Stories from Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Lynn A. Wade/Daily Mail Keifer Spiker, a labrador retriever and English spaniel mix, gets some encouragement from Mrs. Claus as the dog, Mrs. Claus and Santa Claus prepare to have their picture taken as part of a fund-raiser conducted for Vernon County's Wonderful Animals Giving Support, at Orscheln Farm and Home Saturday afternoon. ...

By Jennifer Johnson Nevada Daily Mail Evidence of the snow storm which dropped between 9-13 inches of snow across Vernon County Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 is still all too apparent for some local business owners. Landmark Skate Center and the Masonic Lodge 303 both suffered damages, while Perry Grizzle's Insurance Agency had to be relocated for a short period of time due to the damages incurred by the adjoining building...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Nevada voters approved renewing the city's 1/2-cent parks and recreation sales tax in April 2005 for nine years, with the promise to either renovate or rebuild the community center, install new lights and improve parking at Lyons Stadium and Bushwhacker Field, make improvements at Earp Park, build paved biking and hiking trails and make improvements at the Twin Lakes complex...

Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN, Mo. -- Cold weather has arrived and The Empire District Gas Company is working with local community agencies to assist Missouri low-income customers in meeting their energy needs. Weatherization Empire has provided $78,500 for weatherization assistance to its Missouri gas residential, low-income customers...

n District is accredited "with distinction" for the seventh year in a row. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail It's official -- the Nevada R-5 School District has once again received the Distinction in Performance status it has had since 1999. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, recently posted the Annual Report Cards for all 524 school districts in Missouri...

Ronald L. Culbertson, 53, Kansas City, Mo., passed away on Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., after a short battle with cancer. He was born on May 6, 1953, in Nevada, to Delmer Lee Culbertson and Bonnie Lou Hacker Culbertson...

With the recent snow and cold weather, it is beginning to look like Christmas. After winters of having hardly any snow fall, we have gotten an old fashion snow. Still, winter has not arrived and will not until later this month. Most of the experts are predicting a mild winter. Maybe so, but I bet those people in the St. Louis area who were without electricity are not considering this to be mild weather...

100 years ago He asks $25,350 damages D.D. Grant through attorneys D.M. Gibson and J.M. Hull have filed suit against the Missouri Pacific Railway company for $25,350. In his petition the plaintiff says that the company received his household goods and stock to ship from Milo to Lamar on Oct. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The sequence went like this: Offensive rebound, layup. Offensive rebound, layup. Offensive rebound, layup. That was a small stretch of three consecutive possessions during Tuesday's game between the Nevada Lady Tigers and the Joplin Lady Eagles...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The sequence went like this: Offensive rebound, layup. Offensive rebound, layup. Offensive rebound, layup. That was a small stretch of three consecutive possessions during Tuesday's game between the Nevada Lady Tigers and the Joplin Lady Eagles...

Nevada Daily Mail The Hume Hornets and Sheldon Panthers split a boys-girls basketball doubleheader Thursday. The Hornets (4-0) won the boys' contest, getting five players in double figures for a 78-59 victory. Clinton Irwin led the way offensively, scoring 22 for Hume. Irwin also grabbed 12 rebounds...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Comets ended the semester with a thud, dropping their third consecutive game, this one to St. Louis Community College-Meramec, 54-44. Road games right before finals are always tough, but playing last year's Region 16 champs on their home court two days before finals proved to be even tougher for the Comets. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School wrestling team finished their season at the Ray-Pec tournament last week. Tanner Charles, Zach Shepherd, Devin Miller, Austin Denning and Brandon Tabor each went unbeaten at the tournament to win their weight classes...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Digging out of a 39-18 deficit, the Nevada Tigers beat the Neosho Wildcats on a tiebreaker in a wrestling dual at Wynn Gymnasium Tuesday. The two teams tied in the team score 39-39, and Nevada won on the sixth tiebreaker, barely avoiding a coin flip...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN, Mo. -- Amanda Wilson scored 10 of her 16 points in the first quarter as the Nevada Lady Tigers jumped out to a 15-6 first period lead and won convincingly over the Joplin Lady Eagles Tuesday, 53-31. The Lady Tigers forced seven first-quarter turnovers by Joplin and controlled the pace throughout with solid defense and a good team effort...

By Scott Nuzum Fort Scott Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Defense was the name of the game as Fort Scott High's boys took a 45-34 win over Nevada at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. Both teams shot under 40 percent for the night and Nevada actually had less than one field-goal attempt per minute in the course of the game. Fort Scott shot just 33 percent, making 15 of 46 attempts, while Nevada finished at 39 percent on 14 of 36...