Stories from Friday, December 4, 2009

Jay Ward Claypool, 76, of Richards, formerly of Harrisonville, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Christian Health Care, in Nevada. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, Dec. 10, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 9-11 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home...

Howard Rice, 87, formerly of Sheldon, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Every few days it seems, the government, or some other ruling body, hands out a new rule or regulation. Sometimes these new prescriptions for behavior actually make sense. Too often, they are so ridiculous, that one wonders if the people who proffered these new disciplines, were of a sound mind...

Dear Editor : I am outraged at the "protest" held outside Nevada High School on Tuesday, Nov. 24. My (or anyone's) stance on the abortion/pro-life debate is NOT the issue here. One of the advantages of living in a small town is that people are good and decent. Our kids are mostly allowed to BE kids -- innocent of adult issues and concerns until they are mature enough to understand them...

Nevada Daily Mail In an anuual tradition, the Vernon County University of Missouri Extension Offices is hosting a holiday open house, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., today, in the extension offices, located in the Vernon County Courthouse, Nevada. Food and refreshments will be served throughout the day in a gesture aimed at thanking the community for its patronage and support during the past year, and staff and the extension council plan to welcome visitors during the event...

Santa is planning a special trip to Radio Springs Park, where he an his elves plan to hide candy canes everywhere, according to a press release from the city of Nevada. The Nevada Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a Candy Cane Hunt, beginning at 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. ...

The Nevada R-5 Building Trades house at 2013 North Lynn has sold for $152,000. The R-5 Board of Education met Thursday morning and approved the sale of the house to the lone bidder, Stacy Harper. The 1,700-square-foot three-bedroom, two-bath home features a tiled dining area, kitchen with pantry and oak cabinets, laundry room, living room with vaulted ceiling, a master bedroom with a vaulted ceiling and walk-in closet, covered deck and three-car garage...

When a federal task force recently announced its new breast cancer screening guidelines, women in Nevada and around the nation were left wondering what to do. The uproar came from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force suggestion that women under the age of 50 didn't need mammograms. ...

A University of Missouri Extension specialist from southwest Missouri and a farm in Lamar played important roles in a recent field variety trial that could help Missouri farmers make more money planting watermelons. According to Jay Chism, an agronomy specialist with MU Extension in Barton County, vegetable acreage around Missouri continues to increase due to a strong demand for locally grown products...