Stories from Friday, November 14, 2008

Joe and Kari Sheldon, of Chattanooga, Tenn., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Paige Rylee Sheldon. Paige was born at 12:50 p.m., on Oct. 29, 2008, at Erlanger, in Chattanooga, Tenn. She weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Nov. 10 There were reports of cows out in the Walker area, an assault in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Schell City area, a vehicle vs. deer accident in the Nevada area, a stranded motorist in the Nevada area, vandalism in the Sheldon area, a 911 hang up in the Walker area, and an assault in the Walker area...

Oct. 31 3:19 p.m., PR program, no transport. 5:15 p.m., transfer, St. John's, Joplin. 7:02 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. 8:15 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. 8:50 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. Nov. 1 1:03 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center...

The Nevada Middle School girls' basketball teams squared off against McDonald County Thursday night with favorable results. The opening period of the B game looked as though it would be the start of a major defensive struggle as both teams had some definite trouble finding the basket early. The offenses started to pick up a bit as the quarter progressed, however, and Nevada was able to take a 10-7 lead into the second period...

With a little planning and a few changes to the menu, consumers can offset the increase in food costs for their Thanksgiving dinner, say University of Missouri Extension specialists. "There are ways to whittle away at these increased costs, but it does require planning and some minor changes," said Tammy Roberts, nutrition specialist...

A police report provided by one of the parties to a crash originally reported in the Nov. 11 and 12 edition of the Nevada Daily Mail reveals that some information gathered at the scene was incorrect, and tells the full story, which was unavailable at the time...

Did you know the county assessor's office values billboards? Utility lines? Every piece of property must be counted and valued, and those values are used in many ways. Values from the assessor's work are, of course, used to calculate taxes; but they also come into play for estimating damages caused by storms or other disasters, and in applying for certain grants, according to Vernon County Assessor Cherie Roberts...

What would you do if you only had enough for the heating bill, but not enough for food? What if there were 10 days left in the month but you had no money left to buy gasoline? Could you survive for a month in poverty? These are some of the questions to be posed in a poverty simulation to be presented by On My Own, Inc. ...

Chief Glenna Wallace of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma spoke in Room 109 of the Rubie Burton Academic Center on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 4:30-5:20 p.m. Wallace is the first female chief of her tribe, and explained that it's her role to maintain the history and culture of the tribe, to represent the tribe in matters of economics and look out for the tribe's interests relating to civil matters and policy-making...

Missouri's orange army -- numbering nearly 500,000 -- will be invading the deer woods and fields Saturday as the November portion of the 2008 deer season opens one half hour before sunrise. Hunters will be seeking that trophy buck or a nice size doe and many will be rewarded for their efforts as the state's deer herd is in good shape with between 800,000 and a million whitetails so hunters should have plenty of targets. The cooler weather should benefit hunters...