Stories from Wednesday, October 4, 2006

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Tuesday night the Nevada City Council gave preliminary approval to a budget amendment that will cut about $33,000 from the 2006 budget to let the city retain the employees' health insurance and merit raises. "To continue with the merit increases and health insurance we need to cut some benefits," Harlan Moore, interim city manager, said Tuesday night...

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail Stem cell research has been the topic of much debate with the proposed amendment to the Missouri state constitution on the ballot in November. Locals groups in the Vernon County area have been meeting and educating their peers, in attempts to sway either side to the other side...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council's regular meeting time will once again be 7 p.m. During a meeting Tuesday night, the council voted 3-1 to give final approval to a general ordinance to move the city council's meeting back to 7 p.m. from the current time of 6 p.m. ...

Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday, the first Red, White and Blue Christmas Bash" will be conducted at the Nevada Elks Lodge bingo hall. The entertainment for the night will feature music from Sober as a Judge and Crazy Julie. Promoters say, "the unique vocal stylings of Sober as as Judge front man, Judge Charles Curless, blends the sounds of the '60s and '70s with a brass flair;" and "the pure energy of the lead singer of Crazy Julie pumps the crowd to get up and dance."...

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail Harrison Township, Mo. -- In a rural section of Harrison Township, near Bronaugh, Mo., Joe and Shawn Cain claim that much money and time have been spent on a road that leads to nowhere. This road borders a handful of properties, and until 2005 when it was called into question by a local landowner it was considered "unmaintained."...

Elise Sommer, Nevada, is proud to announce the birth of her son, Hayden Lee Sommer. Hayden was born at 3:49 p.m., Sept. 19, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounces, and measured 22 inches. Maternal grandparents are Scott and Debra Sommer, Nevada...

Most of the Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in the new prescription drug program, Plan D. The experiences with this program vary from a bad experience to good. Most are satisfied with the program. For many the "gap," which may be referred to as the "doughnut hole" has been or is a major problem, this is the period that the person has to pay the entire cost for the drugs. ...

100 years ago Panama Canal will be built by contract WASHINGTON -- After spending millions of dollars and consuming years of time in organizing forces to build the Panama Canal, President Roosevelt and his advisers have realized they have a task greater than they can accomplish on their hands, and if the big ditch connecting the Atlantic and Pacific is over constructed it will probably be by contract...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Like it was straight out of a storybook, Nevada senior Anita van Rooyan gave the Lady Tiger tennis team the lift it needed in a 5-4 victory over Harrisonville Tuesday. Playing the final regular season match of her career, in the team's final home match of the season, van Rooyan took the court in the last singles match of the day Tuesday evening at the Nevada High School tennis courts...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Cottey Comets basketball team stepped back on the court Monday for the first time since finishing as the NJCAA Region 16 runners up in March. The Comets started off with team pictures Monday at 3:30 p.m., then followed with about a one-hour practice...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- More than a month since problems surfaced on the wooden playing floor at Wynn Gymnasium, Nevada High School is set to re-open the court for high school activities Saturday. The Nevada High School junior varsity volleyball team is scheduled to host a tournament Saturday, and principal Bryan Thomsen said that will be the first event allowed on the court after nearly six weeks of inactivity...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers remained unbeaten in Southwest Conference volleyball Tuesday, knocking off Carthage on the road, 26-24, 25-18. Nevada swept the home-and-home series with Carthage, also winning in Nevada on Sept. 5. "We played very well," Nevada head coach Trudy Fleeman said. "We played very consistent."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger youth basketball program will begin Oct. 21. Varsity basketball coach Brent Bartlett and assistants Jenny Allard, Jack Tudor and Daryl Dodson will lead the program for girls in grades 3-6. The program will run on Saturdays, beginning Oct. 21, and ending Nov. 18...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger softball team was held to one hit in a 5-1 loss to McDonald County Tuesday, in Anderson. Jessica Long collected Nevada's only base knock, and was driven in by Megan Ray for the Lady Tigers' only run of the game...