Stories from Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Are we at the crossroads? A decision will soon be made by the voters in the Nevada R-5 School District, which has been described as "being at the crossroads." The school board has placed a proposed increase in the local tax levy on the ballot to be voted on Tuesday, Aug. 3 -- which is now less then two weeks away...

100 years ago: Brigade parade and review Outpost duty today proved an exciting practice -- suggesting that Nevada be made the permanent camp. Camp Bates near Nevada, Mo., July 21 --Brigade parade and review was held on the parade grounds last evening. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The new retail businesses that located in Nevada in the last year will probably give residents an unexpected property tax windfall this year by allowing the city to reduce one of its three property tax levies. The city has property tax levies for the general fund, the library and parks. The parks levy is currently rolled back to zero until the one-half cent parks and recreation sales tax expires at the end of 2005...

n Museum coordinator uses talents to promote history. By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Most people would agree that one of Vernon County's biggest tourism draws is the Bushwhacker Museum. That hasn't always been the case. Things changed dramatically when Terry Ramsey became museum coordinator...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Animals grazing in pastures or in corrals are constantly at risk of coming into contact with poisonous plants. Frederick Oehme and John A. Pickrell, professors in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, outlined four such plants common in the midwest that could pose a danger to livestock...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Someone has been blowing up mailboxes in the rural areas of Barton and Vernon counties. The Barton County Sheriff's Office has investigated three mailbox bombings in an area east of Lamar, and mailboxes have been destroyed in various ways in Vernon County as well...