Stories from Friday, December 9, 2005

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Jean Banks-McQueen, volunteer registrar for the Vernon County Historical Society and the Bushwhacker Museum, has the task of accessioning and cross referencing every item in the new museum, the old jail and other storage areas...

By Afton Bugg Nevada Daily Mail Joy Marbough, Probation and Parole and Division officer for the Vernon County Adult Drug Court, has been named employee of the month for the Missouri Department of Corrections. Coworkers say this is a huge honor and Marbough is the first person from the Nevada office to receive it...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail It has been a landmark in Nevada for nearly a hundred years and now the former Nevada Public Library building on the corner of Ash and Austin is being remodeled to meet the standards of the 21st century. An addition on the south side of the building will house the entrance and an elevator, making access to both floors of the building easier...

Vernon County Historical Society board member and volunteer Ed Morris lends a hand to help build the entryway for the new exhibit, to be known as "Vernon County's Never Ending Story." The exhibit will be constructed in three phases over the next three years. Phase one will be open to the public for the Bushwhacker Museum's 2006 season...

Frances C. Klarnpe, 95, Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 16, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with the Rev. Ralph Clark officiating. Committal will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada...

Although flu shots have been more widely available this year than in the past couple of years, there are still some shortages of vaccine. Anyone wanting a flu shot might not be able to get one from the family doctor, but other doctors or clinics in the area may have vaccines on hand...

For almost a decade and a half, the Corps of Engineers has been working with stakeholders to revise the Missouri River Master Manual, the plan that sets guidelines controlling water releases from upstream dams and reservoirs. For those of us from states along the Missouri River basin, establishing a balanced river management policy is critical...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers committed 23 turnovers Thursday during the opening round of the Joplin Lady Eagles Classic and it cost them. The 23rd turnover came with 1:11 left in the game and Nevada clinging to a 50-49 lead over Har-Ber, Ark. A steal by Har-Ber's Erin Wright was turned into an easy layup and the Lady Tigers eventually fell to the Lady Wildcats, 55-53...

**100 years ago Old street car schedule re-adopted Col. Gore has announced that the street cars will hereafter be operated on the old schedule. The Mail is glad to know that the old schedule is again in force and believes that the public will receive a much better service. The old schedule now in force gives a 15-minute service between the square and the depot and a 30-minute schedule along both lines. Col. Gore will continue to give transfers and this will be fully appreciated by the public...

Not long ago I wrote in my column that I was going to try substitute teaching this year after the hunting season was over. I had a little bit of selfish motive there. I thought it might be fun to go in every now and then and work with some kids. It gets lonely out here in the winter, working in my office or fiddling around out in the woods. I used to have a Labrador I talked to on occasion, but we don't agree on politics and I have been leaving him in the kennel lately...