Stories from Friday, November 24, 2006

Above, 2-year-old Lotus VanDyke digs into her Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, at the Nevada American Legion Post in Nevada. VanDyke, along with about 100 other area residentsm joined the Legion for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner including ham, turkey, dressing, potatoes and gravy, green beans, salad and dessert. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A new jail proposal is in the works and the planning committee for the project is seeking public input. Circuit Judge James Bickel said he looks forward to hearing what the people would like in a new facility. "We're hoping to get a lot of citizen input," Bickel said. "To me this has the most utmost importance of any projects I see on the horizon."...

Nevada Daily Mail Crowder College's annual Festival of Wreaths will be held on Nov. 30, at 6 p.m., in the Longwell Museum -- Elsie Plaster Center, Crowder College main campus, Neosho. All proceeds from this auction will go to the Crowder College Foun-dation to provide scholarships for students at all four campuses, including the Nevada campus...

Nevada Daily Mail On Nov. 29, elementary and middle school students in the Nevada R-5 School District will become teachers of local history to students in Springfield and in schools around St. Louis through participation in the Missouri Regions project, a student-centered distance learning activity...

Nevada Daily Mail During a meeting Tuesday night, the Nevada City Council made the first step in revamping some of the city's boards, tentatively setting up an animal control board and making some changes to other advisory boards to the council. The council passed on first reading a general ordinance establishing a new executive department called the animal control board that will make recommendations to the city manager or his staff or designated person about the operation and maintenance of the animal shelter. ...

Mr. and Mrs. Kaleb and Megan Leonard, Nevada, and Daulton, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Beau Allan Hunter Leonard. Beau was born at 10:37 a.m., Nov. 9, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 19 inches...

Juanita Mae Gilbert, 64, of Oskaloosa, Kan., formerly of Bonner Springs, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006 at her home. Mrs. Gilbert was born Nov. 6, 1942, in Kansas City, Kan., and lived the majority of her life in the Kansas City, Kan., area. ...

A few years ago, I wrote an article describing my woeful experience of Christmas shopping at Wal-Mart, early on the Friday morning following Thanksgiving. No other article I have ever written has elicited such responses from readers. I have had countless people tell me of similar experiences on what has become known nationwide as "Black Friday." It was not just the time of year and the remembrance of that shopping trip that made me want to revisit our seemingly national hysteria where holidays and other mass market shopping sprees are concerned. ...

100 years ago New electric line up again The Kansas City, Springfield and Southern Railway company looks more like a sure thing now than it ever has an the members of the Citizens Committee firmly believe the electric road will be built from either Stotesbury or Richards to Nevada, and thence to Springfield. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh Wildcats opened their 2006-'07 basketball season in Joplin Tuesday night, where they lost both the boys and girls games to College Heights. The Bronaugh boys team lost to College Heights 55-25 with Nick Judd leading the Wildcats with 14 points. Josh Modlin picked up 9 points and Travis Farmer had two. Scott Austin and Andrew Chaney both scored 19 points to lead the scoring for College Heights...

Nevada Daily Mail The Hume Hornets opened their season on the road with a 62-36 win over Miami Tuesday night. Wyatt Hale led the Hornets with 26 points followed by Cameron Hinton with 9 points and Zach Terry with 8 points. Cameron Hinton controlled the backboards for the Hornets with 17 rebounds. Tommie Hutchinson led scoring for Miami with 16 points...

By Scott Nuzum Fort Scott Tribune Sports Editor KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs controlled the running game both offensively and defensively in a 19-10 victory over the Denver Broncos Thursday night in front of the second-largest crowd in Arrowhead Stadium's history...

Officers of Osage Lodge 303 were installed Sunday, Nov. 19. In a supplementary installation ceremony Steve Moyer replaced Duane Willers, who was killed in a car accident, as worshipful master. Front row from left: Ron Hardin, junior warden; Steve Moyer, worshipful master; and Will Bishop, senior warden. Back row: Dr. Paul Daniels and Bill Jeffries junior steward...