Stories from Friday, September 9, 2005

By Afton Bugg Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County commissioners met with Cecil Pritchett, president of Osage Valley Resource Conservation and Development Committee; Dennis Kimrey, Vernon County's emergency management director; and Don Schuster, project coordinator for Osage Valley RC and D Council, to approve the vendor for the E911 project...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail It's a little off the beaten path but Erv Langan hopes that people will soon come calling even so. He's starting up a commercial vineyard in an area not known for producing great wines. He's hoping to change that. The Kel Toi Vineyard is located about 3 miles west of 43 Highway on a county road just off of M Highway. ...

The Nevada Parks and Recreation Board is currently in the process of seeking consultants to help develop a firm plan for a new community center, one of the projects the department hopes to complete with the parks tax that Nevadans voted to continue...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Brooklynn Vincent was at the Bright Beginnings preschool on Aug. 5, when she, as part of a group of students, sent "Balloon Mail" balloons flying into the air to destinations unknown, for the fifth consecutive year...

Editor's note: Jim Weatherly, who grew up in Nevada, now a St. Louis resident, headed to the storm-ravaged South earlier this week, as part of a contingent of AmeriCorps volunteers to assist with relief efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana. He plans to send periodic reports, as time and communication infrastructure allow...

Erma Laudell Hawkins, 87, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada. She was born to Ira and Alma Galvin Collins, the second of six children, on Jan. 6, 1918, near Dederick, Mo. She attended Keck and Willow Grove Elementary Schools near Dederick and graduated from El Dorado Springs High School in 1935, In a ceremony in Chicago, Ill., in 1937, she was wed to Jerry Hale Hawkins, a union that was to last for 58 years and to include three children...

Marylyn Kaup Krivena, 74, of Prairie Village, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005, at home. Marylyn was born April 11, 1931, in Stuart, Neb., to Ferd and Eunice Kaup. Marylyn graduated from Nevada High School, in 1948. She attended Drury College in Springfield, Mo., and St. Mary's School of Nursing in Kansas City. She worked for St. Mary's Hospital and Menorah Hospital, and was at University of Kansas Medical Center for 30 years...

Storm victims, not refugees Dear editor: As to your article on Sept. 7, about Camp Clark's housing opportunity. I don't understand why everyone is calling these Katrina storm victims refugees. To my understanding refugees are not Americans they are people from other Countries trying to seek refuge in safer countries, including America. These are our own people trying to begin to recover from a natural disaster in America, Hurricane Katrina...

By Norris L. Beren For 30 years I worked on creating safety programs for families and businesses, yet it was the events of Sept. 11, 2001, that made me realize the extreme importance of being prepared for an emergency. Spending three hours trying to contact my adult children that day and the resulting stress made me realize that I was probably not alone in not being prepared for a disaster...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada volleyball team went to Diamond Thursday for a non-conference match and made quick work of the hosts. The Lady Tigers won 25-13 and 25-4, as they overpowered the Lady Wildcats. Nevada head coach Trudy Fleeman said it was a matter of the Lady Tigers just playing their game...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The 2005 Southwest Conference girls tennis favorite is now the Nevada Lady Tigers. After defeating Neosho 6-3 at Nevada High School Thursday afternoon, the Lady Tigers took control of the conference race. "This is a big one," Nevada head coach Dennis Pendrak said moments after Nevada swept Neosho in three doubles matches to take the team victory. "Up and down the line we had clutch players."...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers broke out the bats and took care of business in El Dorado Springs Thursday, defeating the Lady Bulldogs 12-3. The Lady Tigers rocked El Dorado pitching to the tune of 20 hits and got a good performance from sophomore Heather Klingaman in the circle to take the victory...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School volleyball teams split at Neosho Thursday. The eighth-grade A team won 25-21, 20-25 and 25-22. The B team lost 25-14 and 25-15. Leading the eighth-graders were Mariah Mock and Taylor Beckett for the A team. Both had 10 points. Lindsey Lechman led the B team with 8 points...

100 years ago: Former Iowans enjoy picnic This weekend a group of former Iowans enjoyed a picnic at Elk Springs Park at which Dr. Howered made a strong argument for building a new courthouse. "It is also a standing arguement with every visitor who comes to our city that the farmers of old Vernon have no civic pride with them. Ask the real estate men of Nevada and they will tell you that the old, decayed and ancient courthouse has spoiled more sales than all other causes combined," he said...