Stories from Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail When the city of Nevada requested bids for a new terminal building at the Nevada Municipal Airport they were confident the construction cost estimated by the architect was close to what the submitted bids would be. They were wrong with all of the bids coming in well above the $390,000 the city had to build a new terminal and hangar at the airport...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Coach Shannon Jolley wants to let parents know that it isn't too late to register for the 2007 Tiger Football Summer Camp being held July 16 through July 20. Jolley encouraged anyone with an interest to participate. "If you are a current player or if you have had any interest in playing football in the past, now is the perfect time for you to become involved," Jolley said. ...

By Steve Moyer and Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The car of a missing Nevada woman was found with a body inside at a Wal-Mart parking lot in Springfield Monday. The body has not yet been identified and a cause of death had not been determined as of press time...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Youth Fair is off to a great start for 2007. There are many events throughout the week. From the Super Teen contest to the livestock sale, there will be plenty of activities to keep patrons busy...

Betty Louise Blakely, age 70, the daughter of Clarence Wilson and Effie Juanita (Goodwin) Blakely was born Nov. 4, 1936, in Schell City, Mo., and passed from this life on Thursday, July 5, 2007, at her home near Sheldon after an 11-month illness with leukemia...

Delbert Lynn Clark, 74, Nevada, Mo., passed away on July 7, 2007, in Culpepper Place, Nevada. He was born July 17, 1932, in Vernon County, Mo., to Perry D. Clark and Wilma Grace Wilson Clark. He married Patricia Lee Spencer on Aug. 24, 1951, in Eureka Springs, Ark. Later he married Leoti Highley on May 27, 1986, in Overland Park, Kan., and she survives of their home in Culpepper Place...

Raymond Lloyd Banwart, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to be with his Lord and Savior early Monday, July 9, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He was born April 6, 1918, to parents Benjamin R. Banwart and Cecelia Marti Banwart in rural Minnesota near the towns of Morris and Hancock. At the age of eight, Raymond moved with his family to Lamar, Mo. He married Kathryn Ann Somerhalder Aug. 26, 1945, in Burlington, Okla...

100 years ago Germany expects war BERLIN -- That the developments of the last few days have dangerously increased the tension in the relations between America and Japan is the opinion avowedly entertained by even the conservative German observers. "Unquestionably," says Count Reventiow, the naval authority today, America confronts a situation of great difficulty, diplomatically as was as strategically, Japan owing to financial conditions, and also because England probably would bring pressure to hear to prevent a clash, is presumable under strong restraint, but from a military view point it is already in a condition of preparedness and does not need further delay.. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail What was supposed to be four games in three days turned into one game, a cancellation and a pair of postponements. The Nevada Griffons beat the Wichita Wheat Kings at Lyons Stadium Saturday, then had their road date with the Wheat Kings canceled Sunday and their Jayhawk League doubleheader with the Derby Twins rained out Monday...