Stories from Friday, November 10, 2006

Above, representatives from the city of Nevada, 3M and the Nevada R-5 School District recently dedicated one of two solar powered speed monitors donated to the city by 3M. This monitor is located behind the high school on the north side of Ashland Street. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Members of the Nevada R-5 Board of Education met Wednesday in the Nevada Regional Technical Center, 900 W. Ashland, to view the facility and its equipment. Sean Smith, NRTC director, gave a presentation on the facility and the programs it offers...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail As Veterans Day approaches, the members of the Barnes family -- Thomas Barnes Sr.; Thomas Barnes Jr.; Billy Joe Barnes, James Barnes and Thomas C. Barnes -- will be honoring one another's service as veterans. Many families have made military service a tradition -- some as far back as five or more generations...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation will host the first-ever Magic of Life Gala on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Eagles Lodge, Nevada. Proceeds from the event will be used to support the programs and services of NRMC. The gala will begin at 6 p.m. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Filing will open for the April 2007 city council election at 8 a.m., Nov. 14, in conformity with Section 115.127.5 RSMO, as amended. There will be one council seat open this year, that of mayor Jim Rayburn. Any person interested in filing for the offices must do so with the city clerk, at city hall, 110, S. Ash, between the hours of 8 a.m., Nov. 14, through 5 p.m., Dec. 19...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Does your child minimize the screen every time you walk by? According to Middle School Librarian, Amy Hertzberg, it could mean your child is doing something they know you wouldn't like. "This is a huge warning that they are doing something you wouldn't approve of," Hertzberg said. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The reservation deadline is fast approaching for the second annual Vernon County Resource Share luncheon. The deadline to RSVP is at noon, Monday, Nov. 13, for the Thursday, Nov. 16, luncheon at the Eagles Lodge in Nevada. The registration deadline has been extended from this Friday until next Monday because of the Veterans Day holiday...

Edith Marie Barclay, 84, Nevada, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006, at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 13, 1921, in Nevada, to Fred Nathaniel Edson and Lula Franz Edson. She was married in September 1947 in Kansas City, Mo., to John Etiopia and he died in January 1997. She then married Herbert Barclay, March 17, 2000, in Nevada, and he survives of the home...

After a brave battle with congestive heart failure, Willard Calvin Brown passed away at the age of 81 on Oct. 24, 2006, among family members. Willard was born on his parent's farm near Lawrenceburg, Mo. He graduated from Metz High School and shortly after entered the military where he proudly served his country during World War II in the Southwest Pacific with the 41st Infantry and 501st Port Battalion. ...

I always associate the word "giddy" with the performance of Scrooge in the movie of the same title. After Scrooge goes through his night of terror, he is overcome with feelings of happiness. In fact at one point in the movie he laments, "Oh I have no right to be so happy." Well folks the elections are over...

100 years ago Would oust the mayor FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The sum of $2,500 has been subscribed by citizens of this city as a fund to prosecute ouster proceedings against Mayor Goodlander. The papers were all ready to be filed the first of this week, but on Wednesday the mayor issued an order to the chief of police to close all the saloons, club houses and resorts from which the city has been collecting revenue every month. ...