Stories from Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Above, a crew moves away from the edge of the pool in the endurance portion of the annual CSI (creative science investigations) class boat race. At right, the aptly named Titanic II begins taking on water during the race. Each year, teachers Janet Guthrie and Julie West have students take duct tape and cardboard to create a boat they think can move quickly and stay afloat for a long period. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will hold a special work session at 7 p.m., Tuesday in the council chambers to watch and discuss the presentation the city will use to educate Nevada voters about the upcoming sewer revenue bond issue that will be on the Aug. 7 ballot...

Saturday, June 23, a collection of local artists assembled at the Nevada Sunrise restaurant to perform and raise money for Vernon County People for Pets. Mathew Gardner, one of Nevada's local musicians became interested in the plight of the homeless animals in our area and contacted Jaquie Brown of Vernon County People for Pets to see if he could organize a concert to help raise much-needed funds for the animals in foster care. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department now has its' very own red phone. It is not to contact the Kremlin to see if they are launching missiles or to call the governor in case of another micro-burst, but it is the most noticeable sign the public will see of the changes that will be taking place in the department's dispatch center and records management system over the next six months...

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY -- On Monday, Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation setting targets for utility companies to use renewable energy sources. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Chris Koster (R-Cass), is also known as the Green Power Initiative...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail "Victims have the right to know." This is the slogan presented to victims of domestic and sexual violence by the Missouri Office of Victims of Crime and the Missouri Department of Public Safety. MOVANS is the Missouri Victim Automated Notifica-tion System...

Elizabeth Mae Jones, 70, Kansas City North, passed away June 21, 2007, at North Kansas City Hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1936, in Gardner, Kan., and had lived in Kansas City for the past 41 years. Survivors include a son, Ron Jones of Cameron, Mo.; a daughter, Becky Osborn and husband Mark of Kansas City; grandchildren, Cindy and David, Christi and Brad, Ronye, Darryl and Christine; a great-grandson, Bradley; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Lois Cooper, Lincoln, Ill.; and a special aunt, Thelma Merritt, Nevada, Mo. ...

100 years ago Wanted to whip more policemen The Tuesday afternoon Kansas City Star says: Robert Carr, a farmer, came here from Rich Hill yesterday afternoon. Last night John Farrel, a patrolman found the man in a restaurant at 1020 Union avenue, engaged in throwing dishes at the waiters. Farrel arrested the man...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons return home for a Jayhawk League doubleheader against the Hays (Kan.) Larks tonight, after a successful road trip. The Griffons won six of nine on the road over the last week, including a 5-3 league record to keep themselves right in the thick of the league race...