Stories from Wednesday, October 24, 2012

October 15 2323 N. Ash St., alarm system. 800 S. Ash St., fire safety presentation. East Hickory and North Lynn streets, vehicle accident. October 16 2323 N. Ash St., alarm system. 800 S. Ash St., fire safety presentation. 926 S. Oak St., unauthorized burning...

James "Jim" E. Collins, 98, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Friday Oct. 19, 2012, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. A prayer service will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service till 8 p.m. ...

Earnest Lee Mooney, 71, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away Oct. 21, 2012, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. Earnest was born April 21, 1941, to Alvin and Fern (Shaw) Mooney in Stockton, Mo. In 1959, Earnest graduated from El Dorado Springs High School where he excelled as a football player. ...

Since it is now the Medicare open enrollment period, it is appropriate to talk about this special period that occurs once a year. Open enrollment started on Oct. 15 and will end on Dec. 7. Much of what I am writing about is a repeat from last year...

Nevada Daily Mail City of Nevada planning assistant Johnna Williams said Tuesday that the city has issued a demolition permit to Dirk Scotten for the Quick Dine building, which was heavily damaged Friday, Oct. 19, when a tractor-trailer crashed into the building in an attempt to miss a vehicle that had pulled away from an Atlantic Street stop sign as the truck traveled down the off ramp from U.S. 71 onto Osage Blvd...

Nevada Daily Mail A hunter education class, required for any Missouri hunter born on or after 1967, who's age 16 or older and wishes to obtain a hunting license must first take and pass a hunter education course. A hunter education course is available this Friday, Oct 26, 6-9 a.m., and Saturday, Oct. 27, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Students must attend both sessions. Preregistration is required, and may be completed online at www.mdc.mo.gov, then clicking on the Hunter Education link and completing the form...

Nevada Daily Mail Jeff and Dana Droz, Rich Hill, are featured in the latest edition of GRIT magazine, as one of three Homesteaders of the Year. The magazine specifically praised the Drozes for constructing everything from access roads and ponds to their home and outbuildings using wood on the property, a small sawmill and draft horses as labor. They live off-grid, using solar energy, a cistern to catch water, and wood-burning and propane stoves, according to GRIT publishers...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada is looking at a decline in revenue from its various sales taxes as well as a decline in the fuel tax collected, Nevada City Treasurer Mike Wade told the city council in a discussion of a portion of the city's 2013 fiscal budget during Tuesday's special council meeting...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail "This is not a new tax, and it is not a tax increase," Vernon County Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord said of the out-of-state use tax question that will be on the Nov. 6 ballot. The tax, which would equal Vernon County's 1 percent sales tax, would be collected on items purchased out-of-state for use in Missouri...

Editor's note: It's National Businesswomen's Week, and in today's edition of the Nevada Daily Mail, this story, and an additonal story on Page 7, salute just some of the many working women in the area. By Donna Logan Special to the Daily Mail If Cottey College wanted to build a stronger bridge to the Nevada community it would be harder to find someone to construct it than Renee Hampton, the dynamic professional with the big title of Experiential Learning and Student Success Coordinator...

Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail Mark Mitchell, left, helps Johnathan Portwood, Kayla Portwood, Ben Sudkamp and Tanner Smith determine where some of the components go while working on their First Lego League project Thursday night. Mitchell and Marti Redburn are the adult coaches for this team of students. ...

October 18 6:19 p.m.: An accident occurred at Business 71 Highway and Atlantic Boulevard involving a car driven by Bryan L. Fleener, Nevada, and a car driven by Sadie S. Goff, Nevada. No injuries were reported. October 19 2 p.m.: An accident occurred at 2200 E. Austin Blvd. involving an SUV driven by Jack Wright, El Dorado Springs, Mo., and a car driven by Paul A. Welch, Nevada. No injuries were reported...