Stories from Wednesday, October 11, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail In the old days, undertakers provided transportation to the hospital, with hearses doing double duty hauling the living to the hospital and hauling the deceased to the cemetery. Care was minimal for the living who were headed to the hospital, bandages and a little gentle care were about all such services had available...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail "This is the village in action," said advisor Kim Greer, who's in charge of Nevada Middle School's Girl emPOWERment Club, a monthly event aimed at raising self-esteem and giving girls tools to learn and grow as students, as future leaders, and as young ladies preparing to navigate the perilous terrain of the teen years...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Sometime before the Oct. 3 city council meeting, some members of the Nevada City Council apparently opted to fire Adams & Associates as the architectural firm designing and overseeing the construction of a new terminal building at the Nevada Municipal Airport...

Dewayne Pennington and Stephanie Bro, Lamar, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Wednesday Jayde Bro Pennington. Wednesday was born Sept. 28, 2006, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches...

Charles Raymond Stark, 82, Independence, Mo., formerly Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006, in Independence. He was born Aug. 10, 1924, in Lamar, Mo., to Levi Stark and Opal Hunter Stark. He married Rita Williams in 1962 in Nevada. She preceded him in death in 2001...

Airport terminal project important to the city Dear Editor, In Friday's Daily Mail, Dr. Jones' letter to the editor was very good and very appropriate. He was addressing the firing of architect Jim Adams. I'm hoping his letter will encourage other people to step forward to help keep a progressive direction in our community...

National 4-H Week has come and gone. This year it was a little different in Vernon County than in most years. This special observance is held during the first week in October. Since the Annual Chicken Barbecue is held the first Saturday of the month, it is thought of as kicking off National 4-H Week. This year the first day was on Sunday and as a result the barbecue was the anchor event for the week...

100 years ago A pioneer preacher passes away The news was received in this city today of the death of a pioneer Methodist minister, the Rev. H.N. Watts, for many years a resident of Nevada, and whose death occurred in Texas. The following facts concerning Watts was furnished to the Mail today by the Rev. Jos King, an old friend of the deceased...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Two games, two points, two losses. That sums up Nevada's volleyball match against Webb City Tuesday night at Wynn Gymnasium. The Lady Tigers lost the match in two games, both by two points, 25-23, 27-25...

Nevada Daily Mail The district tournament was the final stop in the road for the 2006 Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team. Five varsity players competed in the event held by Thomas Jefferson High School in Joplin. In singles, Elise McNeil beat Thomas Jefferson's Laura Kemp, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4...