Social Affairs

Community takes care of the Earth (04/23/08)
The city was abuzz with activity this weekend and on Monday and Tuesday, as the community did its part to take care of the environment. On Saturday, the annual countywide clean-up day, in which the Recycling Center accepted unwanted items and trash from area residents free of charge, took place...

NEVC students spend a day at the Capitol (04/22/08)

Hume R-7 school board welcomes new members (04/22/08)
The Hume R-7 school board met April 16 and certified the election results from Bates and Vernon Counties, which resulted in the election of Stacey Swickhamer, Kristy Brooks and Lesa Berry to three-year terms. The new board members were sworn in and the board then elected new officers --Missy Patton, president; Ralph Franklin, vice-president; Ruth Hale, secretary; and Stacey Swickhamer, treasurer...

McComas honored at State Capitol (04/22/08)
n House presents one of the country's oldest living World War II POWs with the Outstanding Missourian Award. On April 16, Nevada resident Floyd McComas was honored in the Missouri Legislature with an Outstanding Missourian Award in the House of Representatives, and recognized as one of the country's oldest surviving POWs from World War II...

He's playing your song (04/03/08)
You can call him Sergeant Pete -- that is, if you're not one of his students. Retired Sgt. Peter Quinlan has something of a secret life. By day he's a by-the-book sergeant instructing JROTC cadets at Nevada High School and coaches the Flying Tigers drill team. By night he can be a fast-talking disc jockey playing music, cracking jokes and warming up the crowd...

R-1 schools ask voters for tax increase (04/03/08)
On April 8, voters living within the Northeast Vernon County R-1 School District will see a proposition to increase the operating tax levy in order to fund the construction of a new school on their ballots. Currently, NEVC is separated into two schools; the high school, a 79-year-old building, in Walker, and the elementary school located approximately 14 miles away, in Schell City...

Nevada gets visit from governor hopeful Nixon (04/01/08)
Nevada Daily Mail Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon was in town Saturday on the campaign trail. Nixon, in his fourth term as attorney general is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Stopping at the offices of the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce Nixon spoke to a group that filled the office...

Cottey students pass on knowledge in Creative Movement class (03/29/08)

Rome with a view (03/20/08)
Editor's note: Cottey College students have returned from a trip to Italy, where educational modules, sight seeing and immersion in the culture offered a unique learning opportunity for second-year students. Cottey public information directer Steve Reed has kept folks at home posted on the happenings of the trip, in the form of letters to Mama. This is the final letter...

Arson suspect faces additional charges in Cedar County (03/20/08)
A Stockton man accused of setting a fire inside a Nevada woman's home was released today from the Vernon County jail on his own recognizance so he could be transferred to Stockton Court and face nine other criminal charges. Patrick Ellis, 30, was granted a release from his $50,000 cash-only bond Thursday afternoon during a pre-trial hearing by 28th Circuit Judge Neal Quitno, only to be transferred across the Cedar County line, where a $100,000 bond awaited him...

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