Stories from Thursday, October 21, 2004

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Beth Swopes, Vernon County Health Department director, told the members of the Vernon County Local Emergency Planning Committee Wednesday that she hopes the pictures and stories on the news about people waiting in line for hours to receive a flu shot only to be turned away will not be repeated here when the Health Department offers flu shots in early November...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Anyone who visits the Vernon County Courthouse very often has probably noticed the updated landscaping around the veterans memorial on the northeast corner of the courthouse grounds. Last Friday, Beverly Lyons, Kay Brooke and Pat Miller got together to plant decorative grasses and other perennials that were donated by Brooke...

Nevada Daily Mail Monday night Sheriff's deputy Steve Schlup was involved in a one-car crash while responding to a call. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman said Schlup was traveling along N Highway toward Sheldon to assist with a fight in progress call when a deer leaped onto the road in front of his vehicle. Schlup's vehicle struck the deer but Schlup was unharmed in the accident...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The contrasts between the major party candidates for state attorney general are easy to spot. Incumbent Jay Nixon, a Democrat, has held the job so long he is sometimes jokingly called the eternal general. Upstart Republican challenger Chris Byrd is just three years out of law school...

Nevada High School students dressed in red Wednesday as part of Red Ribbon Week. These students are among the reddest around. Back row from left: Zachary Splitter, Steph Krohn, Austin Splitter, Bridget Baldwin, Chanelle Braun, Dan Meisenheimer. Middle row: Caressa Blankenship, Jessica Ferree, Veronica Mosier, Afton Baldwin, Cami Brillhart, Nick Righter, and Justin Lockwood. Front: Kylee Francis, Tara Paarmann, Lisa Harms, Cole Headrick, Tiffany Cartwright, Ashley Eaton, and Ashley Thrasher...

Births Riley Grace Ann Melton Don and Jill Melton, Webb City, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Riley Grace Ann Melton. Riley was born on Sept. 15, 2004, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. She weighed 6 pounds, and measured 18.75 inches. ...

Pluses and Minuses My title, Middle Age Plus, is intended to emphasize that in this time of life past middle age, there are many pluses. One of the pluses is that we have learned to deal with the minuses with less stress. We experience more losses as we age. No one can deny that, but we also know that these losses can be tempered by the many good things in life...

Every Child Left Behind Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurrit. Having read the Oct. 8 Daily Mail, it occurred to me old Horace might well have been commenting on its article "Stamping Out Bullies." To paraphrase, with poetic license: "You can stamp the bullies out, but they'll soon find a way back."...

100 years ago: Democrats of Cedar County address crowd United States Senator F.M. Cockrell and Judge J.B. Johnson of Nevada addressed a large and enthusiastic audience at El Dorado Springs Thursday afternoon. Jno. A. Fulkerson of Nevada who attended the meeting says both speakers made able and eloquent speeches and were greeted by much applause. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The season has not gone quite as planned. If nothing else, the season has not carried through like it began. That is what the Nevada Tigers football team is faced with as they prepare to take on Harrisonville Friday at Logan Field...