Stories from Wednesday, September 27, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Doyle Childers, the director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, stopped off at the Nevada Community Center Tuesday afternoon and discussed changes the DNR has undergone in the past year to make it easier for businesses and municipalities to submit applications for permits and to make the permit process more transparent to applicants...

By Colette LeFebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail At 7 a.m. this morning, college campuses, middle schools and high schools across the nation participated in a National Day of Prayer. Northeast Vernon County High School, Nevada Middle School and Nevada High School campus's participated in a prayer meeting. ...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County postcard collectors met Thursday at the Methodist church to show, trade, sell and talk about postcards. Ralph L. Clark said, "We don't have a real club or organization. We first got together about a year and a half ago. I have some people on an e-mail list that have shown an interest in postcards in this area and let them know when we are getting together. If we have five or six show up that's average...

Nevada Daily Mail With the Vernon County United Way campaign set to kick off this week, local groups are already making plans for a wide variety of fund-raising, some of which will take place during the United Way's annual Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is a community event in which participating groups offer fun and food to the public to raise awareness of the campaign and to raise money for local charities that are funded by the United Way...

Heather and Paul Russell, Nevada, and Braden are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Mary Kate Russell. Mary was born at 5:26 p.m., Sept. 20, 2006, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Wanda Hackworth Williams, 89, of Nevada, Mo., died peacefully, with her sons at her side, on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006, in Nevada. She was born Dec. 12, 1916, in Valiant, Okla., to Henry Payne and Betty Stone Hackworth. She married Marion Jay (M.J.) Williams on Sept. 16, 1935, in Hot Springs, Ark. He preceded her in death on Oct. 14, 1999. Wanda was also preceded in death by both parents, two brothers, and three sisters...

Faye Imogene Gibson, 82, Walker, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo., following a short illness. She was born Nov. 14, 1923, in Nevada, to Robert W. Schnedler and Nellie G. Davis Schnedler. She was married to Ernest E. Gibson on Feb. 15, 1941, in Nevada. He preceded her in death on Sept. 24, 1985...

There are a great amount of great things happening in our area, with the biodiesel plant being developed and a number of other projects in the works. All of these things will have a major impact on the future of Vernon County. Much of the economic development that has taken place in recent months has been through the efforts of the city and the county working together and getting things done. ...

100 years ago Fast Wabash train wrecked DANVILLE, Ill. -- Six are known to be dead, 36 are injured, two of whom are dying, several others are probably fatally hurt and two have been driven insane from injuries and shock, as the result of a wreck that occurred this morning shortly after 6 o'clock, when Wabash fast train No. 8, eastbound from St. Louis, struck an open switch at Catlin a sidling six miles west of here, and crashed into a freight...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade volleyball team finished second during their own tournament Saturday. The Lady Tigers beat Joplin South and Carl Junction in pool play, then split with Joplin Memorial, but won the first seed by a coin flip...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team beat Fort Scott Tuesday, 8-1. Playing in Fort Scott, Nevada's Whitley del Rosario (8-1), Molly Ferree (8-6), Anita van Rooyan (8-5), and Elise McNeil (8-2) all earned singles victories. Getting her first varsity singles win of the season was Nicole Foreman, beating Carly Hyer 8-1...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger softball team struggled in Carthage Monday, losing 12-2. Nevada committed six errors in the game, and managed only four hits offensively. Katelyn Brier and Rachel Kennedy both threw in the circle for Nevada in the game...

By Gail Agee Track Reporter The mechanics got their chance to race Saturday after the full schedule of racing. At Intermission, Late Model driver Shannon Phillips, from Joplin, received a roll over trophy for his barrel roll during racing action. Also receiving a trophy at intermission was Brian Hall, Modified driver from Fort Scott, Kan. ...