Stories from Wednesday, April 1, 2009

It was beyond my imagination that I would ever go to Italy. It would be like a dream to make the trip and to see the historical European country. We went and it seems like it was a dream, but it was real. We knew that TeamBank was having a group go on a trip to Italy, but we had not given it any thought. ...

March 27 There were reports of an alarm in the Sheldon area, a suspicious vehicle in the Nevada area, a juvenile call in the Walker area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Nevada area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Rich Hill area, traffic delays in the Metz area, an ambulance request in the Harwood area, child abuse in the Richards area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Nevada area, a check well being in the Sheldon area, an ambulance request in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Sheldon area, and road rage in the Nevada area.. ...

Helen Matus, 81, Basehor, Kan., passed away Monday, March 30, 2009, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 3, at Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie, Kan. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Basehor, Kan...

The Missouri Senate gave final approval recently to Senate Bill 65, a measure co-sponsored by Sen. David Pearce that would allow Missourians to add their cell phone numbers to the state's No-Call List. The bill has now moved to the House for similar consideration...

The MoDOT Southwest District is holding a public meeting Wednesday, April 8, to discuss access from Missouri Route TT to the future I-49. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., in the Rich Hill High School. Engineer representatives from MoDOT will be on-hand to answer any questions regarding the proposed designs...

Cottey College's Learning Through Serving: Guatemala group will host its second annual Hunger Banquet on Sunday, April 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. This year, it will be held in the First Christian Church's Fellowship Building at the corner of Austin and Cedar streets...

Construction at the new Vernon County jail is starting to move into the final phase and work is approaching an end. The three Vernon County commissioners, Bonnie McCord, Neal Gerster and Kennon Shaw, along with Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman, and Les Paine, who is J.E. Dunn's site supervisor, and a group of sub-contractors met Tuesday in J.E.Dunn's construction trailer...

Parents of children in the Nevada R-5 School District who will be 5 years old on or before July 31 are asked to "Think P.I.N.K." and attend Parent Information Night for Kindergarten at Bryan School on Monday, April 6, at 7 p.m. The Nevada Parents As Teachers Program and Bryan School will be hosting an open house and information night for parents and their "kindergarteners-to-be."...

The Nevada Tigers golf team competed in their third tournament of the year on Monday as they traveled to Miami, Okla. As a team, the Tigers finished 14th of the 24 schools in attendance, with a final team score of 383, 50 strokes off of the winning score, set by Joplin. ...

The Nevada Tigers baseball team will be making up their first two games that were forced to be postponed due to wet weather. The first game of the year that was scheduled to be played in Joplin on March 26, has been moved to Saturday, April 18, at 1 p.m. The second game of the season, scheduled for March 28, at Sherwood High School has been moved to Wednesday, April 29, at 4 p.m...

The Nevada Tigers tennis team opened their season with a loss at the hands of the Fort Scott Tigers Monday afternoon. The Tigers traveled to Fort Scott, Kan., for their opener and were able to pick up some solid performances, but ultimately fell 6-3. Two Tigers were able to pick up individual wins out of the six matches, along with one of the three doubles teams...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team fell just short in their first true test of the season Wednesday, falling to the St. Mary's Colgan Catholic School 7-5 in eight innings. The Panthers of St. Mary's Colgan came into the game having won the last five Kansas state Class 2-1A championships and seven of the last 10. ...

Lenard Roby, 60, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at his home in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The five candidates for the two open seats on the Nevada R-5 Board of Education were given questionnaires with identical questions. Their responses are below. Chris Ellis What do you see as the most important function of the school board?...

* Ambulance district seeks greater input, hopes for more intensive dispatch services. By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The new county jail provides a unique situation that will allow the Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the Nevada Police Department to combine their dispatch centers and save some money at the same time, Vernon County Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord indicated Tuesday night, during a joint Nevada City Council-Vernon County Commission work session...