R-5 board moves ahead in search for new leader
(05/09/08)
The Nevada R-5 School District has enlisted the aid of the Missouri School Boards Association in its search for a new superintendent. The board met Wednesday evening with a representative of the MSBA to go over the applications of more than a dozen candidates for the position...
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Operation Us comes to Nevada
(05/09/08) A group of people representing law enforcement agencies, county services, victim services and other organizations met at the City/County Community Center in Nevada at noon, Thursday, to hear from Dr. Jennifer Baker of Operation Us, who gave a presentation on the importance of healthy marriage. Baker pointed out the benefits extended past those to the family itself to the communities in which they live...
Cottey hosts year-end picnic, concert on May 10
(05/09/08) The end of the school year is just around the corner, and, in keeping with tradition, Cottey College will host its end-of-the-semester picnic and concert at BIL Hill. Jason LeVasseur will perform on Saturday, May 10. The picnic will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the concert will follow...
Small cars, big impact for community
(05/08/08) It's time for the second annual Schowe and Shine Auto Show sponsored by Dr. Ron Schowengerdt, the dentist with an office full of cars -- miniature cars, that is. Schow-engerdt also likes the full-sized autos and he likes helping the community. Having an auto show to raise money seemed like a no-brainer when he first came up with the idea, which seems to be catching on... 
Students take on Lexus Environmental Challenge
(05/08/08)Thanks to Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth, many Americans have become concerned with the issues of living a greener lifestyle and the Earth's natural resources. A team of eighth graders from the Nevada Action program is no exception. Chris Enriquez, Bailey Harbit, Leah Creasy, Meagan Hutchison, Trey Dockery, Cameron Byergo, and Kristen Van Der Schaaf participated in the 2007 Lexus Environmental Challenge, a nationwide education program and contest about the environment that empowers teens to create a better world. ...
New group opens door to athletic opportunities for disabled people
(05/08/08) A new athletic organization has popped up in southwestern Missouri called Challengers United. The group was designed for special needs citizens in the area, and all who wish to become a part of it are welcome. Challengers United was formed by a small group of partners in policy graduates who are the parents of special needs children in order to provide them with the opportunity to participate in athletic activities that they would otherwise be excluded from... 
Registration ends Friday for NRMC Foundation golf event
(05/08/08)The Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation will host the 5th Annual Caring with Pride Golf Classic on Friday, May 16. The tournament has turned into a Nevada tradition since it first appeared. There has been a lot of fun on the course over the last five years, and a lot of great prizes won...
County conducts pre-bid meeting on jail project
(05/08/08) Representatives of JE Dunn Construction Company gave an overview of construction management for the jail project Tuesday in an open meeting at the Nevada/Vernon County Community Center. The meeting was followed with a site visit. Ryan McConnell, project manager, JE Dunn, explained bidding instructions to a group of approximately 25 people... 
Catching time in a jar
(05/07/08)Rosemary Noel collects glassware of all types. Her passion is canning jars. Often called simply 'fruit' jars, the history of canning jars reflects the nation's technological growth in food preservation. Noel has lived in Vernon County for 46 years. Her husband was born here...
New stop sign to be placed at park
(05/07/08) Cars entering and leaving Radio Springs Park will soon have to stop at the top of the hill on College Street, as well as before turning west from College Street to go to the play area on the west hill. This will address one of several concerns Melissa Earll brought to the attention of the Nevada City Council during Tuesday night's meeting...
Annual Cancer Survivor Dinner set for May 19
(05/07/08) The Vernon County Relay For Life Committee announces the 2008 Survivor dinner will be held May 19, at the Nevada Eagles lodge for cancer survivors and guests. "Invitations have been sent and the RSVP's are coming in," stated Linda Chesnut, Survivor Chairperson. ... 
Getting steamed -- MegaWest Energy highlights thermal technology in weekend grand opening event
(05/06/08)MegaWest Energy Corporation has started pumping steam into its 10-acre field just east of the Missouri-Kansas state line in anticipation of pumping the area's thick oil out. The company has 40 producing wells in the field which it anticipates will produce an average of 300 barrels a day once the steam has raised the temperature of the field enough to thin the oil. The company has pumped some oil out of the ground but not in significant quantities yet... 
Group home proposal meets with mixed reviews
(05/06/08)Jhan Hurn's proposal last Wednesday to the Nevada Park and Recreation Board to build five six-bedroom group homes adjacent to Marmaduke Park was met with responses ranging from support for the concept with reservations and questions about the location, to outright opposition to any more group homes locating in Nevada...
Council to review grant, property transfer plan
(05/06/08) The Nevada City Council is looking at short agenda for their meeting tonight. Among the items to be considered are a resolution authorizing an application for a USDA Rural Development grant to pay for running the fiber optic line to the new Vernon County jail facility and the second reading of an ordinance transferring the ownership of property to the Nevada R-5 School District...
Sheldon students do well on MAP
(05/06/08) The third and fourth grade students in the Sheldon school district got recognition from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently when DESE announced the results of the Top Ten highest performing schools Top Ten schools are recognized for the percentage of their students scoring at the proficient and advanced levels for the 2007 Missouri Assessment Program... 
Fort Scott man sentenced for 2004 murder
(05/03/08)By Michael Glover Herald-Tribune Starr Marshall wore an oval-shaped picture of Karl "Rex" Schenker on her jacket. So did Kay Werling and Chad Schenker. And so did about a dozen relatives of Rex Schenker, the victim of a 2004 murder. Kohlby Freeze pleaded guilty to the murder last year...
Drug-Free coordinator thanks community and steps down after nearly 10 years
(05/03/08)
By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The last meeting of the Nevada R-5 Safe and Drug-Free Schools committee chaired by Ranea Schulze started off with tears, but then turned cheerful. Schulze has taken a new position in the library and ceded the responsibility for the drug-free program to new hands... |
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