Stories from Saturday, May 4, 2013

Marcella Faye Scism, 73, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, May 3, 2013, at her home, following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 6, 1940, in Vernon County, Mo., to Harlan Lee Hamilton and Laverne Hyder Hamilton. She was married to Kenneth D. Scism on July 3, 1957, in Miami, Okla., and he preceded her in death on July 12, 1999...

Eric and Rachel Fast of Nevada, Mo., and older brother, Quentin Matthew, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Hazel Rae Fast. Hazel was born at 9:37 p.m., Monday, April 8, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. She weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 17 and 1/2 inches...

Hi neighbors. I went to Flossie's the other day to see her new kitten "Tinkerbelle" and to eat some of her homemade applesauce cake. (Delicious!) Tinkerbelle is a tiny calico with a loud voice and very sharp kitten claws! She had just been weaned when Flossie got her the day before and she was very needy for attention...

Social media is becoming one of the most common forms of communication in today's world. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and Pinterest have created a new form of communication that the world had never seen a decade ago. Facebook claims that it now has over 800 million users. This was the estimated total number of users on the entire Internet in 2004, which also happens to be the year Facebook was formed...

Dear Editor: "In God We Trust," the United States of America prints these words on our currency. Do we really trust in God? If we do, then why do we go against God's Word" Some Americans want to condone same sex marriage (homosexuality), but condemn other sexual immoralities. Both are a sin in God's eyes. If we believe in the words that we print on or currency' "In God We Trust," then why don't we trust God's Word?...

Good causes -- there's rarely a shortage. And that's a plus. While it seems there is a constant stream of requests for help, our communities wouldn't offer the same vast, rich experience without those issues and events that people believed in. Areas that galvanize people, things that have the ability to make lives easier, it's easy to see the positives that surround us...

The Missouri Career Center in Nevada and the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce are planning a job fair to be held July 19 at the Franklin P. Norman City-County Community Center. Employers and educators may register for a free booth at the fair and meet a wide variety of job seekers...

Hot coffee and home baked cookies were a welcome surprise when the Rotary International Foundation brought its five member Group Study Exchange participants to Vernon County on Thursday. Cold temperatures and biting winds are not something Brazilians experience at home...

When linemen for Kansas City Power and Light Co. installed and tested a "net meter" at the United Methodist Church in Nevada on Tuesday, they completed a solar power project that had taken several months of work. The "net meter" is used to measure the energy consumed by the church as well as the excess energy that is delivered from the solar system back to KCP&L's power grid. The power company has to pay for that surplus generated by the solar system...

The Nevada City Council will consider three ordinances during their regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday with the aim of bringing a criterium bike race to Nevada in July. The council will meet in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St...

The Nevada R-5 board of education will be considering the 2014 fiscal year certified staff salary schedule during their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the boardroom at the Central Office, 811 W. Hickory. The board will also be considering revisions to the student handbook and an addendum for summer school food service meal rates...