Stories from Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Betty McCoy, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away Tuesday evening, July 13, 2010 at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born April 4, 1925 in Bakersfield, CA to Clarence L. "Dutch" Plummer and Doris Irene Sheddrick Plummer. She married Logan Ray McCoy on October 12, 1940 in Lamar. He preceded her in death on February 15, 1992...

Joshua and Tabatha Goodwin, and Cainan, of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Dahlia Gray Goodwin. Dahlia was born at 4:18 p.m., June 20, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 22 inches...

June 21 There were reports of a violation of an order of protection in the Metz area and also in the Walker area. Matthew Yakel was arrested for DWI-Alcohol. Bond amount is $50,000. Travis Meek was arrested for tampering with a motor vehicle. Bond amount is $2,500...

Change is coming to Precision Aero Services, the company will split into two separate companies with the repair division retaining the current name. The company moved to Nevada from Hot Springs, Ark., in 2004 and started small and slowly evolved. As the economy changed so did the company, which started out as an aircraft repair facility but which became more involved with manufacturing and processing aeronautical parts...

The Nevada/Vernon County Tourism Department is currently working on a project of selected stories, from the community, that will help in the development of a possible future "haunted" tour of the area. The area has an interesting montage of stories, from the Legend of Vera at Cottey College to Witches Bridge, west off U.S. Highway 54, that contributes to the rich history, the tourism department noted in a press release last week...

Nevada Daily Mail July 31 is the final date for area crop producers to report corn, soybeans, double crop soybeans, grain sorghum, pecans, CRP and other spring crops to the Farm Service Agency. All cropland on the farm must be reported in order to be eligible for 2010 Farm Program benefits. ...

By Donna Logan Special to the Daily Mail Friends and members of the Vernon County Historical Society got a lesson in Civil War-era weaponry and medical remedies in a double bill program Sunday at the Bushwhacker Museum which proved to be a prelude to next year's celebration of the war's start, 150 years ago...

This week's public land profile subject is closer to home than the area chosen last week. It was chosen because of the coldwater stream that gives the area its name. Capps Creek Conservation Area is located just west of Monett in Newton County. It is only about 100 miles down there and most of it is on U.S. ...

Years ago, I went with my parents to visit my great-uncle who lived on the old homestead and in the log cabin which was old when the family moved to St. Clair County, Missouri about 1890. The log cabin had been added on to and was interesting to explore, but the thing I found most interesting was the many clumps of hollyhocks. I was allowed to pick some of the petals and spent the summer day under the shade of the big old elm tree having a tea party with my doll using the petals for saucers...

Special to the Daily Mail A blue moon -- when there are 2 full moons in the same calendar month) has come around 15 times in the last 40 years. In that same time period, live hog prices have passed the $60-per-hundredweight mark 13 times. So, $60-plus live hogs are rarer than a blue moon. ...

Numerous classes of beef cattle were exhibited by area youth Friday, July 9, in the pavilion at the Vernon County Youth Fair, starting with bucket calves in the morning followed throughout the day by showmanship events, breed classes and steers. Above, Josie Foley parades a heifer as judge Shane Bedwell of Fort Collins, Colo., reviews the class. ...