Stories from Tuesday, April 10, 2007

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail After much dedication and hard work in her studies, Nevada High School sophomore student Melissa DeCocq has been selected to participate in the Missouri Scholars Academy, which is held on the campus of the University of Missouri, Columbia from June 11 to July 1, this summer. DeCocq was chosen as one of approximately 330 youth to attend the academy class, which will provide educational experiences and enrichment opportunities for the students...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail The Delta Foundation along with the University of Missouri Extension will be hosting a pet therapy workshop May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a location to be announced closer to date. Individuals and their pets may assist with reading programs and visit area nursing homes and senior care facilities. Delta pet therapy evaluations may be performed by appointment only on May 19...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Two of Nevada High School's choirs will be going to Branson, for events slated to occur a week apart. First, the Soundsational Singers will be going to the Fame World Cup April 13 and 14; then the Treble Effects will go to the Fame Invitational April 21...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Julie Kibble, assistant principal at Truman Elementary School, is the ESL coordinator for the Nevada R-5 School District. She also keeps numbers and makes educational provisions for students considered by federal guidelines as homeless (not living in permanent housing) or migrant, (those with families moving with crops) although this area has no one in those classifications at this time...

Nevada Daily Mail Some disappeared under the cover of night, while others were taken during raids on their place of employment. About a third were kidnapped by U.S. agents in other countries and brought here by force. None had a lawyer, or were charged with, tried for or convicted of a war-related crime. Many were imprisoned for the duration of that global war, and for years after it ended...

Elizabeth Ann Nicholas, age 86, of Greenbrier, Ark., formerly of Nevada, Mo., died Friday, April 6, 2007. She was born in Malvern, Iowa, on Dec. 26, 1920, to the late Clyde and Minnie Reynolds Barger. Elizabeth attended Secretarial College in Omaha, Neb., and then went to work for Richardson Motors in Nevada, where she was employed for 30 years before her retirement. ...

Dorothy Jane Good, 67, of Horton, Kan., formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on April 6, 2007, at the Tri-County Manor in Horton. She was born on July 24, 1939, in Nevada, the daughter of Arthur and Katherine Street Smith. On Nov. 16, 1974, she married Bennie L. Good in Nevada, he preceded her in death...

Donald L. Crites Sr., age 82, of Joplin, Mo., passed away Saturday, April 7, 2007, at St. John's Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Don was born April 3, 1925, in Nevada, Mo., to the late Brutis C. and Sarah (Newport) Crites. Don married Dora Carver on Aug. 17, 1950, in West Plains, Mo., she survives...

Easter is a time of reflection Dear editor: Easter and the spring season is a good time to think about the issue of separation of church and state. When you closely study the founding fathers and early America, the issue is not that hard to understand. The outcome of such a study also reveals that the separation issue is not what the atheists and agnostics make it out to be...

100 Years Ago Moore Opera House Burned! A thousand heroes faced burning flames and blinding smoke and two thousand more formed a reserve force ready to respond if called upon to assist in fighting the destructive fire which wrought great destruction within the Moore's Opera House building and which for some time threatened the entire block. ...

Nevada Daily Mail LAMAR -- The Nevada Tigers took advantage of the par-35 Lamar Country Club course Monday, posting their best 9-hole total of the season in a triangular with Lamar and El Dorado Springs. The Tigers shot 158 as a team, 27 strokes better than El Dorado Springs and 44 shots below Lamar's 202...

Nevada Daily Mail NEOSHO -- The Nevada Tigers couldn't keep up with the Neosho Wildcats in Southwest Conference tennis action Monday. Neosho won 7-2, as Nevada's only victories came in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. Ryan Kimbrough, Nevada's No. 1 singles player, was the Tigers' biggest bright spot, beating Justin Fox 8-4. Kimbrough then teamed with Jake Holmes to beat Chad Dwyer and James Carter in No. 1 doubles, 8-2...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger Pit wrestling club had members in two different tournaments this weekend. There were four wrestlers at the Brute-Adidas National Tournament in Kansas City, where Spenser Daniels placed second in his class of 31 wrestlers...

Nevada Daily Mail PARSONS, Kan. -- After falling to Monett in the fifth place game of the Bill O'Dell tournament Saturday in Carthage, the Tigers bounced back to split with the Parsons Vikings in a doubleheader Monday. Parsons won the first game 6-4, but Nevada rebounded to take the second game 7-4...