Stories from Thursday, April 7, 2005

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail On Tuesday morning, representatives from Nevada R-5 schools, the Vernon County Health Department, the Vernon County Ambulance District, Center Township and the city of Nevada met with Vernon County officials to discuss options relating to a 2004 real estate and personal property tax appeal currently under review by the state tax commission...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Ellen Gray Massey, writer, teacher, editor, speaker and Vernon County native, will be presenting "The Voices of Country Women" at the Tri-County Genealogical Society seminar April 9. Her one-woman show depicts first person reflections of rural southern Missouri life during the late 1800s and early 1900s...

Nevada Daily Mail FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- In the aftermath of what is now referred to as the Great Fire of 2005 in Fort Scott, city officials are moving ahead with recovery plans. On March 11, the downtown district was ravaged by fire in which 10 buildings were destroyed...

Nevada Daily Mail Living history interpreter Dakota Russell will present a special program about the lives of Daniel and Nathan Boone during the Vernon County Historical Society's quarterly meeting, to be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 10, at the Bushwhacker Museum...

A preschooler greets the pig featured in the book "If You Give a Pig a Pancake," during preschool story time at the Nevada Public Library Wednesday morning. Stories were read about pigs and pancakes; and, after the pig's visit, the children sat down to a snack of real pancakes. The children also made paper bag hand puppets meant to look like pigs...

Jeff, Kristen and Elisa Gammon, Springfield, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Joel Douglas Gammon. Joel was born at 8:50 a.m., on March 24, 2005, at St. John's hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19.25 inches...

Amanda Davis, Nevada, is proud to announce the birth of her daughter, Faith Elizabeth Davis. Faith was born at 6:59 p.m., on April 3, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 20 inches. Maternal grandparents are Mike and Rhonda Eador, Nevada. Maternal great-grandparents are Darlene Compton, Nevada, and Bob and Betty Eador, Nevada...

Carolyn Lucille "Carrie" Fowler, 90, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at the Valley Care Medical Center in Pleasanton, Calif. She was born Jan. 7, 1915, near Fort Scott, the daughter of Roy and Louise Kennedy Singmaster. She married Glenn Fowler of Arcadia, Kan., in September 1934 and he preceded her in death on Jan. 17, 1995...

Retta Mae Hyder, 71, died Sunday, April 3, 2005. Funeral services were held at Evergreen Memorial Chapel today, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Terry Mosher officiating. Burial was in Wagner Cemetery. Pallbearers were Travis Hyder, Andy Hays, Mike Hanes, James Pilcher, Daniel Hyder and Tim Hyder. Honorary pallbearers were Bill Deneve, Delbert Clawson and Chris Siebert...

Larry Keith Harper, 62, Nevada, died April 6, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

I don't have allergies; but my husband has suffered from allergies most of his life. He takes regular shots to keep some of the symptoms from being troublesome. His father also suffered from allergies. Some of our children have inherited the tendency to have allergies. I tell them that they can blame their father for that, because I don't have allergies...

Although most Americans have learned to guard personal information to minimize the risk of identity theft, individual precautions alone may not be enough to keep personal information out of the hands of criminals or others who wish to do harm. News reports have publicized recent security lapses, including data compromised by computer hackers and the unauthorized release of data by brokers who sell personal information without ensuring the legitimacy of the buyer...

100 years ago: The Kansas Hermit again on foot to Washington General Hugh Cameron, a veteran of the Civil War, from near Lawrence, Kan., stopped off here today on his way to Chicago and Washington. He is 80 years of age and walked from Lawrence, Kan., to Butler, where he took the train on account of the rain...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers thought they were in for a long match when they took on state tennis power Thomas Jefferson Tuesday. In fact it was just the opposite. "Our longest match was 32 minutes," Nevada coach Dennis Pendrak said. He was not joking, just being honest...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Middle School participated in a track meet at Webb City Monday. The seventh-grade boys won the meet, while the eighth-grade boys were eighth. The seventh-grade girls placed sixth and the eighth-grade girls finished third. The seventh-grade boys had winners in the 100-meter hurdles, the shot put, discus and in two relays...

Four wrestlers from the Nevada Youth Wrestling Club competed in the state tournament at the Hearnes Center in Columbia on March 24-26. (Front row, left to right) Tanner Charles and Slade Stiles; (Back row) coach Steve Lewis, Taylor Chapman, Sam Ellifrits and coach Cory Irwin. ...

The Midwest Athletics placed first at a recent USSSA Tournament held at Champion Diamonds in Nevada. (Front row, left to right) Josh Collins, Colt Whitesell, Issac Wilkins, Ryan Latta, Clint Scotten and Ross Wolfe; (Middle row) Jonathon Butler, Ron Johnson, Tyler Dobson, Steve Hohulin, Ethan Beisner, Austin Baldwin and head coach Jim Rayburn; (Back row) Mike Beisner, Russell Johnson and assistant coach Joe Dobson...