Stories from Friday, June 20, 2014

J.D. and Ashley Melech, of Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Brinley Renea Melech. Brinley was born at 7:58 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 20 inches. Maternal grandparents are Roy and Lisa Norman, of Nevada. Maternal great-grandparents are Nile and Mary Ogle, of Nevada...

Nevada Daily Mail CLARINDA, Iowa -- Defensive issues plagued the Nevada Griffons in an 11-10 loss to the Clarinda A's Wednesday night, at Clarinda Municipal Stadium. The two squads combined to score 21 runs on 22 hits, but Nevada's four errors helped the A's salvage a split in the two-game series in the highest-scoring game in which the Griffons have competed all season...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon elementary and high school students will have to bring another nickel for breakfast and lunch next school year. Breakfast will be $1.25, elementary lunch will be $1.45 and high school lunch will be $1.95. Sheldon Board of Education voted 7-0 for the meal price increase to stay in compliance with the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 at its meeting Wednesday...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon's bandstand will undergo repairs for one more year, and a new bandstand will be built facing north 6th Street/end of Main Street with a raised stage next year, the Sheldon Board of Aldermen decided at its meeting Thursday. In the Community Betterment report, Phyllis Sprenkle told the aldermen Austin Mount from Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission will meet with them about repairing the old school building using a tax credit program. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Regional Medical Center's net loss jumped to $629,106 from last month's $185,000 loss. Chief Financial Officer Greg Shaw attributed the loss to an increase in contractual allowance percentage, three payrolls in May, payments on prior month's expenses, salary and benefit expenses and psychiatrist fees at the NRMC Finance Committee meeting Tuesday...

Nevada Daily Mail "If you tip over and fall out, it's over for you. If a big ole semi comes by, you're talking about cutting it close." That's how Willie Kimbrough described using a wheelchair on the railroad overpass sidewalk along Austin Boulevard between Osage and Subway boulevards...

Nevada Daily Mail "If you tip over and fall out, it's over for you. If a big ole semi comes by, you're talking about cutting it close." That's how Willie Kimbrough described using a wheelchair on the railroad overpass sidewalk along Austin Boulevard between Osage and Subway boulevards...

This month we have been doing a little research on the history of the Vernon County Sheriff's Office as part of a project the Missouri Sheriff's Association is undertaking. They plan to print a book about the history of Missouri sheriffs and want information submitted from each county...

Hi neighbors. Remember a few weeks ago when we were complaining about the cold? Hold that thought. Turn it over and over in your mind. It might cool you off, might. Many people can't wait for summer. Most of these people like water. Dreams of warm sunshine, swimming, boating, fishing, canoeing, river rafting -- all that stuff -- keep them happy while the snow flies...

Whether to allow life jackets has been a source of controversy among pool managers for many years. Some believe allowing life jackets causes children to become dependent upon them and they never learn how to swim properly. Supporters believe the assisted buoyancy allows children to perfect their strokes...

What's the attraction to events such as tribal pow wows, renaissance festivals, Highland games and a muzzleloader rendezvous? The answers are almost as many as there are historical festivals. We like to remember our past, to step outside our day-to-day lives and imagine life in earlier times while joining in with others in fun recreation...

Several years ago, I was unable to find my college diploma and transcripts. They had been left in what I assumed to be a safe place, a box with other important materials. This loss initiated an intense search on my part that lasted for several more years...

My headline sounds odd, doesn't it? Who is Baby Ray and why do you need to know anything about him? My answer is, he was very important to me in my preschool years. My mother taught me to read before I went to kindergarten. She used "The Child's World Primer" published by the Johnson Publishing Company in 1917. ...