Stories from Wednesday, April 25, 2007

From staff and wire reports A week after tragedy struck Virginia Tech University, the student activities group at Crowder College, Nevada campus, held a candlelight Vigil Monday night in memory of those students who lost their lives. The vigil consisted of a prayer, poem reading and a moment of silence offered by the Rev. Bill Kennegy and Jason Claspill, both of whom are students at the Nevada Campus...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Director of Public Safety Gary Herstein leaned back in his chair. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman and he were going over a plan to respond to a violent confrontation on school property. Although the two had been working on such a plan for some time, the murderous incident at Virginia Tech brought the issue to the forefront...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail The motto goes that "neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep postal carriers from delivering the mail." That might apply to mail carriers trudging through all kinds of weather to bring mail to your homes. But it could also apply to the Bright Beginnings Preschool's annual Balloon Out air mailed notes...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail April 24 was National Teach Your Child to Save Day. BauerFinancial, Inc., the nation's premier bank rating and research firm, would like to remind parents of this day and encourage parents to teach their children financial responsibility. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Two special presentations will be offered at Cottey College The Cottey College choirs will perform a free concert on Friday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall on the Cottey campus. Listeners will have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of choral music for women's choir as performed by the Cottey Pops and the Cottey Chamber Singers, both under the. direction of Theresa Forrester Spencer...

Phillip Andrew McConnaughey, 46, Stotesbury, Mo., passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2007, in Richards, Mo. He was born June 14, 1960, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Arthur Lee McConnaughey and Dorothy Mae Blake McConnaughey. Phillip lived his whole life in the Richards and Stotesbury areas. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1978. Phillip was a loyal hired hand for Bill and Ruby Keith for many years and also worked in the oil field in the Richards area. He was an avid fisherman...

Marjorie May (Norwood) Darrah, 88, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. She was born May 29, 1918, in Milford, Mo., the daughter of James Lee Norwood and Lula May McNary Norwood. She was united in marriage to Jason Thomas "Jake" Darrah in 1936 in Fort Scott, Kan. He preceded her in death on Oct. 5, 2001...

Hummingbirds were observed on Monday, so that fun of watching birds is coming back once again. They have not been observed at the feeders, but that does not mean they have not been at the feeders. It would be nice if the birds could report to us about their trips, since they left last fall. A person wonders where they went and how they know to come back. It takes an effort to keep them fed properly, but they are a great pleasure...

Joe Warren/Daily Mail Nevada's David Cavener (left) and Sam Moore (right) play the third hole at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course Tuesday during a triangular with McDonald County and Neosho. The golfers only got to play four holes before rain and lightning canceled the event...