Stories from Wednesday, May 2, 2007

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Tuesday night the Nevada City Council voted 3-1 to give preliminary approval to a proposal from city manager Bill McGuire to change several employees job classification, change two part-time positions to full-time and add two or three new employees...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Plans for a new central office building for the Nevada R-5 School District are well under way with Superintendent Craig Noah ready to present plans at the May 8 R-5 Board of Education meeting. The idea has been in the works for the past few months, and bids were opened for architects at last month's meeting...

James Fowler Lutes, 61, Wichita Kan., passed away on April 24, 2007, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Wichita, Kan., following a lengthy illness. He was born July 6, 1945, in Nevada, Mo., to James Forrest Lutes and Frances May Fowler Lutes...

Charles Leroy Murray, 80, Richards, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following an illness of several months. He was born Oct. 19, 1926, in Schell City, Mo., to Charles Albert Murray and Beulah Isabel Barbour Murray. He married Shirley Gene Barber on Jan. 21, 1951, in Rich Hill, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Gary Gene Gray, 63, Sheldon, Mo., died Monday, April 30, 2007, at Barton Country Memorial Hospital, Lamar, after a lengthy illness. He was born March 10, 1944, in Girard, Kan., to Claude and Dora (Rodebush) Gray. Funeral services will be Friday, May 4, at 2 p.m., at Konantz-Warden Funeral Chapel, Lamar. Burial will be at Lake Cemetery in Lamar. Visitation will be Thursday, May 3, at the funeral home from 7-8 p.m...

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wydick, Milo, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Rylee Lynn Wydick. Rylee was born at 5:23 a.m., April 27, 2007, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches. Maternal grandparents are Lynn and Bill Nims, Milo...

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Daly, Fairfax Station, Va., and Thomas and Lauren are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Nicholas Benjamin Daly. Nicholas was born at 6:51 a.m., April 23, 2007. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

The title for the Missouri Center for Youth Development 2006 Annual report is "4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills." This title summarizes what 4-H is all about. The report provides a snapshot of 4-H in Missouri...

100 years ago Fire at Rich Hill J.W. Marquardt returned home this afternoon from Rich Hill, where he went Wednesday to see his brother Chas. F. Marquardt, who suffered a big loss by fire early Wednesday morning. The Marquardt grocery store, ice and storage building and a big barn were entirely consumed, the loss being estimated at $3,000, with only about $1,000 insurance. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Zak Tucker left everyone in the dust. On a soggy day that saw the Southwest Conference team golf title decided by a single stroke, the Neosho sophomore made the individual event anticlimactic. Tucker shot a 3-under-par 69 at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, playing from the blue tees and skunking a talented field...