Stories from Friday, May 2, 2008

In last week's article I told the story of how my grandparents and their best friends took me and their friends grandson on a marvelous fishing vacation to Minnesota. This is the second part of that story. By Sunday afternoon, Iowa was left behind. We now entered the lake area of Minnesota. The scenery changed from the rolling hills of Iowa, and the land became much flatter. The single most noticeable and unusual sight for me were the trees...

Genevieve Fern Armstrong, age 92, a resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at Mercy Health Center, in Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 31, 1915, at Fort Scott, the daughter of Richard Byron Headrick and Mary Frances Barnett Headrick. She married James R. ...

Jim Allen Bastow, 60, Nevada, passed away on April 30, 22008, at his home in Nevada. He was born April 16, 1948, in Nevada, to Roderick Franklin Bastow and Ida Fay Robinson Bastow. Jim was a graduated of Nevada High School in 1966, and a lifelong resident of Nevada. ...

David and Tabitha Hamersley, of Sheldon, are proud to announce the birth of their son Gabriel David Hamersley. Gabriel was born at 10:32 p.m., on April 15, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

April 19 Merle A. McDonald, Nevada, speeding 42/30. Ronnie Oberly, El Dorado Springs, speeding 40/30. Sandie J. Scism, Nevada, 42/30. Michael B. Smith, Nevada, failure to stop at stop sign. Caitlin T. Swopes, Nevada, speeding 45/30, expired license plates and no proof of insurance...

Nevada took advantage of a beautiful, albeit windy Thursday afternoon to play some of its better baseball in a 10-2 win over El Dorado Springs in its final home game. The Tigers continued their trend of falling behind in the first inning when junior starting pitcher Colby Shepherd gave up a two-run homer to Ethan McPeak on a pitch left out over the plate. ...

After a third-place performance at the Southwest Conference Tournament Nevada golf surged to second in the district tournament Thursday at Briarbrook Country Club, sending three players to the state tournament. Three Tigers shot under 87 to make the cut and qualify for the state tournament May 12 and 13 in Springfield, Mo. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School Service Learning class is wrapping up the academic year with the creaking of pried planks, the banging of hammers and the swish of paint rollers. Their latest venture is the replacement of rodeo arena seating at Centennial Park Fairgrounds. ...

By Tabatha Goodwin Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Senior Center is preparing for the future. Earl Ackley, coordinator for the Vernon County Senior Center, requested that the Vernon County Commission include a ballot issue in the August county-wide election to vote for a levy of no more than five cents per each $100 assessed valuation for the purpose of providing services to persons 60 years of age or older...

By Charles C. Nash Special to the Daily Mail Community Council on the Performing Arts' (CCPA's) current production at the Fox Theater (110 South Main Street, Nevada) is Vin Morreale Jr.'s, brief comedy, "Breaking and Entering," about a young man who, while trying to burgle a supposedly vacant apartment, inadvertently surprises an attractive young woman just emerging from her shower, sticks around long enough to fall in love with her, then finds the favor returned...

Schoeller: Jefferson City, MO- Some have inaccurately cast Missouri House Bill 2468 (recently passed as part of HB 2279), which I sponsored, as legislation designed to save Kansas City's Aquila, Inc. the embarrassment of dismantling its South Harper peaking facility in Cass County. ...

Ed, Congratulations on reaching an all-time low in your so-called "representation" of the 126th District. I am, of course, referring to your incredibly scandalous preferential treatment of the folks at Aquila, regarding the unlawful power plant in Cass County. ...

By Justin Messner Nevada Daily Mail Missouri Representative and Nevada native Ed Emery, found himself under attack by a Barton County judge for his role in sponsoring legislation that would allow Aquila to continue operations of a power plant in Peculiar, Mo., which had been previously ordered destroyed by the Western District Court of Missouri...