Stories from Thursday, August 10, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The election results of the Vernon County prosecutor's race have not yet been certified. Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach and a crew continued the process of carefully going over the ballot totals from each precinct and verifying the validity of the results this morning...

Nevada Daily Mail The annual rite of fall begins as new students move to Cottey College and Nevada. First-year students begin arriving Friday, Aug. 18, followed shortly thereafter by the arrival of the second-year students on Sunday, Aug. 20. The citizens of Nevada and surrounding communities are to be advised of the forthcoming increase in pedestrian traffic on Austin Boulevard and are asked to exercise caution...

By Colette Lefebvre Nevada Daily Mail Sandy Castlebury, a local school nurse for the Bronaugh/Sheldon school systems has recently received training that allows her to teach local sports coaches about asthma. Asthma, can certainly inhibit most children from participating in sports, but this year will be different...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Nevada native Brad Erwin, son of Russ and Marian Erwin, just recently returned from spending a year in The Netherlands as an exchange student. "I decided during my freshman year that I wanted to participate," Erwin explained about his interest in becoming an exchange student. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Things are looking up in terms of jobs and state revenues, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt told Nevadans at the chamber of commerce offices on Wednesday. Blunt's tour, touting what in his view is a two-year upturn in the financial well-being of the state and its citizens, featured a stop in Nevada. The governor briefly toured the Carnegie Building and took in some of its history before addressing the crowd of about 60 people...

Mr. and Mrs. Reed Benson, Schell City, and Zachary, Eric, Luke, Katie, Abby and Lauren, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Seth Alexander Benson. Seth was born at 4:55 p.m., Aug. 8, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 21 inches...

Remember how your mother always told you to dress up nicely when you went anywhere because you might run into someone important to you? Well, I don't know how well dressed I was after an unexpected visit to both the Nevada Regional Medical Center's Emergency Room and the St. John's Emergency room last Saturday night, but I have become a believer in the phrase...

The Osage Prairie YMCA is doing great! Dear editor: We have fielded some calls lately from folks who are concerned that the City of Nevada's current, short-term financial struggles will affect the YMCA's ability to operate or to construct a swimming pool. The YMCA is a private, not-for-profit organization, independent of the City of Nevada. The Y receives no funding from the City, and the YMCA's swimming pool project is still on track...

By Gail Agee Track Reporter The Show Me Racing Series visited Nevada Speedway Saturday, with a field of over 30 Late Models from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas all competing for the $1,000 prize money. Prior to the start of the Feature, all drivers were introduced to the crowd, then they drove four-wide around the track before forming up to their starting positions. ...