Stories from Thursday, March 8, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail She doesn't look like a pioneer, but 5-year-old Rylea Barlett is definitely a unique little girl who is on the front lines of medicine. Rylea is blind. She has optic nerve hypoplasia, a condition characterized by the underdevelopment of the optic nerve during pregnancy. Rylea's parents, Dawn and Rick Barlett, Webb City, are doing everything they can to give Rylea a chance to have normal sight...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Members of the Nevada Airport Board made a couple of minor changes to the proposed design for the new terminal building at the Nevada Municipal Airport Wednesday afternoon and voted to accept the design, pending the incorporation of their changes by the architect designing the building...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County officials, donors of three possible sites and architects working on a proposal for a new jail agree -- the best of three sites offered by citizens for a new jail would be the site offered by Billie Curtis, located behind Sutherlands Lumber in Nevada...

Cottey students are in Paris, France, on an annual trip filled with required educational modules and with opportunities for soaking up the local culture as well. This is the second of a series of reports on the experience from Cottey College's public information director Steve Reed, one of the chaperones for the trip...

Josh and Scotty Scoville, Sheldon, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Addison Grace Scoville. Addison was born at 4:43 a.m., March 1, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 21 inches...

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Godsey, Nevada, and Ryan and Hannah, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Jenna Marie Godsey. Jenna was born at 11:43 p.m., March 5, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches...

I was blessed by being born into a family who used reasonably correct English. In school I didn't have to unlearn poor usage. I just grew up with good usage. There were a few glaring exceptions. I still have trouble with saying "Lester and me" when we are the objects of a verb. An example is my tendency to say, "They invited Lester and I over for supper." I don't worry about it too much as long as we get to eat...

HPV vaccine should not be mandated Dear editor: Over the last six months a lot of advertising has been done about the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine. Several states have been pressured by a multi-million-dollar lobbying campaign to make this vaccination (and the companies profits) mandatory in order to attend school. ...

100 years ago Effect of the food law The pure food and drug law, which went into effect the first of January, has already shown the good that will follow its enforcement. Many worthless remedies that have been advertised for the cure of catarrh, a disease that is universally prevalent, have been driven out of existence by the pure food law...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Youth Wrestling Club has been busy, sending grapplers to tournaments each weekend. On Feb. 10, the club hosted a tournament at Wynn Gymnasium. More than 20 teams attended, with about 300 wrestlers competing. Nevada wrestlers finished as follows:...