Stories from Thursday, February 22, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Nevada City Council member Russell Kemm and his wife, Joy, donated five acres of land for the proposed new Vernon County Jail. The site is located south of Champion Diamonds, which the Kemms own. Several people were on hand when the Kemms went before the Vernon County Commission to announce the donation; the Kemms, Harlan Moore, Bill McGuire, Dr. Jason Meisenheimer, Circuit Court Judge James Bickel, Jeanie Longstreth and Jim Wilson...

Nevada Daily Mail The students, parents and staff of Bryan School along with community organizations, private donors and other friends of Bryan Elementary School collected pennies in observance of the 100th day of school. Some organizations and individuals have been collecting pennies since last year's 100th day celebration. A total of $3,743 will be shared between the kindergarten and first grade scholarships as a result of these donations...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail After a student at Cottey College was diagnosed with tuberculosis last week, the college and local health officials are working to make sure the student and everyone who had contact with her receive the appropriate care...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commission opened bids for a new trailer for the use of Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach to move the county's electronic voting machines to each polling place each election. "We've been renting a truck but that isn't the best solution," Beach said. "We're using H.A.V.A. (Help America Vote Act) funds to buy the trailer."...

By Charles C. Nash Nevada Daily Mail Sponsored by the First National Bank and Pro Realty Group, and designed and directed by long-time Community Council on the Performing Arts pro Al Fenske, this week's CCPA production of Neil Simon's A- grade comedy, "The Sunshine Boys," now showing at the Fox Playhouse, will surely gladden your heart...

Sally Jo Baughn, 55, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., following a brief illness. She was born April 26, 1951, in Topeka, Kan., to Joseph Wallace Fogel and Vivian Ellen Austin Fogel...

Lewis Albert Stinson, 81, was born on June 3, 1925, in Hugeton, Kan., to Helen Mae (Emeigh) and Avery Gustives Stinson and went home on Feb. 20, 2007, in Independence, Mo. Joined in Holy Matrimony on Aug. 28, 1943, to Iris Berdena Lay in Fort Collins, Colo., they were blessed with four children, Valera Marguerite, Orvella Evylen, Lewis Albert Jr. and Janice Louava...

When people mention great presidents of the past the names of Washington and Lincoln always come up. Sometimes this causes a discussion about which of those two was the best president. Many people feel more kinship with Lincoln because of his background. ...

Thanks for scholarship assistance Dear editor, Bryan school would like to say a big thank you to the following individuals and organizations who added to the Bryan Lucille Smith Penny Scholarship fund this year. They are Eugene Smith, Gerald Bogart, Oran Burris, Jerry Brendlinger, Jo and Larry Testman, Julie Wilson, the Nevada Men's Eagles and Wednesday Bingo, The Nevada Auxiliary Eagles and Sunday Bingo, the Nevada V.F.W Post 2175, the Nevada V.F.W. ...

100 years ago Walker guilty; gets three years The case of the State of Missouri against Charles H. Walker, charged with stealing the G.G. Ewing bay mare, resulted in the conviction of the defendant, the jury returning a verdict of guilty and assessed Walker's punishment at three years in the penitentiary. The state made a strong case against Walker and Walker's attempt to prove an alibi was of no avail...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- It was one of the strangest things you'll ever see in a basketball game. The Harrisonville Lady Wildcats were trailing the Nevada Lady Tigers in the Class 4, District 10 semifinals, and the score wasn't really that close...