Stories from Wednesday, February 28, 2007

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Outside it was a chilly, Sunday afternoon with a brisk wind blowing, but the recently finished house at 411 N. Adams was filled with warmth. It had taken more than a year, thousands of hours of labor by volunteer carpenters, roofers, cabinet installers, carpet layers, plumbers, electricians and other workers, as well as about 400 hours of work by the new resident to complete the house; And that does not include the baked potato luncheons held monthly to raise money and the donations of materials and money that were required to make this house possible.. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail For the second year in a row several hundred Missouri and Kansas members of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles are expected to converge on Nevada Aug, 3-5 for their annual Missouri F.O.E. State Picnic. "Last year we had 210 people come for the three-day event and this year they are expecting between 200 and 300 to attend," Larry Scism told members of the I.M.P.A.C.T. Nevada Tourism board Wednesday night during their annual tourism grant meeting...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail Now there are three offers on the table for donated sites on which the county could build a new jail if voters OK a sales tax on April's ballot. A meeting was held Tuesday morning at the Vernon County Courthouse to discuss further action and possibilities for the project of building a new jail for Vernon County...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Parks and Recreation Board of Directors plans to evaluate youth and community center fees at the meet today, at 5:30, in Nevada City Council chambers, located in the city's public safety building at 120 S. Ash, Nevada. Other items on the agenda include a discussion of the Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation's fourth annual golf tournament, and reports from the president, recreation manager, parks maintenance, golf course and parks finances...

Annie Lue Alexander was born June 14, 1930, in St. Clair County, Mo., near Tiffin, Mo., to Chester and Beulah (Hart) Alexander. They moved to Walker, Mo., soon after Annie was born. She spent most of her lifetime in that area. She died Feb. 15, 2007, at the Community Springs Care Center in El Dorado Springs, Mo...

Violet Alexander was born Dec. 8, 1927, in St. Clair County, Mo., near Tiffin, Mo., to Chester and Beulah (Hart) Alexander. They moved to the Walker area about 1930, and she spent her entire life in Vernon County until moving to Bolivar about 1994. She died Feb. 16, 2007, at St. John's hospital in Springfield, Mo...

A good way to describe the current Vernon County jail is with the words used by one citizen, "It's nasty." Perhaps this is as apt a description as one can express for the county jail that has been in its current location since the '60s. Back then, it was thought of as being a great building for the jail. Still, there are those who recognized that it has never been a good jail...

100 years ago Panama Canal bids rejected WASHINGTON D.C., -- Official announcement was made at the White House yesterday that all bids for constructing the Panama Canal by contract have been rejected, and that an entire reorganization of the canal work will be made...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The first thing senior Afton Baldwin said after the Nevada Lady Tigers won the district championship was, "it means a lot. It feels really good because we did it as a team." "Team" was the operative word...

Nevada Daily Mail HUME, Mo. -- Hume looked every bit the part of district favorites in drubbing Ballard in the first round of Class 1, District 12 action in Hume Tuesday. The Hornets used a full court press to harass Ballard into numerous turnovers early, and had little trouble with the Bulldogs, 72-32...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets had their season ended Saturday at the hands of North Central Missouri College in the NJCAA Region 16 championship game, 76-60, at Florissant Valley. Despite getting within three points during the second half, the Comets couldn't contain the outside shooting for the sixth-ranked Lady Pirates...