Stories from Friday, April 29, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail During a 3 p.m. meeting on Wednesday with members of the Osage Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council, Vernon County Commissioners passed on the news that the county had received a grant of $120,924, ear-marked for the purchase of enhanced 911 equipment...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Dr. William Turner was welcomed as a new member of the Nevada Regional Medical Center's board of directors during a meeting Tuesday night, and a number of business matters were discussed, including an update about the progress of the effort to introduce an industrial medicine program to the community. Rick Buchsbaum and Michelle Casey provided the update on the program, which would help businesses keep costs down and help get employees back to work sooner...

Nevada Daily Mail A strong odor of propane caused the evacuation of the Northeast Vernon County school in Walker at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighter Roy Lee Foreman said an empty propane tank was the cause of the concern. "It could have been a bad deal if the tank were full," Foreman said. "A check valve was open and the heat of the sun made the oil they put in to make the propane smell come up the pipe."...

By Laurie Wade Nevada Daily Mail The spring 2005 Cottey College children's theatre production is Aesop's Fables by James Brock. On April 26 and 28, nearly 1,000 first through fourth graders from the Nevada and El Dorado Springs public schools attended performances in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts...

Special to the Daily Mail Kent Abele, owner of Greensprings Bull Test in Nevada, has won a Dodge 2500, Quad Cab pick-up truck in the 2004 Purina Mills Heifer and Bull Bonanza Sweepstakes. Abele's grand prize-winning entry was drawn from more than 5,900 entries submitted by cattle producers nationwide...

SMSU name change Dear editor: I enjoyed Kelly Bradham's recent article containing some of Kelly's thoughts on the Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU) name change to Missouri State University (MSU). There was, and evidently, still is much confusion and misinformation about that bill (SB98). I hope the following facts, taken directly from SB98, will help eliminate some of that confusion...

In apartment complexes, people come and go. So there's really no good reason to get to know your neighbors. Some of the bigger complexes put on special clubhouse parties, but what's the point? Just as soon as you form a bond, a lease ends and you or they are gone...

100 years ago: Woman jumps into well From H.E. Carpenter, of Sheldon, who was in Nevada, the Mail learned of the attempt of Mrs. Oliver Hatton to commit suicide at her home in Sheldon early Saturday morning. Hatton, who is about 55 years of age and a well-known and highly respected lady, attempted to end her life by drowning; but fortunately she was found in time to save her life...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail A solo home run in the top of the seventh inning broke a 2-2 tie and sent Neosho to a 3-2 victory over Nevada Thursday at Lyons Stadium. Neosho Wildcat Paul Mitchell hit a blast to right with one out in the seventh that got caught up in the wind, sailing well over the fence and ending a three inning stalemate after Nevada had tied the game at 2 in the third...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers lost to Webb City in a boys golf dual Thursday at Briarbrook Country Club. Nevada had a team score of 202, 40 shots behind the Cardinals who were playing on their home course. Zach Braucher led the Tigers with a 48, the only Nevada golfer to break 50...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada 9-10 track team competed in Carthage Tuesday and the girls placed second as a team. Molly Ferree won the high jump and Megan Smith won both the 200-meter dash and the 300 hurdles. Smith was also second in the 100 and the 100 hurdles, while Audrey Wallace was second in the shot put. Tyler Werner was second in the boys' pole vault...