Stories from Friday, April 8, 2011

A write-in candidacy in Clear Creek Township garnered 39 votes in Tuesday's election, but did not succeed because those ballots were divided between the township's board and trustee races. Attributing the results to "miscommunication" before the Tuesday election, Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach said Thursday that Gary Speight had signed up for the town board race, but his supporters mistakenly divided their votes between that and the trustee's race against Gene Lowe, who received 26 votes...

A look at Order No. 11 during the Civil War which burned much of the Missouri border area including Nevada north to Harrisonville will be discussed at the meeting Sunday, April 10, of the Vernon County Historical Society. Author Tom Rafiner will be the guest speaker, reviewing his new history book titled "Caught Between Three Fires," a detailed account of Cass County families from 1860 to mid 1865...

Celebrations associated with Easter and the spring season usually involve eggs in some way or another. But with these festivities, it is important to be aware of egg food safety according to Christeena Haynes, nutrition and health education specialist, University of Missouri Extension...

A group of students at Cottey College have organized a fashion show. The event, titled, "The International House of Fashion," will be presented at 8 p.m., April 9, in the Missouri Recital Hall, inside the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Featuring several international students, the show will be filled with examples of clothing from all over the world...

Got an old TV or microwave you don't want any longer, a worn out sofa, junk in your garage, basement or backyard? Perhaps you have some old tires lying around that you need to get rid of, or some leftover weed killer that simply needs to go. Well, on Saturday, April 16, Vernon County and Nevada are giving you an opportunity to get rid of all that stuff and more during the annual Nevada/Vernon County Spring Clean-up Day...

Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered 12-step recovery program that helps people heal from hurts, hang-ups and habits of life, has announced the inception of two new groups in the area. Celebrate Recovery was started by the First Baptist Church in January 2006. ...

Nevada Regional Medical Center surgeons will work in more comfortable conditions with the installation of a new operating room air conditioning system. Dr. Scott Beard, medical director, had complained late last year to the NRMC Board of Directors that the hospital's 15-year-old Carrier condensing unit was inadequately cooling the OR, and during the ensuing investigation administrators found that the Carrier was causing too much humidity...

Sheldon ran their record to 2-0 by defeating Butler at Butler 9-8 in a long 9 inning game. Butler jumped out to 2-0 lead and Sheldon responded with two runs in the top of the second, but then allowed two runs in the bottom of the second. Each team scored once in the third and then Sheldon scored two in the fourth inning to tie the game at 5. ...

On Wednesday, the Northeast Vernon County Knights, after numerous rain outs, finally started off their spring baseball season with a doubleheader in the Wheatland Tournament. In game one, sophomore Seth Alexander took the mound in a match up against Wheatland, the Knights started off slow giving up several runs in the first inning. ...