Stories from Friday, September 8, 2006

Nevada Daily Mail The process of locating and hiring a new Nevada city manager is moving ahead. Since former city manager Craig Hubler resigned in April, interim managers have been holding the fort until a permanent replacement can be found. At first, former economic development director Sam Foursha took the reins of the city, but he resigned later to accept a position in Iraq. Harlan Moore currently holds the post of interim city manager...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail The sixth annual Vernon County History Day was celebrated Thursday with more than 275 fourth grade students attending from six different schools within the county including Truman, Hume, St. Mary's, Sheldon, Bronaugh and Northeast Vernon County...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A group in El Dorado Springs has garnered a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant from the state of Missouri to help revitalize the city. The Spring City Revital-ization Group organized in January 2005 to help direct funds to improvement projects in the city...

Nevada Daily Mail In conjunction with the Labor Day weekend, the Nevada Fire Fighters Association, Local 3031, International Association of Fire Fighters conducted their annual "Fill the Boot" campaign to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association fight neuromuscular diseases...

Jeremy and Kristian Cornell, Sheldon, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Logan August Cornell. Logan was born at 11:26 p.m., Sept. 7, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19.75 inches. Paternal granparents are Pete and Deb Cornell, Arkansas. Paternal great-grandparent is Deloris Wermers, Mt. Vernon, S.D...

James Austin Gooden, age 77, of Montevallo, Mo., passed away on Sept. 5, 2006, at his home. He is survived by four sons, Louis Pennington of Compton Junction, Mo., Sam Gooden of Walker, Mo., Homer Good of Milo, Mo., Larry Gooden of El Dorado Springs; six daughters, Linda Dederick of Bolivar, Mo., Rose Chastain of Nevada, Rebecca Long of Milo, Ruth Woods of Nevada, Laura Cook of Milo and Pam Meister of Nevada; four sisters; three brothers; 21 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren...

100 years ago Farmers want electric railway The citizens of Stotesbury and vicinity are very much in interested in trying to get the proposed electric railroad to Springfield. Mr. McDonough last week at Nevada proposed to the Stotesbury representatives to build the road to Stotesbury and make this the terminal of the road provided Stotesbury would secure the right of way from Stotesbury to Nevada and give eight acres of land in Stotesbury immediately adjoining the Kansas City Southern Railway on the east side.. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers fed the fans barbecue and savored the taste of victory themselves as they dropped the El Dorado Springs Lady Bulldogs 8-2, Thursday. Blaine Gibbs drove in three runs to lead the Tigers and Nevada scored two runs in both of the first two innings, then capped the afternoon with a three-run sixth, posting their second victory of the season and ending a four-game losing streak...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team was dealt their first major setback in a bid to repeat as Southwest Conference champions Thursday. The Neosho Lady Wildcats let it be known they would be making their own noise in the conference race as they edged the Lady Tigers, 5-4...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada volleyball team continued to roll, making quick work of Diamond at Cottey College Thursday. The Lady Tigers won the varsity match 25-5, 25-9, staying undefeated (4-0) this season. Ashleigh Bryson led the team with five kills in the contest...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets were stopped for the first time this season when they visited Longview Community College in Lee's Summit Thursday. Longview swept Cottey 30-20, 30-19, 30-17. "You know, Longview is the force to be reckoned with (in our region)," Cottey head coach Marla Kannady said...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada golf team finished eighth in a field of 13 schools, shooting a 498 at the Girard (Kan.) Invitational Thursday. Carl Junction won the tournament, carding a team total of 402, topping Columbus (Kan.) by 16 strokes...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School volleyball teams swept Joplin South Thursday. The eighth-graders won 25-14, 25-15. The seventh grade A-team won 25-3, 25-5, thanks in large part to 33 service points from Megan Harper. The B-team won 25-16, 25-22, getting seven points each from Bailey Harbit and Shelby Wilson...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada cross country team was in Carthage for a meet Thursday, and they finished 10th out of 11 teams in the boys competition. Trevor Hinkle was the leading boys' runner, finishing the 5,000 meter race in 18 minutes, 40 seconds. That was 17th individually...