Stories from Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Nevada Daily Mail Head Nevada Tigers football coach Wes Beachler has announced that he is headed to Republic High School as their new head football coach. At Nevada, Beachler took over a team that was winless in the 2010 season and proceeded to re-instill pride in the Tigers football program from both a school and community standpoint. Beachler led the Tigers to a 6-4 record in 2011 and 8-3 in 2012...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- Bronaugh's boys opened the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference tournament Monday with a 72-35 conquest of Northeast Vernon County. The Wildcats were never challenged, taking a 17-6 lead at the first break and extending that to 38-16 at halftime behind a 21-point second period...

Nevada Daily Mail BRONAUGH -- The Wildcats of Bronaugh put together a decisive third quarter en route to a 77-64 victory over Ballard High School in a boys' basketball contest. The Wildcats were consistent with their offensive output in each quarter, building an 18-14 lead at the first break and still holding a 34-31 edge as they headed to the locker room at halftime...

Nevada Daily Mail Bronaugh's girls routed Ballard, 60-22, blowing open the game in the first 8 minutes. The Wildcats took a 20-4 lead in that time and kept up the offensive outpouring in the second period with a 20-6 difference, resulting in a 40-10 halftime margin...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "That's a very good basketball team." The Nevada Tigers varsity basketball team and head coach John McNeley got back into action Tuesday night at Wynn Gymnasium and experienced something they haven't felt in quite a while -- defeat...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School junior varsity boy's basketball team got back on the floor Tuesday night against Mount Vernon, hoping to erase the bad memories from a 32-30 defeat at the hands of Lamar in the last outing for head coach Neil Barnes' squad. That wasn't to be, however, as the Mountaineers JV squad handed the Tigers another defeat by a final score of 42-30...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- Hume's boys dropped a first-round GVVC tournament game Monday, falling to Ballard by a final score of 63-30. The Hornets weren't able to match Ballard, dropping behind, 21-9, at the first break and trailing, 33-17, at halftime...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- Northeast Vernon County opened the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference tournament with a first-round victory over Ballard, 52-20. The Lady Knights dominated in Monday's second game, shutting out their opponents with an 18-0 first-quarter blitz...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- Hume got within four points in the second quarter against top seeded Sheldon, but the Panthers lived up to their high position with a 67-37 victory Tuesday night in the finale of the second day of the GVVC basketball tournament...

Nevada Daily Mail Healthy Nevada is looking to help expand the farmer's market and needs community support. If you are interested in helping with this venture, attend the public meeting of potential vendors and volunteers, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m., at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center...

Nevada Daily Mail Author Ellen Gray Massey and some of her family members will be sharing history and writings on Friday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall. The event is free of charge and open to the public. The Civil War, the Ozarks and The Wayside Farm: Ellen Gray Massey has written about them all. ...

The Vernon County Commission met during its regularly scheduled session yesterday, to consider a contract for housing inmates from St. Clair County, Mo., in the Vernon County Jail. The commission voted unanimously to accept the contract as written. The contract states that St. Clair County will payVernon County $35 per day for up to five inmates. If more than five inmates are housed in the jail then the price falls to $30 per inmate...

The Nevada Police Department has announced that they will hold a Neighborhood Watch meeting from 6-7 p.m. in the city council chambers in the Public Safety Building at 120 S. Ash St. on Thursday, Feb. 7. Anyone interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch program in their area of the city and those already participating are encouraged to attend...

The Nevada City Council voted 4-0, with James McKenzie excused, to pass on first reading a general ordinance changing the city code to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. "Just because this is adopted doesn't change anything at the golf course," City Manager JD Kehrman, said...

Nevada Daily Mail Publisher Progress -- for some that's a dirty word. For others, it's a necessary part of the natural evolution of people, towns, states, and the country. Progress is about change. Carefully managed, it can be a positive thing. Left to expand on its own, progress can become uncontrolled expansion that brings what many towns don't need. ...

Dear Editor: January 2013 marks another degree higher in the frustration thermometer of retirees spending extra time watching, listening to folks in the news telling retirees the quirks and cracks in society, without offering working solutions and angry if anyone offers a solution...