Stories from Thursday, June 7, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet Leadership Challenge is back at Camp Clark after a funding cut in 2006 due to the conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq. Colonel Tim Pratt III, who was here before the funding was cut, said it was good to be back...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail The annual Bushwhacker Days celebration is just around the corner, and once again a baker's dozen of hot air balloons will be at the Nevada Municipal Airport to take to the skies three times -- Saturday, at 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday at 6 a.m...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail It's summer and that means outdoor activities. It also means exposure to the risks inherent in those activities. Public safety officials are sounding the alarm -- tick bites can be dangerous, even fatal. Such concern was borne out tragically when a child from northeastern Missouri became ill after being bitten by a tick and died May 23, after 10 days of intensive medical care...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Parks and Recreation is once again offering local residents a chance to participate in the British Soccer Camp, for the fourth year in a row, presented by Challenger Sports. Camp dates are Aug. 6-10, at the Izaak Walton Park Soccer Field. ...

Lewis Bourassa Adams, 95, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at Aberdeen Village Presbyterian Manor in Olathe, Kan. Lewis was born July 21, 1911, in the rural Liberal, Mo., area to Timothy K. Adams and Flora Dot Ziegler Adams. Lewis married Marie Juanita Hope on March 20, 1935, and they continued a happy life together until Marie's death in 2004, after almost 70 years of marriage...

Jason and Judy Meinershagen, St. Peters, Mo., and Dan and Stephanie are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Nathaniel Edward Meinershagen. Nathaniel was born at 8:10 a.m., May 10, 2007, at Lake St. Louis, Mo. He weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 18 inches...

Luis Medez and Jennifer Sander, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Abigail Elizabeth Mendez. Abigail was born at 8:63 p.m., June 2, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches...

Keatyn and Bridgett Wallace, Springfield, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Mia Addison Wallace. Mia was born at 2:37 p.m., May 26, 2007, at St. John's hospital, Springfield. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Tracy Thomas and Luke Fields, Rich Hill, Mo., and Michael are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Emily Rae Fields. Emily was born at 8:18 a.m., June 5, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 21 inches...

It doesn't seem so long ago that I first joined American Association of University Women. I was a young mother with our first son, living in Stockton, Mo. I didn't know anybody and we hadn't joined a church yet, so I was mostly homebound with the baby. ...

100 years ago Culver was discharged; was known here G.N. Culver, the smooth talking man who sold soap and patent gates here last summer, and who was arrested in El Dorado Springs by Mackinaw, Ill., officers on charge of forgery, was tried last week. ...