Stories from Friday, June 1, 2012

Late rally comes up short in both games

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School has received the special honor of being selected as a Missouri State High School Activities Association Leadership School for the 2011-12 School Year. The NHS Athletic Department has been awarded this honor for 10 out of the last 11 years, Athletic Director Kevin McKinley said...

"We need to have a complete plan for the improvements to the disc golf course before we go to the city council for their approval," Dana Redburn, Nevada parks director, told Jon Reneberg and Mike Olivas, during Wednesday night's monthly parks board meeting...

During March, April and May the city of Nevada changed its water billing cycle to a system of reading all the meters in a 10-day period, and then sending out all the water bills during the next week. This month, the new billing cycle means that the bills customers received in April are past due, and the cut-off date for those bills arrives Tuesday, June 5...

More property damage at recreational facilities was reported Wednesday, when several "X" marks were reported scratched into the painted area of the concession stand at Twin Lakes ball diamond, according to reports from the Nevada Police Department. These acts follow weekend reports of vandalism at Spring Street Park, where police reported spray painted markings on playground equipment. ...

In just a few more days, Nevada's downtown will be teeming with activity as the 48th annual Bushwhacker Days celebration swings into action. This year's event begins Wednesday at 6 p.m., on the Square, where traditions like the Legends of our Flags presentationm, a flag ceremony, and the Bushwhacker Days Royalty Coronation will take place...

The Supreme Court of Missouri ordered, then stayed a suspension of the law license of Butler, Mo. attorney Corey M. Swischer in a disciplinary order handed down May 29, and placed him on probation for a period of two years. He will be allowed to continue practicing law while on probation, but the terms of the probation state that there "shall be no further violations of Supreme Court Rules 4, 6 and 15."...

JC King ties his calf during the calf roping competition Thursday night at the Vernon County Youth Fair Rodeo. The rodeo will have performances today and Saturday at 8 p.m., rain or shine. Coronation of rodeo royalty will take place Saturday.

Above, a crowd gathers for a county surplus auction Thursday afternoon, many of them anxious to see what was to become of the former Nevada Post Office, which later housed the Vernon County Sheriff's Office and Jail, sold at absolute auction.

Kirsten Van Der Schaaf and Carel Botha of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Aiden Lane Botha. Aiden was born at 11:21 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 5 pounds, 7 and 1/2 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Doretta LaVerene Starkey, 94, the daughter of Less and Emma Rue (Tivis) Hawkins was born May 4, 1918, in Tiffin, Mo., and passed from this life at 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at Sac Osage Hospital in Osceola, Mo. LaVerene attended school in Roscoe, Mo., graduating in 1935. ...

Edward T. Stonebraker, 89, of El Dorado Springs, passed away May 26, 2012, at 89 years. He was born Feb. 13, 1923, to Morris E. and Mame (Robbins) Stonebraker in Overland, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. He was the youngest of nine children, and only one born outside of St. Charles...