Stories from Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail There were a lot of things happening Tuesday, July 12, the first full day of the 2005 Vernon County Youth Fair. The Home Ec exhibits were all organized for the much awaited 5 p.m. opening and there was a steady stream of people checking the list on the door of the Home Ec building to find out who the Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, State and District winners were for this year's fair...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The complexion of the 600 block of East Cherry Street is changing and the Nevada Planning Commission is going to take a look at ways to improve access to several businesses as well as the overall parking situation...

Nevada Daily Mail Two Nevada police officers were allegedly assaulted by a man at a residence at 437 E. Pitcher Friday during an investigation into an incident at another location. Officer Kevin Anders made contact with Tracy E. Pryor, 46, of the residence and during Anders' investigation a struggle took place between the two...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail During the July monthly meeting of the Nevada R-5 Board of Education, which had been moved to a Tuesday, Superintendent Ted Davis thanked the members of the school board for attending the meeting during a time when other commitments make it difficult to arrange schedules. "I want to thank all the members for making it here tonight," Davis said. "There are times when it is difficult to find a time when everyone can meet, July and December seem to be the worst."...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt on Tuesday signed a bill that fixes a constitutional flaw in Missouri's two-year-old law allowing qualified residents to carry concealed weapons. The revision, which took effect immediately, specifies that local sheriffs can use the $100 application fee to cover expenses associated with processing conceal and carry permits...

Nevada Daily Mail The new Harry Potter book, titled, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," will arrive in Nevada at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16, on the east side of the Square. Cavener's Books will be hosting a series of events leading up to the release time:...

Jennifer Hancock (right), of Leadership 4-H, was named 2005 Vernon County Youth Fair Queen Tuesday, beating out seven others for the honor. Elise Sommer, of Milo-Oakdale 4-H, was the runner-up. Other contestants were Lindsay Baldwin, Millenium 4-H; Caressa Blankenship, Rinehart 4-H; Zephre Green, West Point 4-H; Brittany Hagerman, Bronaugh 4-H; Ashley Leininger, Sheldon 4-H and Emily Zolgmann, Nevada FFA. ...

Norma Kathleen Breen, the daughter of Sidney and Hazel (Glimpse) Norris, was born on Sept. 7, 1921, in Nevada, and passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center at 83 years of age. She was a long-time resident of Nevada. She was united in marriage to George M. Breen on June 10, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death on March 3, 2004...

Donald Evans, 74, Bronaugh, formerly of Sheldon, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m., Friday, at Ferry Funeral Home. Interment will be in the National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kan. Family information will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home...

Disdain for local 4-H Dear Editor: Supporting and encouraging our youth in learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills is suppose to be the premise of the 4-H program in Vernon County. This does not appear to be the case, at least with the Clayton 4-H group...

When I was a kid, I enjoyed going to the blacksmith shop to watch the blacksmith work. It was rather fascinating. Back in those days, every town had a blacksmith, but somewhere along the evolution, they went out of existence. It was a unique aroma in the blacksmith shop, with the coals burning and the vapors from the hot metal. Now I recall the pounding that took place in the shop, this was from the sharpening of plow sheers...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Neptunes were in Joplin Saturday and Sunday, competing in an Olympic-size pool at the Joplin Stingray Invitational. There were 17 Neptunes in attendance, with one win and four other top-five finishes. Kristen Badgley continued to be a consistent contender in every race she enters, as she won the girls age 15-18 50 meter backstroke. Badgley also was second in the 200 individual medley...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons dropped their second straight Tuesday as they lost to the Southwest Slashers in Joplin. The Griffons could not carry the momentum of their recent Kansas road trip into the final game of a six-game stanza away from home...

Associated Press DETROIT -- An All-Star game with the same old winner had a most odd ending: A Boston Red Sox manager called on the New York Yankees' closer to get the final out. After the National League closed with two runs in the ninth inning, American League manager Terry Francona brought in baseball's best reliever, Mariano Rivera, who ended the AL's 7-5 victory Tuesday night by striking out Morgan Ensberg for his second All-Star save...

Twenty-two year old Anna Bowyer, from Devon, England, spent last week in Nevada teaching aspiring soccer players the basics of the game during the second annual British Soccer Camp sponsored by the Nevada Parks and Recreation Department. For the younger children Bowyer said that she uses games to teach basic soccer skill...

Area youth participated in a free soccer clinic last week put on by Anna Bowyer from Devon, England. The clinic was sponsored by the Nevada Parks and Recreation Department. During the clinic, Chaden Brandt, left, and Lauren Johnson give Bowyer high-fives. More information is on the Sports page.

**100 years ago: A.B Cockerill home A.B. Cockerill returned home this morning from Washington, D.C., where he and other large manufacturers of spelter appeared before Secretary Shaw of the Treasury department to be heard before the department gave its decision as to the construction of the tariff law relative to the duty on zinc bearing ore...