Stories from Tuesday, May 8, 2007

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail Nevada held its annual city-wide yard sale day on Saturday, May 5. With more than 50 sales advertised and several others around town, the city-wide event can be considered a success. Not only were residents and businesses able to clear out some space in garages and attics, but there were also a few organizations who were raising money for others in need, such as a Relay for Life and several others who conducted benefit sales throughout the area...

Sunday's heavy rainfall sent water mixed with raw sewage, gushing out of this manhole on Ashland Street in front of the Nevada Regional Technical Center and into a nearby stream. This is the most visible sign of the problems lurking within Nevada's sewage treatment system. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail On My Own, Inc., hosted a golf cart obstacle course and the Cedar County Karaoke contest Saturday at the El Dorado Springs Eagles Lodge, the first of three "Good Time for a Good Cause fund-raisers by the organization. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Calvary Baptist Church will is holding a Missions Conference May 6 through 9. The focus of the conference will be on the Middle East. A different speaker will be present each evening. The featured speaker of the conference will be Samer Abdelrahman, a former Moslem who converted to Christianity in 1990. Abelrahman is now an Islamic Ministries Specialist with Avant Ministries, a Kansas City based organization...

Robert Lee Armstrong, 99, Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on May 2, 2007, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma following a recent illness. He was born May 16, 1907, in Nevada, to Commandore Perry Armstrong and Mabel Phillips Armstrong. He married Margaret White on March 7, 1945, in Leavenworth, Kan., and she preceded him in death in 1988...

Community comes together Dear editor: The African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child," was displayed on Wednesday, May 2, at Nevada High School in the joint efforts of many agencies. A Docu-Drama, which is a mock crash and re-enactment of a drunk driving wreck, was coordinated with the help of Leland Splitter of the Vernon County Ambulance District and Denise Nelson of the R-5 Health Services...

100 years ago To pay three school bonds The Nevada School Board met Tuesday evening in call session. The vote was cast at Tuesday's election was canvassed. The board accepted the invitation of Mrs. V.A.C. Stockard to hold the high school graduating exercises at the Cottey College auditorium on the evening of Wednesday, May 22...

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