Stories from Thursday, May 17, 2007

Crystal D. Hancock/Daily Mail First grade students were educated on the importance of being safe in a vehicle, crossing the street and in the water at the Bryan Elementary Safety Fair, organized by the nursing staff and presented at the school on Wednesday morning. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Two managers from the Nevada Regional Medical Center graduated from the Missouri Hospital Association Center for Education Health Care Leadership Series on April 13, among a class of 53 similar professionals. Wanda Watts, director of accounting and materials management and Michelle Casey, director of clinic operations, attended the edifying program which provides leadership training to a diverse cross section of hospital and health care supervisors and managers...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail On Friday, April 27, Nevada and Vernon County dodged disaster when severe weather moved through the area, but apparently did not spawn any tornados. Dennis Kimrey, Vernon County Emergency Manage-ment director, told members of the Vernon County Local Emergency Planning Commit-tee Wednesday that an e-mail he received from the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill did confirm that there was tornadic rotation in the storm. ...

Editor's note: Anne Blank-ley, a graduate of Cottey College, is helping to lead the Chautauqua series this weekend, an event in which characters from the past are brought to life by accomplished actresses who have delved into the lives of those they portray. This is the first in a series about the project, in which Blankley will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the event and its characters, plus reviews of the performances...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Weather permitting, the Walton Park Family Aquatics Center is scheduled to open for the season on Monday, May 28, at 1 p.m. Air and water temperature must be warm enough to alleviate concerns about hypothermia. Gate admission is $3 per person, age 3 and up, and does not allow the individual to leave and re-enter without additional payment. Discount coupon books are $37.50 for a book of 15 or $70 for a book of 30. Group and corporate are cost $225 for 150 coupons...

Roderick D. Friend, 95, Nevada, Mo., passed away on May 15, 2007, at Medicalodge of Nevada. He was born Oct. 13, 1911, in Kansas City, Mo., to Albert Sidney Friend and Grace Isobel Sutherland Friend. He married Marjorie Evelyn Myers on Nov. 17, 1934, in Kansas City, Mo., and she preceded him in death...

No matter what the weather is, someone will greet you with the question, "Is it hot/cold/wet/dry enough for you?" I have never known how to respond to that question. Obviously it is too hot/cold/wet/dry or the question wouldn't be asked. However, the question does make me pause to think. ...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Showing vast improvement in his second trip to the state golf tournament, Nevada sophomore Tyler Gast finished tied for 20th at Deer Lake Golf Course with a two-day total of 152 earlier this week. Gast, who also qualified for state as a freshman, was 10 strokes off the pace through Tuesday's final round. The two-day tournament covered 36 holes at the par 71 course...