Stories from Friday, August 26, 2016

Shania Lee Ashbaker, 20, of Sanderson, Texas, and Nevada, Mo., died at her home in Sanderson, Texas. Shania was born April 8, 1996 in Milford, Utah, the daughter of Kevin Ashbaker and Kelly Castagnola. Memorial services will be held in the Ferry Funeral Home Chapel at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 30. Visitation with the family will be from 5 p.m. until service time. Memorials may be made in her name to the Ferry Funeral Home...

"Why we're losing the Internet to the culture of hate," is the title on the front page of the Aug. 29, issue of Time Magazine. This edition only reinforced my ongoing concern, about what I have come to consider being the "Wild Wild West" of social media...

Editor's Note: The following column originally ran in the July 19, 2012 edition of the Daily Mail. Last Sunday a gentleman came through the front doors of our church wearing a hat. He looked very spiffy and since it was an extremely hot day and he had a fair complexion, it was a good idea to be wearing a hat. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Stockton, Mo. -- University of Missouri Extension in Cedar County will be holding a seed saver workshop on Aug. 30, at 6:30 p. m. at the Cedar County Library (717 East St, Stockton, Mo. 65785) in Stockton Mo. The instructor for the class will be Robert Balek, Jasper County MU Extension Regional Horticulture Specialist...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Tuesday's meeting of the Vernon County Youth Task Force focused on ways to address the abuse of prescription drugs. The task force follows a school year calendar and so, after a summer hiatus, 20 people gathered at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center for the group's hour-long monthly meeting...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com The Vernon County Ambulance District board of directors unanimously approved the purchase of two used ambulances from American Response Vehicles of Columbia, Mo. during a special meeting Wednesday evening. The first is a 2013 Chevrolet/ARV with 112,000 plus miles on it. The other is a 2014 Chevrolet/ARV with 104,000 on it...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com On Tuesday, the Missouri Secretary of State's office announced that Tim Wells and 10 other candidates have qualified for the November general election. Wells, a licensed professional counselor in Nevada, was certified as an independent candidate for the office of state senator in the 31st District. He will face Republican candidate Ed Emery of Lamar and Libertarian candidate Lora Young of Harrisonville...

The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team stayed hot Thursday at home, defeating Warrensburg High School 5-4 in a West Central Conference matchup. With the victory, the Lady Tigers move to 3-0 overall (1-0 WCC). At No. 1 singles, Nevada's Emma Cheaney fell to Hally Pointek 8-5, while Nevada's No. 2 Erica Watanabe doubled-up Hope Dahlhoff 8-4...

It was a big night for Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball Thursday at Wynn Gym, as NHS swept Harrisonville to kick off its 2016 campaign. Nevada's varsity team needed just two sets, throttling the visitors 25-17 and 25-10. The NHS junior varsity squad prevailed in three sets: 26-24, (25-23), and 25-21, earning coach Kori Dodson her first career victory ---- while the NHS freshman team coasted to a 25-7 and 25-6 victory...

Cottey Comets head coach Marla Kannady-Foreman has high expectations as her team opens its volleyball season today at the Wentworth Military Academy triangular in Lexington, Mo. "Our key for having a great season is for us to come together as one unit," said the 17th-year head coach, "with sophomores keeping the incoming freshman aware of the way I run my program through strategies and coaching techniques. ...