Stories from Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- Thomas Jefferson Independent School of Joplin defeated Nevada High School 9-0 in boys tennis action on Tuesday. Nevada also lost at Joplin on Monday, as the Eagles topped the Tigers 8-1. Nevada's number-three doubles team of Skyler Crews and Luat Vu were the lone winners for the Tigers vs. Joplin...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor LAMAR -- A friendly scrimmage is one way to describe Tuesday's Lamar Invitational Track Quad. Nevada Coach Robert Watts said he uses the four-team event as a "practice meet." "This is one of those meets where we're trying kids in different things, getting different kids some experience," Watts said...

On Tuesday, The U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $16,532,485 National Emergency Grant supplement that will fund approximately 2,200 temporary jobs to assist with ongoing cleanup and recovery efforts following the tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, and storms that caused flooding in a number of Missouri counties between mid-April and early June 2011...

The dedication of a monument memorializing the Battle of Montevallo is slated for 11 a.m., Saturday, April 14, the 150th anniversary of the event.. Civil War re-enactors, bagpipe music and commemorative speeches are planned. A free lunch of hotdogs and chips will be served after the ceremony, to be followed by a 2 p.m. ...

Lighting is one of the most important yet often overlooked elements of design in small businesses and homes. Lighting consumes about 25 percent of the electricity used in commercial buildings and up to 15 percent in residences. There are many exciting new lighting options available to develop energy efficient, functional, and attractive interior spaces. ...

Billed by the event's promoters as the "Funniest Show on Earth," donkey basketball is returning to the Bronaugh school gymnasium on Monday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $6 in advance or $8 at the door, and are available in the high school office, Producers Grain, and Cajun's Tire in Bronaugh...

Community members in Nevada or the surrounding area interested in becoming certified Community Emergency Response Team members can still sign up for the the free training that will begin Tuesday, April 10. New students will be accepted until the first day of class...

U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Harrisonville, will discuss federal issues and programs during a "meet and greet" session with Vernon County area constituents from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Monday, at Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center at 200 N. Ash St...

"This is a tool we currently lack," Nevada City Manager JD Kehrman told the city council before they voted 4-0 to pass on first reading an ordinance approving an agreement with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Allgeier Martin and Associates for an engineering study of the city's water distribution system. Councilmember James McKenzie was excused while attending a conference...

Smith, McCaffree win seats on R-5 board.

Sixteen students of the Nevada Regional Technical Center Chapter of Missouri DECA: An Association of Marketing Students joined more than 1,500 high school marketing students at the annual state career development conference, March 18-20, at the Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, Mo...

Tasha Willis, left, and Alexis Leighty plant tomato seeds in a raised bed at the Osage Prairie YMCA Monday afternoon. Willis and Leighty and a number of other YMCA youth are planting a variety of vegetable seeds and plan to donate their produce to the Community Outreach later this summer...

Nevada's Hold has sights on school record in pole vault

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- A young and inexperienced Nevada High School boys tennis team is still suffering some growing pains. Clayton Wheeler's Tigers lost to Thomas Jefferson Independent School of Joplin 9-0 on Tuesday night at the NHS tennis courts...

Homer Paul Lyons, 91, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Mercy Hospital. He and his twin brother, Howard, were born Feb. 28, 1921, to Paul Irvin Lyons and Roxie Mary Cary Lyons on the family farm north of Metz, Mo., the site which is now the McGennis Youth Center. He was educated in the rural public schools and graduated from Metz High School. He married Clara Margaret Easton on July 25, 1943, in Wichita, Kan. She preceded him in death on Nov. 9, 2010...