Stories from Monday, July 19, 2004

Watermelon feed Above, Doug Vantellman of Producers Grain hands out generous portions of fresh watermelon to an eager crowd of fair participants at the Vernon County Youth Fair Friday afternoon.

Nevada Herald The Walton Park Family Aquatic Center would like to once again offer a Family Fun Night at Walton Pool on Thursday, July 22, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., in celebration of National Parks and Recreation Month and National Aquatics Week. Cost for this event will be $3 per person with children under 3 admitted free with a paid adult. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald A year-long wind anemometer study being conducted at Centennial Fairgrounds will end in August according to Cecil Pritchett, president of the Osage Valley Resource, Conservation and Development Council. "After the program ends we'll start a new program in the fall that will make use of the wind anemometers used in the old program," Pritchett said. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald As the sun set on the next-to-last day of the Vernon County Youth Fair, the barns were fully loaded with livestock of every kind. The day's slated events, all cattle related, were delayed by a cloudburst that greeted the morning crowd at the fair...

By Marc Powers Nevada Herald JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The outcome of proposed state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriages that voters in Missouri and several other states will decide this year could influence efforts in Congress to add a similar provision to the U.S. Constitution...

Support group forming A support group for those with Sarcoidosis is now forming in the area. Those with an interest in such a group should contact Lisa Monks, Stockton, at (417) 276-6656. Widows' group to meet on July 20 The First Christian Church Widows' group will meet at noon, Tuesday, July 20, at Country Corner Cafe...

Friday rollover pickup crash injures two A single vehicle accident occurred on U.S. Highway 71 about 8 miles north of Nevada at about 6:45 p.m., Friday. Ronald Warren, 39, Adrian, Mo., was driving southbound on U.S Highway 71 when his 1999 Ford pickup blew a tire. ...