Stories from Friday, November 2, 2007

Special to the Daily Mail America's farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to make their voices heard and help shape the future of agriculture for years to come. That opportunity will come to their mailboxes in the form of the 2007 Census of Agriculture...

Nevada Daily Mail Due to a rumor regarding a child or group of children becoming sick or dying from meth- or poison-laced candy in the Nevada area, the Daily Mail spoke with officials at the Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the Nevada Police Department. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Federal law has extended the end of daylight-saving time by one week this fall, to 2 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 4, when a groggy public will turn back their clocks one hour, "falling back" in the fall. On Aug. 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which included the changes in daylight-saving time effective in 2007...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail An improved storm warning system is on the horizon for Sheldon. The city of Sheldon recently received a $3,500 grant check Wednesday from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development program. The grant, along with $6,500 of the city's funds will be used to replace the old siren system with one that can be operated from as far away as the Vernon County Sheriff's Office in Nevada...

A strain of methicillin-resistant staph that has been in the news around the country is in Nevada, according to Dr. William Turner. Turner said he had seen the infection in patients and that cleanliness is the key to avoiding infection. "I've seen the drug resistant staph here," Turner said. "Several patients have turned up with it. The key to avoiding it is handwashing, handwashing, handwashing."...

Thursday afternoon, Nevada mayor pro-tem Bill Gillette presented a proclamation, on behalf of Nevada mayor Bill Edmonds, to the family of Joe McHugh, officially renaming the soccer field at Walton Park as the Joe McHugh Memorial Field. ...

The date was Saturday, Oct. 31, 1964. It was Halloween and here in Nevada everyone knew what that meant. It was that time each year when the local school and the community celebrated Anti-Van. The evening, as was the style of dress from that time, hangs like "tapered" racks of clothing in my closet of memories...

Dear editor: The holidays are upon us once again. This is a time to celebrate and be thankful for all that we have been given. It is also a time to remember those who have been less fortunate. For many years, Vernon County residents have been very generous in their desire to help others by donating time and money to the Salvation Army. ...

While growing up in the Rocky Mountains of the West, one of the things that always caught my attention was the plant or tree that was hanging on to life, dangling out of the side of a cliff or rocky crag. Immense granite boulders develop the smallest of fractures, and out of the fissure will be sprouting an alpine flower in full colorful bloom. ...

If there were an icon for opposites, it would picture Nicodemus and the Samaritan Woman. The politically powerful man versus the lowly female servant. They came from entirely different motives and social classes, but their individual journeys merge on the straight path toward Jesus...

Sometime before 1871 the Antioch Cemetery was established two-and-one-half miles north and one mile east of the old State Hospital. The first grave was that of Bertie Brown, who died on Oct. 8, 1871. Nevertheless, the deed for the original 2.2 acres for the Antioch Church and Cemetery was not recorded and signed until Oct. ...

On Nov. 2, 1885, Harlow Shapley was born at nearby Nashville, Mo. He became a very famous astronomer who discovered the centre of our Galaxy and our position within it. When we drive to Joplin on Highway 43, we pass the edge of the small town of Nashville. Very few of us know that this was the birthplace of an internationally known scientist...

Sunday School students from Illinois and Missouri raised money to erect a monument over the grave of Stephen Paxson in Bellefontaine Cemetery near St. Louis in 1881. Paxson was born on November 3, 1808 in New Lisbon, Ohio. His father died when he was young which forced his mother to place her seven children among strangers. ...

Nevada gave Class 3 District 11 champion Monett a battle for nearly a half, but could not sustain it as the Cubs pulled away for a 28-6 victory Thursday night at Logan Field. The Tigers, who had 20 seniors play their final high school game, finished at 2-8. Monett, which upped its winning streak to nine, improved to 9-1. The Cubs host Harrisonville (10-0) in the first-round of the playoffs Wednesday, Nov. 7...

Nevada High School senior Trevor Hinkle will run his third state cross country meet on Saturday. This time, he'll have his whole team with him on the rugged course at Jefferson City. Nevada's boys cross country team will compete in the Class 3 state meet Saturday at noon at Jefferson City. It marks the first time in 13 years Nevada qualified for state...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Middle School's eighth-grade girls basketball A Team lost a 43-30 decision to visiting Carthage on Thursday. Olivia Culbertson scored 11 points for Nevada (2-2). In the B-Team game, Casey Barker tossed in eight points in a 41-14 victory for Nevada (3-1)...

Martha Louise Evans, 81, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 17, 1926, in Sheldon, to Clyde William Hickman and Lydia Louise Tyree Hickman. She married Walter E. Evans Jr. on Nov. 16, 1945, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death in 1982...