Stories from Tuesday, May 18, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County has received a $2,221 dividend return from the Missouri Association of Counties, a statewide local government organization located in Jefferson City. MAC operates a Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Fund which counts 93 counties and 11 related agencies among its members. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County authorities on Friday filed felony drug charges against two men from Amarillo, Texas. Joshua Daum, 27, and Daniel Mulanax, 24, were charged with attempting to manufacture methamphetamines and the possession of ephedrine, drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine precursors...

By Brian Johnson Nevada Daily Mail Moss House decided to throw a barbecue Saturday afternoon on the Courthouse lawn and invited everyone. The barbecue was a way of showing their gratitude for the people who donated to their Mile Of Money fund-raiser...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School boys track team placed second and the girls placed 11th in the Class 3, District 6 track meet in Branson Saturday. Eric Atkinson won the high jump with a 6-4 in jump and Veronica Mosier won the triple jump with a distance of 34-10...

Nevada Daily Mail The Northeast Vernon County Knights continued to add to their win column by defeating the Hume Hornets 17-4 in the first round of the Class 1, District 13 tournament action Monday in Archie. Freshman pitcher Dexter Patton struck out five batters and allowed two walks for the win as well as batting two for three...

Look through a couple of days worth of opinion papers and you're sure to see it. Someone with an overdeveloped sense of outrage at President George W. Bush lashing out by claiming that he lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "Where are the WMDs" they cry. ...

One of my favorite memories as a young fifth grader at Bryan Elementary, was about the water fountains. In those days Bryan had two wings. Each wing had a water fountain in the hallway. There was also a water fountain in the cafeteria. We had a morning, noon, and afternoon recess period. ...

Tai Tong (Papa) Yuan, 83, Nevada, died May 14, 2004, at 10:45 p.m. at his home. Born Feb. 28, 1921, in Zhejiang Shaoxing, China, he was the son of Tsai, and Kim Yuan, both of China. Mr. Yuan graduated from the Teachers Academy in 1936, joined the Chinese Air Force Weather Service where he served during World War II. ...

James Allen Rickey Jr., 23, the oldest son of James Allen Rickey Sr. and Donna Kay (Bryant) Rickey was born February 25, 1981, in Kansas city, Mo., and passed from this life on Friday, May 14, 2004, west of Rockville, Mo. Early in his life he, along with his family moved to Harwood. ...