Stories from Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Leland Earl Ijams, age 94, of Schell City, died July 19, 2010, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 6, at the Schell City United Methodist Church. Memorial services will follow at 11 a.m., at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Schell City Community Building...

Randall "Randy" Lynn Fellows, 60, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, July 26, 2010, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

July 6 12:11 p.m.: An accident occurred at U.S. 54 and Elm Street involving a car driven by Harriett J. Feller, Nevada, and a car driven by Jewel C. Barker, Nevada. Barker was listed with probable, not apparent injuries. 2:47 p.m.: An accident occurred at U.S. 54 and U.S. 71 involving a car driven by Carolyn A. Mays, El Dorado Springs, and a pickup driven by Brian E. Ast, Nevada. No injuries were reported...

July 13 Michael J. Collins, Richards, excessive window tint, no proof of insurance. Dana M. Jennings, Kewanne, Ill., speeding 51/40. Bryce P. Ledbetter, Nevada, speeding 52/40, no proof of insurance. Marsha A. Sharp, Nevada, speeding. Theresa D. Ellis, Moundville, expired driver's license...

Dear Editor: Thank you for allowing me to respond to the article appearing in the Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Nevada Daily Mail announcing the Aug. 3 vote on the levy increase for Northeast Vernon County School District. We all join Mr. Charles Naas and the fine teachers in the Northeast Vernon County School District in wanting the very best education for our children. ...

To the voters of NEVC R-I School District To begin with, we are registered voters and patrons of the NEVC R-I School District. A lot of the negative ads and letters you see are paid for by and/or sponsored by people that can not even vote in the upcoming election since they do not live in the school district. The only outcome of the election will be that it will raise their taxes. Do they really care about the NEVC children and their education?...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are preparing to publish 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The last time the publication was released in 2005, the Center for Science in the Public Interest and other "food cop" groups who want to tell us how and what to eat were unhappy -- but then again CSPI and unhappy is redundant...

A former gas station may seem like an unusual location to put in a hair salon but Michele Murray likes the looks of the old Skelly station on East Subway Boulevard, because she said, "it's as cute as can be." So that is where Murray opened up her new hair salon, Headline Design. She said she hasn't set the hours she will be open but she is at the salon Tuesday through Friday...

Captain Juan Villanueva, commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, announced effective June 1. Corporal Shannon W. Crouch was promoted to the rank of sergeant and Troopers Brandon D. Helms and Eddie J. Walker were promoted to the rank of corporal...

Wayne Reinert (right) receives a pin for 25 years of service to the Nevada Lions Club from president Jason Claspill. Reinert is the club's treasurer and has been for many of those 25 years.

Nevada Daily Mail Women from throughout Missouri who are involved in some aspect of agriculture are being offered the opportunity to come together Sept.13-15 in Branson, site of the 16th Annual Missouri Women in Ag Conference. The conference, with a "Growing in Harmony" theme, will include a tour of the College of the Ozarks, a higher-education environment in which students couple curriculum with hands-on farm production, industry and managerial work experience...

Nevada Daily Mail On Aug. 3, voters will be asked to decide between a number of candidates in local, state and national races, as well as local and state issues. Voters in Nevada will be asked to extend a one-half-cent street improvement tax; voters in the Northeast Vernon County school district will be asked once again to decide the fate of Proposition S, to fund the construction of a new school in the district; and all Vernon County voters will have the opportunity to vote on a statewide issue, Proposition C. ...

Max Motors will honor veterans Wednesday with a Four States Heroes celebration. Korean War veterans will receive special recognition as Tuesday, July 27, is the anniversary of the armistice which ended hostilities of the Korean War in 1953. The celebration will last from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with free hamburgers and hot dogs for everyone who attends the event. Gene Payne, who is organizing the event for Max Motors, said that he hopes veterans will get the word and come to the event to be honored...

Voters in the Aug. 3 primary election will determine all of the winners of the general election as well, none of the local candidates face opposition from the opposite party and only two races have more than one candidate in the primary; the race for Vernon County Presiding Commissioner and the race for Vernon County Recorder...

Chris Pendergrass hauls a piece of molded sheet metal up onto the temporary construction platform he and building owner Lee Day built in order to effect some repairs on the third floor exterior of the historic Mitchell building, which now houses the Cherry Street Grill. ...

Eastbound Austin Boulevard was closed off at Osage and westbound traffic on Austin Boulevard was diverted onto Subway Boulevard to give emergency responders room to work an accident that occurred at the intersection of Subway and Austin about 2:45 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The accident between a pickup truck and a motorcycle left the motorcyclist with minor injuries, according to Detective Pam Miller of the Nevada Police Department...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons completed a clean sweep of the Washita Valley NBC Regional tournament over the weekend. After opening the tournament with a defeat of one of their biggest rivals in Zach Juliano and the Joplin Outlaws, 8-0, the Griffons went on to beat the West Texas Outlaws, 14-4, to earn a trip to the tournament semifinals on Saturday...