Stories from Friday, January 13, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Eagle Days at the Schell-Osage Conservation Area will be held Feb. 3 and 4, a special opportunity for the public to view eagles and to learn about the birds. Friday will be set aside for school children to take advantage of the event and Saturday will be open to the public. Activities planned include live eagle programs, presentations on the biology and recovery of eagles in Missouri, displays and activities for children...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail There are a lot of local organizations and people who are working to improve the area economy, however, there are limited resources available here to pay for those activities. To help remedy this situation the Nevada-Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce has recently formed the Nevada-Vernon County P.R.I.D.E. Foundation to help these groups gain access not only to money that is available locally but to also provide a way to get grants from other sources...

State Representative Barney Fisher, R-125th District, says that although companies are allowed to sell 2006 Labor Law posters, employers can obtain the required posters free of charge from the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Fisher said local businesses had reported receiving notification that they need to buy the posters, and that some of these are stamped "Final Notice."...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail School board members call it a "stop-gap" measure. It's a plan to provide a little more space for the growing student population at Truman Elementary. New students entering the district, mostly from folks moving to the area mean a blossoming elementary school population. Higher numbers of students are reported, especially in kindergarten...

Linda Kay Wilson, 63, Nevada, Mo., formerly of Tina, Mo., died Jan. 4, 2006, at her home in Nevada. She was born Aug. 21, 1942, in Chillicothe, Mo., to Hubert Roger Wilson and Virginia Bernice Green Wilson. Linda's early years were spent in the Tina area and she graduated from Tina-Avulon school in 1960. ...

Jo Ann "Jody" Renwick, 73, recognized as one of Nevada's leading citizens, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, at her home in Nevada, Mo. Jody was born Sept. 8, 1932, in Kansas City, Mo., to Jewell (Joe) M. Adams and Margaret Ella Gray Adams. Jody graduated from Nevada High School in 1951, where she met Frederick W. Renwick Jr. After high school graduation Fred and Jody attended Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott, Kan. They were married in Nevada on Feb. 23, 1952...

This winter has been short on sunshine. Have you noticed? There have been so many cloudy days in recent weeks that when the sun comes out it's an event. Just ask Miss Kitty, the resident feline and sunshine connoisseur at the Sullivan household. Saturday, for example, was a day much like cat heaven...

The results of the 2005 Monitoring the Future survey showed that inhalant use remains high among adolescents, with another slight increase for 12th grade students. The high range and rise in use comes just a year after a significant jump of inhalant use by eighth graders from 2002 to 2004. ...

Three children incinerated PITTSBURG, Kan., -- Three small children were burned to death about noon yesterday at the Cornell coal camp, five miles northeast of Pittsburg on the Missouri Pacific. Mrs. A. Guerin, a Belgian woman, had gone to a store in the camp to buy meat for dinner and left her three children, the eldest 6 years old, in the house alone. ...

Close losses doom Nevada By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers were edged by Carthage Thursday, 38-24, in a closely matched dual meet between the two Southwest Conference schools. In a dual that Nevada needed to win just to keep their conference title hopes alive, eight matches were closely contested and six of them went against Nevada...

By Jim Salter Associated Press Writer ST. LOUIS -- As the St. Louis Cardinals contend for the National League pennant this summer, a federal court hearing a few blocks away will decide if statistics generated at those games are public domain or the intellectual property of Major League Baseball...

By Ken Peters AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- Reggie Bush realizes he will have to prove himself again. ''Are you big enough? Strong enough? Fast enough? Tough enough? You won't have the answers until the first game,'' Bush said of the next stage of his football career: the NFL...