Stories from Tuesday, November 7, 2006

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail Peggy Pennington and other area gifted program teachers gathered together with parents and students on Saturday, at Truman elementary school. Pennington is an action teacher for the Nevada R-5 school district. She is also the alternative director of District H of the Missouri Gifted Association, an organization with members in many area school districts, many of whom attended Saturday's event...

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a condition characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. It is also the most common diagnosis in young persons, ADHD affects an estimated three to five percent of school age children. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The annual holiday parade and Miss Merry Christmas pageant organizers have begun taking registrations for these holiday events, to be held on Saturday, Dec. 2. Forms are available at the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce office located at 225 West Austin, Lower Level, Carnegie Building...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Relay for Life Committee is calling attention to Sunday night's 7 p.m. airing of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The "Makeover" team is building a home in Indiana for Shawna Farina, a cancer survivor and longtime Relay For Life volunteer. ...

Francis J. Herbst Jr., 66, Sheldon, Mo., passed away at his home on Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, at his residence. He was born Aug. 15, 1940, in Muncie, Kan., to Francis Jacob Herbst and Violet Marie Wilson Herbst. Mr. Herbst grew up in Kansas City, Kan., and graduated from Washington High School, Kansas City, Kan. ...

Elva Denning Heck, 92, former long-time county clerk of Vernon County, died Nov. 3, 2006, at the Moniteau Care Center in California, Mo. Mrs. Heck moved from Nevada to California in 1961 after marrying Richard Heck, owner of the historic Heck Saddlery in California. Mr. Heck preceded her in death in 1987...

100 years ago Democratic victory in Vernon County The election of Nov. 6, was a democratic victory, more so than the most enthusiastic democrat had predicted. The vote in Vernon County fell short about 200 but the democratic majority was increased from 900 to 1,300...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Less than a week after being swept by the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Lady Norsemen, the Cottey Comets were matched up with the team from Miami, Okla., in the semifinals of the Region 16 tournament. NEO was the second seed, Cottey the third. The winner got to face top-seeded Longview Community College for the region crown...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School junior Trevor Hinkle finished 64th at the state cross country meet Saturday, finishing the difficult 5,000-meter course in 17 minutes, 56.41 seconds. Hinkle was more than two minutes behind the winner, Josh Thebeau, of Potosi, who ran a time of 15:37.91...

Nevada Daily Mail KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former Nevada Griffon Mark Teahen, who hit .290 with 18 home runs and 69 RBIs, has been chosen the Kansas City Royals' player of the year, the team announced Monday. Voting was done by the Kansas City chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade girls basketball team split games recently. The eighth-graders lost to Carthage on Nov. 2, but beat Joplin Memorial Monday. Playing at Carthage, the B-team lost 34-6, while the A-team lost 42-14...