Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2007

People on Medicare have a large variety of choices that can be made. Right now there is a great amount of advertisements for Medicare Advantage Plans and for Plan D Plans. The reason is that Open Enrollment Period is from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31. It is a time to review what you have and to evaluate other choices...

It's a time to celebrate adoption, its ups and downs, the many ways that those who dream of being parents and the children with whom they realize that dream make it work and make a new family work. Our focus on adoption will be more complete with your help. If you have an adoption story you'd like to share, contact the Nevada Daily Mail newsroom by stopping by 131 S. Cedar St, Nevada, calling (417) 667-3344, or e-mailing editor@nevadadailymail.com...

Dear editor: Thank you, Richard Carpenter for saying many things that needed to be said in your "Fall Cleanup" column on Oct. 19. I have been a proud resident of Nevada for many years, and this community has so much to offer to those who might be looking for a community in which to relocate or those who just come to visit. We need to help encourage businesses like Cherry Street Grill to open their doors here...

ST. LOUIS--The Cottey College volleyball Comets late-season woes carried over into the postseason. The fourth-seeded Comets dropped their first match of the District/Region XVI tournament to the fifth-seeded St. Louis Community College-Meramec Magic 30-15, 30-19, 30-27 on Friday night...

HUME -- Hume's boys and girls teams each defeated Northeast Vernon County on Monday night to advance to the semifinals of the Hume Junior High Basketball Tournament. The Hornet boys face Lakeland today at 8:45 p.m. in semifinal action. The Lady Hornets also face Lakeland, with the semifinal set for tipoff tonight at 7:30...

Nevada's city code does not allow someone to operate a bar on the Nevada Square or within one block of the Square unless they have a state license to sell liquor-by-the-drink in a restaurant. Other than the prohibition on a bar, there are no other ordinances specifically directed at liquor sales in the downtown area...

Despite the lone dissention of Councilman Russ Kemm, the Nevada City Council united with a 4-1 vote to authorize the mayor to send a written letter to State Rep. Barney Fisher encouraging him to support legislation limiting the interest rate pay-day loan companies are allowed to charge...

A sign of the times -- Civil War times that is -- is being proposed by Bushwhacker Museum director Terry Ramsey. She would like to see a sign erected pointing out the location of the second Vernon County courthouse, which was the first built just for that purpose...