Stories from Thursday, August 3, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Republicans enthusiastically greeted Alan Conner, candidate for the 4th Congressional District seat currently held by Ike Skelton. Conner said that his philosophy, shared by Missouri Representative Barney Fisher, R-125th District, is a better fit for the district than Skelton's...

Nevada Daily Mail Registration for Hume High School students will be held on Thursday, Aug. 10, for those entering grades 11 and 12, 9 a.m.-noon; and for those entering ninth and 10th grades,1-4 p.m. Registration for those entering sixth through eighth grades will be on Aug. 11, 9 a.m.-2 p.m...

Vernon County commissioners met with Mike Galimberto on Tuesday, to discuss county 911 issues, such as grants needed for monies to fund the 911 program. On Wednesday, the commission also met to review the progress of the revamped the street addressing system in the county. Some of the counties newly placed signs like "Rebel Road" have been repeatedly stolen, and the commission is making plans to deal with this...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council has wrangled over how to proceed on two projects at the Nevada Municipal Airport several times in the last four months, but still no formal decision has been made as to the fate of those projects...

Marvin A. Cummings, 59, Ozark, died Tuesday at Table Rock Lake, Mo. He was born Sept. 23, 1946, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Allen Lox and Elsie Lorraine Strange Cummings. Marvin grew up in Nevada and after graduating from high school in 1964, he attended Southern Missouri State University where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. ...

Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Wells, age 75, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, at his home. He was born Sept. 5, 1930, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Harold O. Wells and Mabel E. Nichols Wells. He married Ruth Culler on April 16, 1950, in Nevada, Mo...

Where do I begin? We are so appreciative of all our friends and family who have been concerned about us these last few weeks that we can't begin to say personal thanks to each one. And I even got four get-well cards from my tongue-in-cheek column last week about my poor cut finger! (By the way, it is doing fine and I am again typing with all 10 fingers.) We have lived in many different communities in our 60 years of marriage...

Money better spent on jobs than other things Dear editor: I am writing in response to an article in the July 27 issue about concern over the new airport. First of all, do the citizens that are so concerned currently have job stability? Many of our citizens do not as of the cut backs that came Tuesday. ...

By Gail Agee Track Reporter Hot, hot and hot! That describes the racing at Nevada Speedway Saturday. The weather was hot, the drivers were racing hard and some really close finishes kept the fans on the edge of their seats as they cheered for their favorite drivers. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail With the election just around the corner, the campaign for the Democratic slot in the ballot for Vernon County prosecutor continues, with a clarification of statements in a story about both candidates that appeared in Wednesday's edition of the Daily Mail, which candidate Jeff Feuquay said was misleading...