louis and Nathan Browne of St. James; her parents of St.

James; sister, Sonya McNeil; adopted sisters, Margaret Ozenkowski and Janice Chaffee; and grandfather, Raymond Sykes of Summersville. Graveside services were June 16 at the Antioch Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Steelman officiating under the direction of Bradford Funeral Home of Summersville. Beverly Wasson Beverly Donaldson Wasson, 72, daughter of John and Helen Donaldson, was born Jan. 29, 1936, at Hammond, Ind.

She died June 16, 2008, at her home at Roby. She met James Wasson in a small church in Sherryville, Ind. They were married July 24, 1954, at Black Oak, and had three sons. Mr. Wasson was in the U.S.

Army, where he served until April 1972 at Fort Leonard Wood. They moved to Sullivan until May 1996, when they moved to Roby. Mrs. Wasson enjoyed playing bingo, crocheting, working in her yard and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Surviving are her husband of the home at Roby; three sons, Evangelist James Wasson of Leasburg, Pastor Michael Wasson of Roby and Edward Wasson of Taylorsville, nine grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren. Services are 2 Friday at the Evans Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Cliff Wheat officiating. Burial is in the Plato Lynch Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Community Hospice of America, 807 N.

Main Suite 1, Mountain Grove, Mo. 65711 or left at the Evans Funeral Home. New Law Tracks Product Sales Electronically Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill last week in an effort to curb metham- phetamine labs. The measure will electronically track purchases of pseudoephedrine products, which contain the key ingredient found in meth.

Only Oklahoma and Kentucky have electronic tracking databases, which stop illegal sales of pseudo ephedrine pills including Sudafed at the counter. Police say the measure is better than tracking purchases via sorting through paper log books but doubt it will deter pill shoppers from crossing state lines to buy the pseudo ephedrine they need to make meth. Police also caution that meth makers already have adapted to federal laws limiting the amount of pseudo ephedrine to 9 grams in 30 days by making smaller doses of meth at a time or having multiple people buy pills to skirt the legal limits.Missouri has led the nation in the number of meth lab seizures in recent years. Women Injured In WP Accident Two Houston women were injured early Tuesday when a vehicle ran off the road at the U.S. 63 and Highway 14 intersection, West Plains police said.

The driver, Brittany N. Merritt, 20, of West Plains, told police that she was traveling east on Highway 14 when she served to miss a deer. Cpl. Joey Kentner said she overcorrected and swerved into the opposite lane, ran off the road and overturned. Two passengers, Allie M.

Moore, 18, of West Plains, and Kimberly R. Epperly, 20, of Houston, were taken to Ozarks Medical Center. A third person, Ambrea K. Brown, 20, of Houston, did not seek medical attention, according to the report. Merritt is charged with failure keep right, being a minor in possession of intoxicants and DWI, police said.

City Sales Tax Collection Flat Sales tax collected by Houston merchants took a significant decrease during the latest monthly distribution, reports the Missouri Department of Revenue. Revenue from a one-cent sales tax totaled $60,706, which is down $24,594 from the same period a year ago. For the year, collections are up $950 from a year ago. About $264,062 has been generated. Two quarter-cent sales taxes for transportation needs and utility work totaled $14,874 each.

For the year, $63,375 has been collected. nearly unchanged from a year ago. An eighth-cent sales tax is collectedly locally for debt repayment on a new fire truck. The total was $7,423 for the month. For the year, the tally is $31,596..