Stories from Tuesday, February 27, 2007

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail In a room charged with energy and fun of a night out in honor of the accomplishments of local business leaders, the Nevada/Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce honored several of its own during an awards banquet and casino night held Saturday at the Eagles Lodge, Nevada...

Local residents join in the fun during the Nevada/Vernon County annual banquet and casino night. Numerous games were available for the popular event attended by a sold-out crowd. Funds raised through the event, which also included a silent auction, benefit chamber activities and scholarships. Awards were presented in several categories in honor of volunteerism and outstanding accomplishments in the business community...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department is looking for a 15-year-old runaway, Jared C. Brundige. Brundige was reported missing from his home Friday by his mother, Mellisa Brundige. Brundige is 5 feet 9 inches tall, 130 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black shirt with a white T-shirt underneath, blue jeans and a brown, bomber-style jacket...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Regional Medical Center was recently awarded a BBB-minus rating from Standard and Poor's, a credit risk analysis and credit rating company. Ratings of AAA, AA, A and BBB are given to the organizations that have the strongest ability to repay the bond. Ratings of BB, B, CCC, CC and C are given to more speculative securities. The rating of D is for bonds that are in payment default...

Nevada Daily Mail After a brief respite at the gas pumps, prices are again steadily rising, with prices in Nevada hovering at about $2.25 per gallon for regular unleaded as of this morning. Analysts are blaming increases in the cost of crude oil. According to a report provided by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, crude oil futures prices settled $1.22 higher on Feb. 21, moving above $60 per barrel for the first time in 2007...

L. Wayne Reed, 80, passed away in Ozark, Mo., on Feb. 25. The son of Noble and Louise Dyer Reed, he was born in Rocky Comfort, Mo., April 11, 1926. Wayne Reed was a lifelong educator, serving the youth of Purdy, Cassville, Nevada, and Springfield for 36 years, as coach, teacher, and counselor. ...

Charles Allen Fisher, 79, of Breman, Ga., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007, at Our Lady of Perpetual Home in Atlanta, Ga. He was born in Webb City, Mo., to the late Clara Mae Jones and Ira Earl Fisher. Charles served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked and retired as senior executive vice president from Farm and Homes Savings in Nevada, Mo., and Houston, Texas, where he was employed for 42 years...

Virginia Mae Steele, 78, Nevada, Mo., passed away Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, following a brief illness. She was born Aug. 17, 1928, in Green Ridge, Mo., to Maurice Edward McKenzie and Vera Ethel Scott McKenzie. ...

Josh Pace and Kizzi Moore, Nevada, and Ethan and Rylnn are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Blaiz Roxanne Pace. Blaiz was born at 11:04 p.m., Feb. 22, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

100 years ago No time for dramshop bills JEFFERSON CITY -- The house had recovered somewhat from its nervousness as a result o the smallpox scare this afternoon and 11 members were present at this session. An effort was made by Representative Botsford of Knox County to bring up the committee substitute for the Pemberton dramshop bill for engrossment, but this motion failed to get a second. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers surged ahead early and dominated throughout as they avenged an earlier loss to the Pleasant Hill Chicks with a 44-29 victory to win the Class 4, District 10 championship Saturday...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- A five-point possession in the third quarter helped lift the Warrensburg Tigers past the Nevada Tigers in the Class 4, District 10 boys championship game Saturday, 51-42. Top-seeded Warrensburg (17-7) and second seed Nevada (17-9) were nip and tuck in the first half, with the game tied at 17 at the break...

What a weekend for basketball. The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers playing in district championship games and the Cottey Comets -- with a former Lady Tiger leading the way -- earning their own spot in a title contest. Playing the part of road warrior I set out to St. Louis Friday, hoping to catch the Comets in what I was hoping wasn't their final game of the season...