Nancy Jeffers Receives Nevada Outstanding Citizen Award
Nancy Ruthé Jeffers the first Nevada Peace Corps volunteer home from a two year Philippines assignment is named Outstanding Citizen on KLAS TV at 6 30 p m Friday She is Las Vegas born educated in Henderson and Las Vegas and later attended UN Reno San Jose State College and Nevada Southern University She taught in Bulusan Sorsogon set up a community library and authored a research paper for Peace Corps use
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Nancy Jeffers Recalls Peace Corps Service in Philippines
Nevadan Nancy Jeffers the first from the state to return from Peace Corps duty in the Philippines describes her two year assignment as a personal U.S. envoy. In letters she criticizes misused aid and praises the corps for rebuilding a positive American image while detailing training at Penn State and high hopes for world peace.
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Welfare Board Stripped of Power
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved SB 117 to strip the State Social Welfare Board of its powers, making it advisory and transferring authority to the State Department of Social Welfare. The measure, already Senate passed, would have the board focus on research, while other bills passed include raising mental health clinic cost sharing to 50 percent and capping liquor license prices after July 1.
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Practicing Driving Man Causes Police Stop in Rhomham
Officers stopped a Sherman insurance man after a driver described as shouting and weaving through traffic. Residents reported he was practicing his sales task amid a roadside scene. The piece notes the context of training and a forthcoming Philippines assignment with quotes on needle shock and culture shock.
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