Stories from Friday, April 13, 2007

Nevada Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 300 block of South Clay Wednesday. The fire was caused by a rug that was placed over a floor vent by the unknowing tenant when the floor furnace was ignited. The tenant caught the fire soon enough that it did not get out of control but there is some smoke damage. No injuries were reported...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Vernon County Youth Task Force is sponsoring a community education forum on the issues of child abuse and domestic violence at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts on the campus of Cottey College...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Gary Herstein said members of a new board set up by the animal shelter would work in an "advisory" manor during Wednesday's organizational meeting. Herstein, public safety director, said the board should advise the shelter on what to do, within the constraints of the available money...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Five individuals, three men and two women, sat in the Vernon County Court facing Judge James Bickel. They weren't there as defendants, they were graduates of the Vernon County Adult Drug Court. They were graduates 28 through 32 of the local program, joining 3,500 graduates of more than 100 drug courts statewide...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Cottey College Repertory Dance Company will present a spring dance concert on Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, at 8 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The concert is free to the public and no tickets are required...

Nevada High School Soundsational Singers are gearing up for their performances at Branson this Saturday for the Fame World Cup competition. The group is pictured here with a handmade quilt made by Ann Jones of Nevada that will be given away in a drawing to raise money for the Soundsational Singers. For more information and to show support, contact Wes Morton at Nevada High School at (417) 448-2020...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail Plenty of questions and not enough answers appear to be the case for more than 600 employees of O'Sullivan Industries in Lamar who are worried about the company's future. A mid-level manager who spoke to the Daily Mail on condition of anonymity confirmed widely circulated rumors that the company has sold its top three contracts to a competitor and that there are no plans for O'Sullivan's Lamar plant to exist after 12 weeks...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Airport Board continues its work on replacing the terminal building at the Nevada Municipal Airport. Wednesday, the board gave the site plan for the new building its blessing, sending the plan to the Federal Aviation Administration for its review of the facility...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail April 21 is the annual spring citywide clean up day and to help Nevada and Vernon County residents with that effort the Nevada-Vernon County Recycling Center, 301 N. Colorado, will be open 8 a.m. to noon. As usual, the Recycling Center will have several large dumpsters available for people to drop off anything that is accepted at landfills, Ron Clow, Nevada planning director, said...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Lights On After School Program is a success according to R-5 Superintendent Craig Noah. Noah told the Nevada R-5 Board of Education the average enrollment in the three participating schools was 219 students. Truman Elementary has completed a two-week MAP Mania session to prepare students for the state-wide test and had 175 students participate during that period versus the 70 that normally stay for the after-school program...

Nevada Daily Mail Kindergarten enrollment for next year continues at Bryan School. School officials emphasize the importance of early enrollment so that they may begin the process of planning for the new school year. Parents need to bring their child's birth certificate or other proof of age, list of immunizations and two proofs of residency to complete their child's enrollment. ...

Barbara Jean Files, 49, Nevada, Mo., passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at her home in Nevada following an illness of several years. She was born July 30, 1957, in San Francisco, Calif., to Don del-Rosario and Barbara Virginia Kearby del-Rosario. She married Eddie Lee Files on July 4, 2001, in Eureka Springs, Ark., and he survives of the home...

Steven E. Pierce, 42, Milo, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at his home in Milo. He was born Sept. 23, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo. to Elvin Leland Pierce and Barbara Ann Foster Pierce. He married Pamela R. McClain on Feb. 28, 2004, in Milo...

Adam and Alisha Walker, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Graham Walker. Graham was born at 8:47 p.m., March 23, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 20.75 inches. Paternal grandparents are Dean and Debbie Walker, Nevada. Paternal great-grandparents are Harry and Jean Walker, Appleton City, Mo., and Van and Ruth Waite, Appleton City...

The recent record breaking cold snap has upset our spring plans. Two memorable sayings came to mind after this deep freeze spoiled our expected warm April. The first and most famous was penned for a television commercial. The second proverb, came from a famous local Sheriff and businessman...

Nevada Daily Mail BOLIVAR -- The Nevada Tigers lost three matches within three points and couldn't overcome the Bolivar Liberators in tennis action Thursday. Ryan Kimbrough won at No. 1 singles and the team of Kimbrough and Jake Holmes won at No. 2 doubles, but that was all Nevada could muster as they fell 7-2...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets signed their first player of the recruiting season this week, netting Brittany Smith, a 5-9 guard from Hartville, Mo. Smith was a three-year starter at Camdenton before moving to Hartville for her senior season. The Hartville Lady Eagles won the Missouri Class 2 championship this year...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger junior varsity golf team beat El Dorado Springs and Girard, Kan., in a triangular at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. Nevada's nine-hole team score of 214 was 16 better than El Do and 18 lower than Girard. Raymond Griffin led all golfers with a 50, while teammate Steph Krohn shot 51...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger freshman baseball team tied in one game with Carthage, then lost the nightcap. Nevada and Carthage were scheduled to play two five-inning games, but the first went seven innings before ending in a 4-4 tie. Carthage won the second game 3-2 in only three innings played...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger basketball team will be holding their summer camp May 29-June 1 at Wynn Gymnasium. The camp is for girls that will be in grades 3-8 next fall. The cost of the Lady Tiger Camp is $30 per person, which includes a camp T-shirt, towel and water bottle...