Stories from Friday, April 21, 2006

Vernon County Assessor Cherie Kaye Roberts will be sending out "impact notices" to Vernon County residents soon. The notices are scheduled to be sent out May 1. An "impact notice" is placed to notify owners whose property has increased in value. But these notices are only sent out to residents whose property has been reevaluated...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The Vernon County Adult Drug Court Committee announced its 10th drug court graduation ceremony, which was held April 18, at 5 p.m., in the circuit courtroom at the Vernon County Courthouse. Though names are not made public, families turned out in numbers to support the four graduates who completed the program despite the hardships that were presented to them...

April 23-29 is National Crime Victims' Rights Week and the Vernon County Task Force against Domestic Violence will hold their annual Crime Victims Recognition March Tuesday. Participants will gather in the parking lot of Dr. Warren Lovinger's office, 625 South Ash, and march to the south steps of the Vernon County Courthouse...

On My Own, Inc., is bringing "Nevada Idol" to the city this May as part of their "A good time for a good cause" campaign. The Nevada Idol event is basically a karaoke contest that will be run as part of a pork barbecue and a silent auction May 13. The "A good time for a good cause" event is an annual fund-raiser for On My Own, which is a non-residential independent living center...

Mike Reinhart organized a meeting held at the Nevada Community center Tuesday. The meeting was offered free to the public. The gist of this event was to find out, as Reinhart said, if there were any other families interested in Christian homeschooling, and if so, what were they interested in. There were nine families present, which Reinhart equated to about 25 children and 13 adults...

Nevada Library Director Susan McBeth, left, accepts a check from Sue Quitno on behalf of the Thalias, Missouri Federated Women's Clubs for $500 to go toward the Dare to Dream program to replenish non-fiction books in the library.

Emily Livengood, Nevada, is proud to announce the birth of her son, Rilen Carter Livengood. Rilen was born at 9:10 a.m., April 14, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, 21.25 inches. Maternal grandparent is Brent Livengood, Nevada...

Roy H. Hinkle, 55, formerly of the Sheldon, Bronaugh areas, died Thursday, April 20, 2006, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following an illness of several months. Roy graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1968. He was a member of the Sheldon Masonic Lodge No. ...

Alma Francis Mauer, 87, Nevada, Mo., formerly of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born on March 15, 1919, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Samuel West Taylor and Vera Celia Hanson Taylor. Alma loved to crochet crafts and visit with friends...

Dear editor: The horrific acts of terrorism against our homeland and humanity have stunned our country. Yet we failed to accomplish what the terrorists wanted. We were not shut down. We did pause briefly out of respect to those we lost. I believe something very special has happened to us as a whole. ...

Help may be on the way for those shouldering rising college tuition rates. The House recently gave strong support to a proposal that would cap single-year tuition increases to the price of inflation at publicly funded, four-year institutions in the state...

Useless to telegraph SAN FRANCISCO -- The delivery of telegraphic messages from outside points to people in San Francisco is an impossibility. The messenger service of both the big telegraph companies no longer exists. Even had the company an arraign of messengers they would be of little value, for the reasons that the people are scattered far and wide, and that a journey from the ferry building to the western addition or to the refugee camps consumes many hours...

NEVADA, Mo. -- A single by Kyle Hughes with one out in the fifth inning broke up a no-hit bid by Webb City's Jerich Swarens, but that's all Nevada had in the way of offense as the Cardinals won 13-0. The game was called after five innings because of the mercy rule, after Webb City had broken things open with a seven-run inning in the top of the fifth...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Nevada's tennis team bounced back from a rough outing against Webb City Tuesday by knocking off a different Southwest Conference team. The Tigers took care of the other Tigers, from Carthage, by a score of 6-3. Justdan Lockwood, Taylor Hall, Jake Holmes and Erik DeLaney each got singles victories to carry Nevada...