Stories from Thursday, July 13, 2006

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Many of the buildings in Nevada's downtown area are about the same age as the building in Clinton that collapsed two weeks ago; and the city of Nevada has decided to take a proactive approach to prevent any similar problems from occurring here...

Nevada Daily Mail A new Missouri law to be in effect for November elections requires voters to show valid photo identification when they request a ballot at their polling place; and On My Own, Inc., is offering assistance to help voters understand the new requirements and to help them obtain an appropriate form of identification...

By Joyce Cutright Special to the Daily Mail It seems fitting that Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) selected artist Ginny Crouch Stanford, born in Lamar, Mo., to paint her portrait for the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. Artist and subject both blazed their own trails to professional success and during the journey crossed common ground...

evada Daily Mail Despite heat in the 90s and very high humidity across Vernon County on Wednesday, youth fair participants showed livestock with enthusiasm and tenacity on Wednesday. Events began in the morning with horse and mule events that went off as scheduled although the start of the show was delayed for a brief period. Some of of the horse events were moved outside of the rodeo arena, due to the muddy conditions brought on by torrential rainfall the night before...

Ryan and Abby Vickers, Nevada, and Skyler are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Jaden Penelope Wells Vickers. Jaden was born at 6:55 p.m., July 7, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Ruby C. Meritt, 81, Wichita, Kan., formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on June 30, 2006, in Wichita. She was born Jan. 27, 1925, in Nevada, the fourth child of John and Pearl Knight. She and Everett Meritt were married in July 1944, and he preceded her in death in 2000 following 56 years of marriage...

Laura Moore, age 80, died Friday, July 7, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. At this time no services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Evergreen Memorial Chapel.

Life has a way of piling things up on you when you least expect it. In the last week and a half, our family has had multiple events of significance. July began with the celebration of the wedding of our grandson, Michael to Jessica Cannon. They got married in Northwoods Wedding Chapel with hubby Lester performing the ceremony. The small, lovely wedding was followed by a large, fun-filled reception at the Jay Bar H Ranch with friends and family sharing excitement with the couple...

With 24 whites and 30 Osages, Capt. Zebulon Pike left the Osage towns (in modem Vernon County) on Aug. 26, 1806, traveling an old Osage trail west-by-south up Little and Big Drywood creeks over to the Neosho watershed. (Some historians have him heading due west up the Little Osage River, having misread Pike's vague mention of the Little Osage village ) Seeing the prairies in the year's driest month, Pike would confirm the myth of the "Great American Desert," an expanse "on which not a speck of vegetable matter existed." His next objective, the Pawnees, under Caracterish (White Wolf), were then centered on the Republican River in north central Kansas. ...

Nevada Daily Mail LIBERAL, Kan. -- The Nevada Griffons continued their slide in the Jayhawk League Wednesday as they were swept by the Liberal BeeJays in a doubleheader for the second consecutive day. After managing just five hits in two doubleheader losses Tuesday, Nevada's offense was a little better Wednesday as the Griffons got a pair of two-run homers from designated hitter Justin Ellrich...

By Gail Agee Track Reporter The regular drivers joined a few new ones for a good night of racing Saturday at Nevada Speedway. Some cars and drivers liked the dry, slick track and others couldn't keep going in the right direction, which made for some anxious moments as everyone watched to see if oncoming cars could avoid hitting spinners. ...