Stories from Friday, November 30, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail The Santa Claus Holiday Circus from Hugo, Okla., will stage benefit performances for Bar H Boys Ranch at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Dec. 4, in the organization's Mo-Kan Building, at 11357 E. Nebo Hill Road. Ranch Groundskeeper Mark Lusk said Thursday that circus owner B.K. Silverlake had decided to bring the show to Bar H and give the ranch a percentage of the proceeds upon learning that facilities at the county fairgrounds had been booked...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council voted 3-1 during a special council meeting Wednesday night at 9, with Jayne Novak, voting no, to give final approval to increasing the amount of financing for the new public safety facility from $4.1 million to $4.9 million. The increase in funding is to provide adequate money for the city to include a dispatch center in the facility in case the city were to need to take over its own dispatching again...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail A little over four months have passed since Cerner Corp. and local community leaders announced the Healthy Nevada Initiative, a comprehensive web of resources and strategies aimed at carving out a culture of better health in Nevada...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Santa's elves are getting some help from the folks at the Vernon County Ambulance District, who are fixing up the house he'll be using when he visits Vernon County on several occasions between now and Christmas. The VCAD, in a cooperative effort with the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce, also will be hosting Santa this year. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail "Any time anyone needed help, especially if there were children involved, he was there," said Justin Hueston's wife, Katie, as she delivered a $1,500 memorial donation to the Vernon County Ambulance District's toy drive in his honor, Wednesday afternoon...

Well, the NFL is at it again. While I was doing my usual daily reading on espn.com Tuesday, I saw yet another ridiculous piece of news that came out of the organization that has become more of a circus than a credible athletic organization at times this year...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade girls' basketball A team got back into action on Thursday night, hosting Stockton Middle School. Head coach Danny Penn's seventh graders had little trouble picking up the victory as they knocked off Stockton by a final score of 31-18. Nevada's eighth-grade A team was scheduled to be in action on the night as well, but those results were not available at press time...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School varsity boys' and girls basketball squads got back into action Thursday night in tournament play and came home with mixed results. Head coach John McNeley's Tigers found themselves in another close contest at the Carthage Invitational against the Bulldogs of Springfield Central and ultimately fell by a final score of 52-50. ...

Nevada Daily Mail HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball junior varsity squads returned home from the Harrisonville Tournament with mixed results Wednesday. The Lady Tigers found themselves in a close contest against the Harrisonville freshman team in their fight for third place. The Lady Tigers ultimately came out on top by a final score of 34-30, taking the third spot in the girls' bracket...

Nevada Daily Mail Publisher Few things impact us like our faith. According to the most recent Gallup Poll, about 43 percent of us say we attend church weekly or almost weekly. That's been pretty steady over the past three years. Those who live in Mississippi are the most frequent churchgoers in the nation, with 63 percent reported attendance. Nine of the top 10 states in church attendance are in the South; the only non-Southern state is Utah, with 56 percent frequent attendance...

Hi neighbors. Thanksgiving is over and now we all just wait for Christmas. Some eager folks had their Christmas music CDs already in the CD player the night before Thanksgiving. They could hardly wait for Black Friday to start playing Christmas songs. Oh, joy...

While visiting with a friend the other day, he asked me, "Did you have any calamities over the past Thanksgiving"? "Sure," I replied, "which one do you want to hear about?" All the family and relatives who were available gathered out at our home on Jayhawk Road. As the number was pushing 30, we thought it might be a little crowded for the house so we took advantage of the newly built shed to host the gathering...