Stories from Friday, May 18, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- Northeast Vernon County High School held its annual athletic awards banquet on Wednesday night. The school's coaches recognized their respective athletes and handed out several awards. Grant Davis was named Male Athlete of the Year and Payton Hays was the Female Athlete of the Year...

Nevada Daily Mail Three Nevada High School volleyball players have been selected to participate in the First Annual Grin Action Classic All-Star High School Volleyball Game. Cassidy Lowery, Marisa Hughes and Bailey Harbit, recent NHS grads, will play for the West Team. The event is Saturday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at Parkview High School, Springfield...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School volleyball coach Ashley Thoreson is hosting the Second Annual Youth Girls Volleyball Camp on June 27-28. The camp for girls going into fourth, fifth and sixth grades will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. A camp for seventh and eighth graders will be held from 1-3:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per athlete and a T-shirt is included...

State berths on the line Saturday

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail In its inaugural year, Cottey College's fledgling baccalaureate programs are off to a start that's small in numbers and big in opportunity and individual adaptation, according to an update on the college's accomplishments presented by Cottey College President Dr. Judy Rogers on Wednesday...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Farmers' Market of 2012 got off to a fair start last Saturday, but manager T.J. James hopes for increasing numbers of vendors and customers for markets held around Bushwhacker Days and the bi-weekly exposition's festive inaugural with clowns and facepainting on Saturday, June 16...

Photos by James R. Campbell/Daily Mail Thursday's "Beach Day" at Bryan Elementary School had 187 kindergartners playing in a spray from a Nevada Fire Department ladder truck and spreading blankets to eat popsicles and relax. Other activities included rolling hula hoops and using playground equipment. It's an annual tradition at the school, taking place near the end of the school year...

Nevada Daily Mail Luke Mitchem is scheduled to give two performances at the Armadillo Sound Studio on Saturday, at 7 and 9 p.m. From May 9-22, the singer-songwriter and Missouri native will embark on a special tour for charity to benefit Joplin tonado relief. Mitchem will donate all proceeds from the two-week tour to the Joplin Music Relief Fund, an organization that will help restore Joplin's school music programs after the May 22, 2011, tragedy that destroyed the city last spring...

Corla June Houchin, 74, Walker, died Wednesday evening, May 16, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Eleanor N. Hergert, 87, Nevada, Mo., died on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Dear Editor: They are all gone now, but I haven't forgotten them. The crime victims memorial on the Vernon County Courthouse lawn reminded me of them. I remember the 40-some horses that died of neglect and slow starvation in a rural Vernon County pasture over the last several years. I remember the 20 others that were saved from the same fate by the Humane Society of Missouri, some barely in time to survive with heroic care...

Dear Editor: It seems everyone thinks we need a new president. We need someone who can put back all the Social Security funds, someone who can fix all our troops that lost their limbs, minds, loved ones and lives. We need to be able to get a job, a home, a life and a government we can be proud of. Maybe trade Texas to China for enough to pay off the debt and get back on our feet. We know we can't trust the Washington, D.C., group, so maybe we can have their jobs contracted out...