Stories from Thursday, July 26, 2007

Nevada Daily Mail If Nevada voters approve the $9.8 million sewer bond issue on Aug. 7, the city will have a lot of things to accomplish in a short time span. If the revenue bonds are approved on Aug. 7, the city is planning to issue and sell the bonds to the state of Missouri in October and go to bid in February 2008. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Relay for Life is ready to run once again Friday, July 27. The American Cancer Society's annual event, part of the Society's cancer awareness and fund-raising campaign, has been part of the Vernon County calendar for 13 years. New activities and new features will join old favorites this year at the 2007 Relay for Life. Leonette Hammontree will be chairing the event and she plans to make the event fresh this year...

Workers displaced by the recent closure of O'Sullivan Industries that have not yet connected with job training and placement programs through the Missouri Career Center are targeted for an important orientation event available Aug. 1-2 in Lamar. Orientations are scheduled for 10 a.m., at the Thiebaud Auditorium in Lamar. Following the orientations, career counselors will be on hand throughout the day to answer questions and assist with program registration and paperwork activities...

Carol Parmenter of the University of Missouri Extension, checks off names of participants before the bus for the annual McGennis Youth Camp departed early Tuesday morning, with many area students on board. The event offers local children the opportunity to attend a summer camp who might otherwise be unable to do so due to financial hardship or other reasons...

Joe Edwin Bailey, 67, of Nevada, Mo., died Wednesday July 25, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, after fighting a battle against lung cancer. Joe was born June 26, 1940, in Nevada, Mo., to Henry Edward Bailey and Kathryn Howell. He was married Oct. 4, 1961, in Las Vegas, Nev., to Kathryn Banes...

Brian and Heather Daugherty, Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Claire Grace Daugherty. Claire was born at 2:38 p. m., July 20, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches. Sister is Emma Faith Daugherty, Nevada...

OK, inasmuch as I'd like to give my take on star running back Larry Johnson's contract negotiations and the sudden return of former Pro Bowl running back Priest Holmes to the Kansas City Chiefs as they get ready to head off to training camp in River Falls, Wis., I have another issue...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Three-time Pro Bowl running back Priest Holmes, knocked out of football by a devastating hit 21 months ago, will report to camp on Saturday in a surprise development that could have intriguing consequences for the Kansas City Chiefs...

A pair of late-season acquisitions had a big hand in the Nevada Griffons' 10-1 drubbing of the Joplin Slashers on Wednesday night at Lyons Stadium. Meanwhile, the Griffons' top hitter, flirting with the .400 plateau all season, also had a hand in sparking Nevada to its eighth win in nine games against the Slashers this season...