Stories from Thursday, April 10, 2008

Danielle and Andy Minor, of Nevada, and siblings Bryce, Brayden, Mykaela and Maryah Ackerman, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Morgyn Rae Minor. Morgyn was born at 8:10 a.m., on April 4, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 3/4 inches...

Aaron and Lorrie Barnes, of Wildwood, Mo., and big brother Blake Avery Barnes, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Brayden Chase Barnes. Brayden was born April 9, 2008. He weighed 6 pounds. Maternal grandparents are Wally and Marsha Scott, of Prairie Village, Kan...

Misty and Travis Blurton, of Nevada, and big sister Abby Lautenburg, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, James Howard Blurton. James was born at 9:35 a.m., on April 7, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Stanley Lee Brittingham, 84, Nevada, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, following a brief illness. Stanley was born in Pleasanton, Kan., Nov. 19, 1923, to Sherman Arthur Brittinghan and Bertha Matilda Burke Brittingham. He was married Nov. 13, 1943 in Butler, to Bertha Louise Evans. She preceded him in death March 11, 2008, after their marriage of 64 years...

What do you think about when you wake up in the middle of the night? I am trying to be careful about what I do think about, because often when I go back to sleep, my dreams continue my waking thoughts, but have a twist that I don't enjoy. Sometimes that will even wake me up again because the dream is so weird. Then I try to trace back my thoughts to see the origin of my dreams...

Here are excerpts from recent editorials in Missouri newspapers: March 31 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, on Supreme Court ruling on three-strike rule: The Missouri Supreme Court ... may have handed get-out-of-jail cards to a lot of habitual drunken drivers...

Witness the power of the human mind as Dr. Steve Atwood hypnotizes audience members on Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m., in the Cottey College Auditorium. Atwood's hilarious stage show is designed to be both a lot of fun and educational. Using his seven years of experience as a stage hypnotist, Atwood skillfully and tastefully guides his audiences through the amazing possibilities of their own minds. ...

Despite the failure of a tax levy increase on the April 8 ballot to fund construction of a new school, Northeast Vernon County R-1 School District Superintendent Charles Naas said it will be business as usual in the district, at this point. "It was such a close margin," he said. "But, for now it's just business as usual and we're just going to keep trying on the levy."...

The Nevada Public Library has been awarded a $5,000 matching grant for the implementation of a new circulation software system, Atriuum. With this new system, patrons can now access the library's catalog on the Internet from any computer at any location. Patrons can browse for the book they want; they can reserve their book choices and renew a book that is about to come due...

The nursing program at Crowder College's Nevada campus has extended the deadline for application for the fall class. Originally set for April 1, the program will now accept applications until May 1. Applications may be picked up at the Nevada campus at 600 West Edwards Place, just west of the Osage Prairie YMCA...

n County clerk offers tips on avoiding registration errors. When Sandra VanStratten went to vote in the Walker school election, she didn't get the correct ballot and didn't realize until after her ballot had been deposited that she hadn't. The VanStrattens live near the dividing line between two districts, and her voter registration card showed that she was in the Nevada R-5 district. ...

By Chris Patch Nevada Daily Mail Nevada tennis dropped its fourth meet of the season 9-0 to Bolivar Thursday afternoon in extremely windy conditions at Nevada High School. The wind was blowing hard enough to significantly affect the trajectory of a shot, but that didn't stop Bolivar from holding Nevada (1-4) to a grand total of three games in doubles play en route to shutting them out...

Wednesday, April 9 at Mound City

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School's JV golf match against Girard High School has been canceled due to heavy rain. No make-up date has been scheduled as of Thursday. Also, Nevada's home baseball game Thursday against Butler and the JV tournament at Joplin were canceled. The JV tournament will be made up on Tuesday, April 22. There has been no make-up date for the Butler game as of Thursday...