Stories from Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Nevada Daily Mail An event just for special needs children is to be conducted during this year's Vernon County Youth Fair. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, at the pop shop at the fairgrounds, guided tours of the livestock barns and exhibits will be conducted. The participants will be accompanied by a youth mentor and volunteers, and souvenir gift bags will be provided...

Nevada Daily Mail This Thursday, on the Missouri Southern State University campus in Joplin, Missouri State Rep. Ed Emery, and 15 other legislators on the House Special Committee on Immigration Reform hope to glean information from local citizens on the impact of immigration-related issues in southwest Missouri...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Monday night, Vernon Countians who went to the Vernon County fairgrounds to watch the Super Teen contest got to see some of the best of Vernon County's youth compete in a combination of individual and team events. The variety of events were conducted in quick succession, keeping the air of excitement high in the pavilion...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Regional Medical Center has won a national award for exceeding patient expectations in 2005 from Avatar International Inc., a research and consulting group based in Orlando, Fla., and the leader in measuring customer expectations in healthcare...

Nevada Daily Mail Heather Mitchem was selected Missouri's Postmaster of the Year by the Missouri League of Postmasters at their annual convention, held in Inde-pendence, Mo., June 14. Mitchem began her postal career in July 1995 at the Nevada Post Office. ...

Samuel Albert States, 86, Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, July 9, 2006, at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born June 28, 1920, in Nevada, Mo., to Clauson David States and Alta Harrington States, He was married Feb. 15, 1947, to Mary Wood States, who survives of the home...

Edith Eleanora Franklin, age 79, of Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday, July 8, 2006, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born on May 8, 1927 in Rinard, Iowa, to Rodney Oren Murphy and Goldie Mildred Yoder Murphy. On July 6, 1947, she was married in Kansas City, Mo., to J.D. ...

Lois Ailene Tow, age 95, of Nevada, died on Saturday, July 8, 2006, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born on Jan. 15, 1911, in Blue Mound, Kan., to William and Clara Gray. She was married to Clifton Lloyd Tow on June 16, 1935, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 17, 1981...

William R. "Bill" Gary, age 79, of Rich Hill, Mo passed away July 4, 2006, at his home in Rich Hill. Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 8, at 11 a.m., at the First Christian Church in Rich Hill. The family suggest memorial contributions to the Kern Senior Center in care of the Heuser Funeral Rome, Rich Hill...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- A dominating pitching performance by Hays and some sloppy Nevada play allowed the Larks to split the four-game series with the Griffons this weekend and left one head coach shaking his head. Nevada head coach John Hill III wondered aloud about his team's inability to improve after watching the Larks take the final two games of the series to earn a split...