Stories from Friday, April 28, 2017

In six days, the 47th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre will be observed. I reviewed several Internet sites, to gather pictures and accounts of that event. Again, I was reminded of just how much those few seconds of tragedy, and the upheaval that followed, changed America forever...

Editor’s note: This column originally ran in the June 17, 2010 edition of the Daily Mail, As I am writing this column two of my pre-school aged great-grandchildren are playing with a box of toys that we have moved from home to home since the grandfather of those children was small. Of course there have been some new additions. A wonderful marble construction toy was added by our youngest child. It was replacing a similar wooden one that her older brother loved even into his teens...

Special to the Daily Mail Nevada R-5 schools and the University of Missouri Extension collaborated this spring to expand opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math programs offered to the community’s students. Together they are bringing robotics and innovative instruction to classrooms...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Wednesday morning, in a wide-ranging one hour meeting, the Vernon County Youth Task Force addressed items from a review of recent and upcoming events to a serious discussion on the need for suicide prevention education. Sherrie Close, Prevention Coordinator with Compass Health Network, the umbrella organization which includes Pathways Community Health, said, “I serve a multi-county area and I would urge this group to address the increasing problem of student suicide. ...

The Sheldon Lady Panthers fell at home to Lakeland 16-2 on Tuesday in its regular-season finale. The five-inning non-conference contest brought Sheldon’s record to 0-6 overall. “By far our best overall performance of the season –– I believe, and so did the girls,” said Sheldon head coach Mike Galimberto...

The Nevada High School boys’ and girls’ track-and-field teams fared well at Monday’s Cass-Midway Relays. The all-relay meet featured a variety of special races. Within the field of events, each team consisted of three athletes, with their combined top measurements being totaled for the final results...

Led by its core senior trio, the Nevada Tigers claimed the West Central Conference golf championship Thursday at Nevada’s Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. Nevada concluded play with a team score of 305, as Sedalia Smith-Cotton placed runner-up 18 strokes back of the Tigers...

The Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights softball team was defeated by Humansville 18-16 in a non-conference road contest Thursday. The loss moves NEVC to 2-6 overall. The Lady Knights used three pitchers, as Payton Brooks (2-4) started the contest, striking out a batter over three innings of work. Coming on in relief were Rhianna Bailey and Mackinsey Conner, who combined to pitch four innings...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com In April of 2016, Kora Anderson, BSN, RN, NCSN, Health Services Coordinator for the Nevada R-5 district and High School Nurse, was notified she and her team had been accepted into the Johnson and Johnson School Health Leadership Program...