Stories from Friday, September 14, 2007

Wednesday evening, Superintendent Craig Noah opened what may well be the last Nevada R-5 Board of Education meeting held in the current offices. If everything goes as planned the administrators, in early October, will move out of the offices which will then undergo remodeling to make three classrooms. The classrooms are needed to house new classes to help the district meet new core curricula standards mandated by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...

A new phone system that will be used to notify parents and others of certain events in the R-5 school district has been installed and staff members have been testing it. During a regular meeting Monday night, Nevada High School principal Bryan Thomsen, who is also the safety coordinator for the district, demonstrated the new phone system, adopted last month, to the board of education...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada will start the flushing of water mains on Monday, Sept.17. Customers within the area of the flushing and surrounding influence areas may experience some discoloration in their water during the flushing period. The water main flushing schedule will be as follows:...

Nevada Daily Mail The Missouri State Highway Patrol joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Ad Council, and other safety advocates to commemorate National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 16-22. The primary goal of this program is to remind all parents and other adults responsible for children traveling in motor vehicles of the importance of child safety seats and seat belts. Every year, children suffer needless injuries...

Soon, it will be harvest time in Missouri. Farming plays a vital role in Missouri's economy, history, and identity; and the Missouri State Highway Patrol says motorists should be aware that farm machinery traffic will be heavier than normal during harvest time -- especially on rural highways...

The Nevada varsity and Junior varsity split their home openers with the Neosho Lady Wildcats Thursday night at Wynn Gymnasium. The varsity team lost the first game 16-25 and a closely contested second game 24-26. It took the JV three games to defeat the Wildcats 2-1. The Nevada junior varsity lost the first game to Neosho 20-25 and came back to win two straight contests 25-17 and 25-15...

The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team fought back from a 5-1 deficit in the third inning to beat the El Dorado Lady Bulldogs for the second time this year 9-5. The Tigers will host Humansville on Monday, Sept. 15, at 4:30 p.m., at Bushwhacker Field, for Parents Night...

Nevada's golf team came out on top of the competition in Thursday's match against Pleasant Hill at the Country Creek Golf Course, with a team score of 202 to Pleasant Hill's team score of 220. The teams appear to have been evenly matched. Individual scores were: Nevada, Heather Klingaman, 42; Pleasant Hill, Emily Friedrich, 47; Nevada, Melea Galimberto, 52; Nevada, Nicole Campbell, 54; Nevada, Emily DeBrine, 54; Pleasant Hill, Bailey Gates, 56; Pleasant Hill, Jessie Brown, 57; Nevada JV, Chalene Fecht, 58; Pleasant Hill, Caitlyn Campos, 60; Nevada, Chelsea Turner, 61; Pleasant Hill JV, Jessica Edwards, 62; Pleasant Hill JV, Kori Kindred, 64; Pleasant Hill, Caitlyn Wingard, 65; Pleasant Hill JV, T.J. ...

Jay and Jessica Sloniker, of Milo, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Lauren Elizabeth Sloniker. Lauren was born on Sept. 7, 2007, at 4:58 p.m., at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Frank Wayne "Bud" Wydick, 74, of Columbus, Kan., died at 3:04 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, at his home following a long illness, surrounded by his children. He was born April 15, 1933, in Lamar, Mo., the son of Clark and Vida (Buzzard) Wydick. He attended school in the Lamar area...

Norma M. Littlefield, age 92, Foster, Mo., passed away Sept. 13, 2007, at Prescott Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Sept. 16, at 1:30 p.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill. Burial in the Salem Cemetery, in Foster. The family suggests memorial cotributions to donors choice...