Stories from Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The El Dorado Springs High School Sound Collage performed during the 17th annual Nevada Show Choir Classic Saturday at the Nevada High School. Sound Collage is one of 25 show choirs that competed in the event plus Nevada High School's Soundsational Singers and Treble Cleft which presented exhibition performances. Six other choirs canceled due to bad weather in the Warrensburg area...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County People for Pets, Inc. held a celebratory meeting on Monday, Feb. 12, at the Nevada Sunrise Café. The group is celebrating a milestone of one year since becoming organized. With volunteers, operating solely on donations, a determined group of people has accomplished so much over the past year. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council has a lengthy agenda scheduled for their meeting tonight including approving the amended minutes from the Oct. 3 and Oct. 13, 2006, council meetings, as well as the Feb. 6 and Feb.13, 2007, council meetings...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Chapter of Habitat for Humanity has completed its ninth home serving residents in the area, and plans to dedicate the home during a special ceremony set for Sunday, Feb. 5, at the home site, at 4 p.m. The ceremony and following open house at the home, at 411 N. Adams, is open to the public...

Alexis Ann Collins, age 5, of Nevada, died as the result of an accident on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at her father's home in Tiffin, Mo. She was born on July 27, 2001, in Nevada, to Randall Lee Collins Jr. and Carol Jean Smith Collins. Alexis was a kindergarten student at Bryan Elementary School in Nevada. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Alexis enjoyed sports and fishing and had a love for pets and farm animals...

Ira Dale Eaton, 82, Nevada, Mo., passed away Feb. 16, 2007, at St. John's hospital, Joplin, Mo. He was born Dec. 23, 1924, in Milo, Mo., to Dorothy Alice (Griggs) Eaton and she preceded him in death June 1994. He married Josephine Hartzell on June 9, 1996...

Josephine Phelps, 85, of Richards, Mo., died on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at her daughter's home in Hume following a lengthy illness. She was born on Nov. 27, 1921, in Richards, to Harry C. Jadlot and Alma Belle Few Jadlot. On Nov. 9, 1943, she was married to Sterling Wendell Phelps and he preceded her in death in 1983...

Travis and Jennifer Eaton, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Peyton Lee Eaton. Peyton was born at 11:12 p.m., Feb. 5, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 18 inches. Paternal grandparents are Danny and Christine Eaton, Walker. Paternal great-grandparents are Jo Eaton, Nevada, and the late Ira Eaton...

100 years ago Geo. W. Cashell killed by train Geo. W. Cashell, a well known resident of this city, was almost instantly killed by a passenger train No. 207, at a point between Athol and Filly just after noon today. Mr. Cashell who was foreman of a tile gang laying tile along the Missouri Pacific right-of-way, was walking along the track toward the approaching train and evidently miscalculated the distance between him and the train. ...

Nevada Daily Mail COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nevada Tiger wrestler Spenser Daniels capped a remarkable junior season with a state championship, winning the Class 2, 189-pound division when his opponent pulled out of Saturday's title match with an injury. Daniels (37-1) was leading Kirksville's Jesse Alter (44-2) in the championship match when Alter suffered an injury and couldn't continue. That gave Nevada its first state champion wrestler in two decades...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Kerri Shanks set a school record with nine 3-pointers and had a personal best 31 points as the Cottey Comets held off the Forest Park Lady Highlanders in Region 16 tournament play Saturday, 74-70. Shanks was nine-of-12 from beyond the arc, hitting five in the first half and four in the second to provide much of Cottey's offense in the first-round game...