Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2011

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail "We're exactly where we were a month ago," Dr. David Stephens, Nevada R-5 superintendent of schools, said last week after the Missouri State High School Activities Association turned down the district's request to be assigned to a new conference...

Having weathered a budget deficit throughout this fiscal year, directors of Nevada Regional Medical Center heard Tuesday night that the hospital had turned a $64,949 profit in March. Chief Financial Officer Cindy Buck said patient revenues of $6,597,453 were 5.9 percent less than budgeted for the month, but admissions of 214 people were five more than expected and costs were cut by 6.2 percent to help produce the black ink...

The Missouri Nut Growers Association will hold its 2011 Spring Grafting Meeting and Scionwood Swap on Saturday, May 7, at Raymond and Carolyn Kimminau's farm, near Adrian, Mo. This meeting features grafting demonstrations and the sharing of scionwood from various improved varieties of black walnuts, chestnuts, and pecans. There will also be opportunities to practice grafting with guidance from experienced growers...

The Vernon County Commission is announcing to all township representatives that the commission has been notified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that they have scheduled a kick-off meeting for Monday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m., at the EOC building, 802 East Hickory, Nevada...

A special year-end event is planned for next week, when the Nevada R-5 Community Teachers Association will host a Retirement Tea honoring those teachers and staff members who are retiring at the end of this school year. They are Barbara Gordon, Jane Ann Hancock, Linda Hilderbrand, Rhonda Leonard, Margaret McLaughlin, Denise Nelson, and Chris Pettibon. ...

A self-defense seminar for women, to include instruction on physical and verbal defenses against attack, as well as demonstrations of attack scenarios, is set for 1-3 p.m., April 30, at Nevada Tae Kwon Do, 121 W. Walnut, Nevada, conducted by second degree black belt Tae Kwon Do artist Lee Ogle...

Close to 300 people turned out at the Osage Prairie YMCA for Friday afternoon's LOL Mud Volleyball Tournament. Play began at 1 p.m. and ended at 5:30 p.m. A total of 15 teams participated with 82 students in grades 9-12 from Nevada and Sheldon participating. ...

Donald "Donnie" Ray Houghton, 77, of Mulberry, died at 11:33 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital at Pittsburg, Kan. Mr. Houghton was born Dec. 6, 1933, at Mulberry, Kan., the son of George Webster and Ethel Mae Jameson Houghton. Donnie was a retired construction worker who lived in Mulberry most of his life. ...

Michael Wayne Barlow, son of Wayne Eugene and Beverly Jean Francka Barlow, was born Feb. 1, 1960, in Springfield, Mo. He departed this life Monday, April 25, 2011, in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Mo., at the age of 51 years, two months, and 24 days, after a courageous battle with cancer...

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