Stories from Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada city manager Bill McGuire got his five-year, $27.8 million capital improvement budget unanimously approved by the Nevada Planning Commission Tuesday, but not before several members of the commission vocally disagreed with his wish list for capital improvement projects for the next five years...

Vernon Countians took time to remember those lost on Sept. 11, 2001, on the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, with events conducted on Tuesday. A prayer service was held to mark the event, and across town, a bell ceremony conducted Tuesday morning recognized the hundreds of firefighters, police officers and ems workers who lost their lives that day. ...

On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the worst attacks by terrorists on U.S. soil on Sept. 11, 2001, the South Missouri Homeland Security Response Systems coordinated a terrorism response drill Saturday morning at Camp Clark. Teams from as far away as Kansas City, Branson and Rolla were on hand as well as Vernon County and Nevada emergency response teams...

Highlights of this year's Schell City Fall Festival included royalty, a special tribute to its grand marshal and citizen of the year, plus a special award to the junior citizen of the year. Royalty candidates crowned were Little Princess Kelly Dade, Little Prince Daytin Davis, Princess Spencer Hoagland and Queen Jill Jones. ...

The Nevada High School varsity tennis team has a new No. 1 singles player. It took a Sunday night challenge match to confirm it. Former No. 2 NHS singles player, junior Whitley delRosario, defeated former No. 1 player senior Molly Ferree, 8-4, to assume the top spot for the Lady Tigers...

The Nevada High School volleyball teams trekked down south to McDonald County on Tuesday and came away with victories in varsity and freshman action. The junior varsity lost to McDonald County, 17-25, 25-19 and 25-21. The NHS freshman team won, 25-15, 25-18...

The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade volleyball teams swept a pair of matches from Lamar at home on Tuesday. In the "A" match, NMS prevailed, 25-12, 25-11, improving to 3-0 on the young season. In "B" team action, Nevada won 25-14, 25-15, improving to 2-1 overall...

NEOSHO -- The second meeting between Nevada High School and Neosho was strikingly similar to their first meeting in varsity softball action. Neosho blanked Nevada 16-0 on Tuesday in a run-rule, three-inning game, much like the 16-1 NHS setback on Aug. 28 in Nevada...

Jorge and Crystal Godoy, of Kansas City, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Yancarlo Santiago Godoy. Yancarlo was born Aug. 16, 2007, at 4:27 p.m., at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Mo. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 inches. Maternal grandparents are Kenneth and Lana Grant, of Nevada...

It's not too late for a six-lane pool at the YMCA Dear editor: I am not a member of the YMCA Board, nor have I ever been. My family has been a member and donor since the YMCA's inception. I do admire and respect Dr. Warren Lovinger and the volunteers who have donated a lot of time and money to bring this facility to our community. Dr. Lovinger has been tirelessly working on this vision since 1995 and the completion is near...