Stories from Tuesday, February 4, 2014

The Vernon County Extension Council elections are Feb. 6 through Feb. 14. The county extension council works with the Extension staff members in planning and making recommendations for educational programs. The Vernon County council is composed of 20 members, 16 elected and two appointed. Voting throughout the county will be by districts...

Nevada Daily Mail Nothing devours five pounds of spaghetti, 10 bags of hotdog bun garlic bread, one bag of sugar for four gallons of Kool-Aid and four sticks of butter like 20 to 30 teenagers. Krystal McCartney started the Sheldon feed, a mass spaghetti and garlic bread dinner, at the Methodist Church last year...

Nevada Daily Mail Meals will be served a little bit easier at the Vernon County Senior Center. Two new appliances -- a refrigerator and steam table -- have been purchased for use in the center's kitchen. The previous steam table, which was used to keep food warm during mealtime, had developed leaks and become inefficient. With repairs on the table estimated at $1,500, the Senior Center Board decided to replace the appliance instead of repairing the 10-year-old steam table...

Nevada Daily Mail Judy Feuquay, Nevada Regional Medical Center CEO, announced Tuesday that she will be stepping down from her position after 10 years with the hospital. Judith Herstein, NRMC community relations director, said that Feuquay made the announcement in an email to hospital leadership, departments and employees. In that email, Feuquay wrote that she and NRMC Board of Directors agreed it was time for her to "move on" from the hospital...

Special to the Daily Mail A failing many of us have is that we do not see the importance of what others tried to teach us until we are confronted by the need to know more but cannot remember. We are selective in that which strikes our attention. For me, some history caught my attention. When the Constitution and Declaration of Independence were a part of my education, I caught enough to know it was important...

Special to the Daily Mail I am writing to address the subject, "a citizen's view of the Constitution," from this citizen's view. The question of constitutional interpretation has been disputed ever since the writing of the Constitution in 1787 and will continue to be...

Due to inclement weather, the Distinguished Speaker Series event planned for Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. featuring Jacquelyn Borgeson, curator emeritus of the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, Kan., has been cancelled. Visit www.cottey.edu for the latest news, or call the Office of Public Information at 417-667-818, ext. 2140...

Hartzler Equipment Company is changing the name of the company to Heartland Tractor. Founded in 1977, the farm equipment company offers precision farming technology and expertise. Since then, the locally owned and operated company has been serving new and used farm equipment needs locally and across the Midwest...