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Duenweg resident battles to clean up Miller Cemetery
By Susan Redden Globe Staff Writer JOPLIN, Mo. -- It has taken three years, but James VanFleet has beaten back the brush and brambles that once overpowered the old Miller Cemetery east of Joplin.
Light shines after Joplin's darkest day
Brenda Drottar of Huntley sands wood moulding at a home building project on East 25th Street in Duquesne, part of the Joplin, Mo., metropolitan area.
Joplin One Year Later: A new beginning after the death of his wife and infant son
"I'm happier than I ever thought I would be," said Vanderhoofven, 47. "Life is not back to normal.