Stories from Friday, March 17, 2006

The 3M manufacturing plant in Nevada released its annual environmental performance report on Wednesday. The report outlines voluntary progress made as part of the facility's membership in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track program. The membership recognizes 3M's commitment to exceeding environmental protection requirements, both historically and in the future...

Kay Wetter, left, and Chancy Glenn, right, set up the booth Thursday evening for the Myrtle Tree Christian School at the annual KNEM/KNMO Home Show at Nevada Middle School. Glenn is the administrator of the school, which is in its first year of operation in Rich Hill, serves about 60 students from daycare through the 12th grade...

Two men were killed and a third injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday evening, on U.S. 69, 2.4 miles south of K-52 in Linn County, Kan. According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Cody W. Clark, 21, of Walker, was driving south on U.S. 69, driving a 1992 Buick Roadmaster and crossed over the centerline, striking a 2004 Jeep Liberty driven by Justin M. Stogsdill, 25. of Pleasanton, Kan., head-on...

Two puppies recently left at the now vacant Nevada Animal Shelter contracted the deadly canine parvovirus. Both puppies are now dead. One was found dead on Thursday and the disease had progressed so far in the other that it was euthanized. said Nevada Police Chief Christine Keim...

Due to the continuing drought, many ponds have dried up and producers are running out of water for their livestock. Vernon County has been approved for an Emergency Livestock Water program to assist with the construction of wells or waterlines for livestock water...

The Nevada Airport Board would like to keep the crosswind runway when the main runway is renovated, however, the Federal Aviation Agency and the Missouri Department of Transportation, appear to want that runway eliminated. "They just want to kill it," Scott Buerge, airport board member, said during Thursday's board meeting...

Officials from Vernon County, the Small Business Association, the State Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the areas devastated by Sunday tornadoes in Vernon County on Thursday. Vernon County Assessor Cherie Roberts said the purpose was to begin to place a value on the structures and other property lost...

Verna Jean Sanders Barnes, 74, of Chetopa, Kan., died Thursday, March 16, 2006, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin. She was born May 27, 1931, in Fairland, Okla., to Robert L. Sanders and Alma (Roberts) Sanders. She and John S. Barnes were married on June 25, 1946 at Columbus, Kan.; he preceded her in death on June 30, 1993. She grew up and attended schools in Fairland...

Maranda "Evalee" Tyson passed away March 15, 2006, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, Mo., surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 3, 1920, in Taney County, Mo., to John and Phoebe Back. She grew up in the Ozark, Mo., area and on the Demming ranch in Oswego, Kan. She was united in marriage to Logan J. Tyson, May 12, 1945. He preceded her in death on March 29, 1979...

Paul Johannes Junker, 67, Liberal, Mo., died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., following a sudden illness. He was born Sept. 20, 1938, in Ardale, Iowa, to Henry Junker and Mattie Schwenan Junker. He and Lila Mae Bean were married on Feb. 14, 1980, in Charles City, Iowa. She preceded him in death on Aug. 27, 2004...

James Anthoney "Tony" and Natalie Dawn Mays, Cape Girardeau, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Chloe Noelle Mays. Chloe was born at 9:12 a.m., Dec. 28, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds. Paternal grandparents are Jimmy and Pat Mays, Sikeston, Mo. Maternal grandparents are Robert and Bettie Forsythe, Schell City. Maternal great-grandmother is Opal Gould, Martinsburg, W. Va...

Dear editor: I would appreciate the opportunity to respond to the recent letter to the editor in the Thursday, March 16, Nevada Daily Mail. Over the past five years, the Nevada Fire Department has seen many changes. These changes have included increased funding, increased training, new equipment, new responsibilities, and new administrative procedures...

"Beware The Ides Of March" Shakespeare wrote those ominous lines 407 years ago in 1599 AD. relating the soothsayer's warning to Julius Caesar. They have remained just as baleful a warning as literature has ever offered. For me the Ides have always represented the coming of spring and hopefully the end of winter. It is a time of change and as we saw last weekend the beginning of the storm season for us...

Thirty-six persons perished KANSAS CITY, Mo., -- A Pueblo dispatch says that according to investigation made up to this time; the number of persons who perished in the Denver and Rio Grande passenger wreck yesterday is placed at 36. Seventeen persons are now in the morgue, burned beyond recognition. Three more names have been added to the list of known dead: T. Raymond of Keystone, Mrs. Kingston and Mrs. Steve Kingston...

The Nevada Youth Wrestling Club competed in the district tournament in Neosho Saturday. In the 8-year-old category, Joshua Hadler was second in the 75-pound class. Regar Hardin was third at 65 pounds. Chance Mays was eighth at 65 pounds, and Skyler Scotten was eighth at 60 pounds. Dylan Hyder, Zane Shepherd and Caleb Shanks also competed...