Stories from Thursday, June 29, 2006

Nevada Daily Mail Children at the Nevada Public Library gathered around Breezy and Misty, two Pekingese dogs, each with ribbon atop its head. Breezy and Misty were part of a dog grooming session held at the Nevada Public Library on Wednesday. The dog grooming and training session is only one in a series of events for the summer reading program, "Paws Claws, Scales and Tales."...

Nevada Daily Mail New parks board members brought to light the need for improvements at fields used for softball during the board's regular meeting last night. On most weekday evenings from May through early July the softball fields at Twin Lakes Park are filled with girls playing ball and the stands with their parents and relatives attentively watching...

Nevada Daily Mail A popular local eatery is temporarily closed for remodeling. With the sound of workmen all around him Jesse Ornelas explained that he had been planning the renovation of Casa Azteca for some time. "I've had this remod in mind for some time," Ornelas said. "We needed to get it done and this seemed the right time."...

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources recently received a Performance Track Appreciation Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its innovative approach to flexible air permitting techniques...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada's infrastructure committee plans to meet at 7 o'clock tonight, in council chambers, inside the public safety building at 120 S. Ash. Items on the agenda include discussion of a sales tax for transportation and a discussion of the 2006 street improvement plan. The meeting is open to the public...

Patrick and Cara Skaggs, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Caitlyn Faye Skaggs. Caitlyn was born at 12:13 a.m., on June 24, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 19.5 inches. Paternal grandparents are Sandra and Paul Hoh, West Virginia, and Dennis and Judy Skaggs, Jefferson City, Mo. Paternal great-grandparent is Lorraine Skaggs, St. Louis, Mo...

Milo D. Sutcliffe, 70, Joplin, Mo., died Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at his home in Joplin. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

There are not many highways in western Missouri that I am not familiar with. Since we have lived in ten different towns or cities in the western part of the state, and traveled often to many other locations in that area, I can usually get wherever I want to go without even referring to the map...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Scott Dunwoody's walk-off single to center scored Tyler Johnson from second as the Nevada Griffons beat the Southwest Slashers in 10 innings Wednesday, 4-3. The win snapped a six game losing streak and gave Nevada their second victory in the last 14 games...

Suddenly it all made sense. After beating my head against a wall trying to figure out why the Nevada Griffons had repeatedly beat themselves this season, I had that wonderful moment of clarity. Some players just don't care. I was talking with one of the players on the field after Wednesday night's win (only their second victory in two weeks) and he said something that surprised me. Then I stopped and thought about it and it didn't surprise me at all...

Roberta Belle Smading, El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Mo., following a brief illness. She was born in Nevada, Mo., to Walter M. Moore and Mildred Berneice Woodward Moore. She and T.J. Smading were married June 5, 1947, in Girard, Kan., and he survives of the home...

100 years ago The building boom is here This season has been the season of building and improvements in Nevada, and no town in the state has enjoyed a more substantial building boom than this city has. The nation, the states, the county and the city have taken part in the boom. ...