Stories from Thursday, August 7, 2008

Kurt South, Texas singer/songwriter, musician, showman, country, blues, Americana, you name it he can play it, all round great guy is returning to El Dorado Springs Aug. 8 and 9 for two shows. Friday night, he will be at Capone's Restaurant and Lounge at Great Oaks and Saturday night he will be appearing in the El Dorado Springs City Park with his captivating and entertaining show as part of the Summer Concert Series...

Christina Long and Marvin Noel, of Nevada, and big brothers William, Dalton and Braedon Noel, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Haven Ellen Noel. Haven was born at 2:17 a.m., June 12, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 21...

Anyone who knows me can see that I haven't spent very much time in beauty parlors. When my hair gets long people start asking me if I feel OK. When I get it cut I must begin to look healthier because I stop getting those questions. However these visits to a salon aren't frequent enough for me to really know the do's and don't of beauty shop protocol...

Dear Editor: Although each year of American history is important, there seems to be three sets of 20 year spans which have seen phenominal historical events and changes in the U.S.A. These "sets" of decades are exactly 100 years apart! The years 1770-1790 witnessed protests against British rule, the birth of a new nation, a revolution; which lasted eight years, plus the writings of the consistition, election of the first president and admission of the original 13 colonies ot the Union...

Thanks for all your support Dear Editor: Gracie continues to need support, prayers and financial support. Gracie and I will be going to Ronald McDonald House with in the next week or so. She will be undergoing hyperbaric chamber treatments. It has proven to help the brain cells to reactivate, and gain some recovery to her damaged brain cells...

The Nevada Neptunes recently participated in their final two meets of the year. In the Tri-State Championship B division in Siloam Springs, Ark., Nevada placed sixth of 11 teams. The Neptunes brought home a total of 15 medals in the meet by seven different swimmers, with one team medley runner-up finish...

In response to recent floods that have had a devastating effect on several Missouri communities, the Missouri Humanities Council has received an emergency relief award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. These funds are designated to assist historical societies, museums, libraries, and other affected cultural institutions and organizations in meeting critical needs in the humanities in the aftermath of the flooding...

Many families are getting busy buying new clothes, shoes, book bags and school supplies. Then when school starts, there will be more expenses: school lunches, after-school snacks, fees for extracurricular activities -- the list goes on and on. It's obviously a very expensive time of year...

Rita Wagner will tell her mother's story of riding an orphan train from New York to Missouri, and the family which chose her, when the Tri-County Genealogical Society meetson Saturday, Aug. 9, at 10 a.m., at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 302 East Hospital Road in El Dorado Springs...

Nevada City Manager Bill McGuire has long complained about the grass growing over the curbs and the unkept appearance of some of the homes and businesses along Austin and Osage boulevards, and Tuesday night he tried unsuccessfully to get the city council to approve spending $10,000 from the interest on money in the city's special project fund to have the parks department mow and clean the parkways along those roads one time...

Vernon County Cancer Relief is a group that just celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. The group was founded in 1987 by a group of local people who saw a need other organizations weren't meeting and decided to fill the gap. Mike Turnbull, president, stressed that the group was local and all money raised was kept locally...