Stories from Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Mandi and Phil Reed, of Rich Hill, and big brother Ben, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister Abigail Lynn Reed. Abigail was born at 8:15 a.m., on Sept. 29, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches...

Dr. Adam and Dr. Tiffany Fellows, of Lee's Summit, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Peyton Kelly Fellows. Peyton was born on Sept. 25, 2008. She weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 18 inches. Maternal grandparents are Kelly and Candy Skaggs, of DeSoto, Kan...

Oct. 3 There were reports of a vehicle accident in the Nevada area, a lost item in the Nevada area, a theft in the Nevada area, a check well being in the El Dorado Springs area, a 911 wrong number in the Nevada area, a vehicle vs. deer accident in the Nevada area, a suspicious person in the Nevada area...

John Curtis Campbell, 64, Nevada, passed away on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, at his home in Nevada surrounded by his family following a short illness. He was born December 18, 1943, in Pryor, Okla., to Walter Lee Campbell and Lucybelle Compton Campbell. He married Linda M. Compton on June 10, 1977, in Kansas City, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Lakyn Mansfield capped off a surprising day at the district tournament for the Nevada Lady Tigers on Monday with a bid to the state tournament. The Lady Tigers were expected to finish third or fourth in the tournament as a team and probably qualify two or even up to four individual players for state. Instead, Nevada placed second with a total score of 410 -- nine strokes behind the winning team of Mount Vernon -- and only qualified one girl for state...

The Mini-Stock Special was held on Oct. 4, along with races in each of the other classes and the racing was exciting. Almost too much excitement for this reporter. During the Factory Stock feature, the cars of Daniel Jesson, Tiny Joles and Mark Godsey got together as they were racing for the lead. This resulted in Joles going into the infield and crashing into the victory lane sign...

The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams competed against Joplin South Monday night. All four teams for Nevada were able to pick up victories in fairly convincing fashion. The seventh grade B team took the match in two sets 25-21, 25-8 while the A team won a much closer match 25-23, 25-19...

The Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball team tacked on another win as they defeated Seneca Monday night. In the first set, Nevada had to mount a comeback win as they found themselves down 8-11 until Taylor Means went back to serve and sent Nevada on an 8-0 run to take a 17-11 lead on their way to a 25-18 win. The Lady Tigers were able to stay in control in the second set to take the win by the same score, 25-18...

An initiative petition on the ballot for Nov. 4 would force investor-owned utilities to generate or purchase 15 percent of the total energy they sell from alternative energy sources with at least 2 percent of the total alternative energy to be solar by 2021. The proposition would increase the percentage over several steps from 2 percent in 2011, 5 percent by 2014, 10 percent by 2018 to a maximum of 15 percent by 2021...

The Nevada City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass on first and second readings an emergency ordinance setting the 2009 city council general election for April 7, 2009 and the primary, if necessary, on Feb. 3, 2009. The ordinance needed to be considered as an emergency so it could be enacted before the filing period opens...

One more link in a chain of historical markers cropping up throughout the region was put into place Tuesday. A group of gathered at Lawrence Cemetery north of Stotesbury to see Department of Natural Resources workers place a marker to commemorate the raid by John Brown. Jim Denny, a historian with the Division of State Parks of the DNR provided some context for the marker...

Although there are many subjects to choose from for this column, it only seems appropriate to continue the discussion from last week. This week, Oct. 5-11, is the observance of National 4-H Week. This program has and is making a major impact on many young people in this area and there is still the potential to enroll more into this program...

Nevada's Meeting will be held Oct. 15 The Missouri Department of Transportation Southwest District will host three public meetings this month to discuss plans to convert U.S 71 Highway into Interstate 49. According to MoDOT, U.S. 71 between Interstate 44 to south of Pineville already meets interstate standards, but the portion between I-44 and Kansas City will have to be improved in order to receive an interstate designation...