Stories from Friday, May 10, 2013

Every year when Mother's Day rolls around I think of some way to vary the celebration. When my own mother was alive I am sure we made an effort to come visit her, or go visit Lester's mother in Branson. However I can't remember any special way we observed the day. Actually it probably meant that they had to cook a big meal because of us coming to visit...

The last column, I wrote was "Annual McGennis Youth Center report out," published April 23, after just receiving The McGennis Youth Center Annual Report for 2012. It was handed out at the recently held annual board meeting. This is a continuation of discussing the annual report...

The 54 Cruisers car club will hold its annual car show in El Dorado Springs on Saturday and celebrate 20 years of meetings, car shows, road trips and fellowship in the process. The vintage car show is open to the public and free of charge. According to member and show chairman Ralph Zartman there should be 80 to 90 cars in the show. Zartman said that 28 exhibitors have preregistered for the show, and it will be held rain or shine...

The Sheldon Board of Aldermen voted 3 to 1 Thursday to accept the first six-month contract for law enforcement services in the city with the Vernon County Sheriff's office. Alderman Robert Moran voted no on the contract saying the contract needed some "minor tweaks."...

Take what looks like a hog wallow, add some fresh water, a volleyball, net and a bunch of teen-agers and you might have just cooked up a perfect recipe for end-of-the-school-year fun -- sponsored by the LOL organization at Nevada High School.

WARSAW -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team completed its regular-season schedule Thursday with a 6-5 loss to the Wildcats of Warsaw High School. Alex Payne, Andrew Heathman, Lucas Denman and Brett Norton led the Tigers offense with two hits apiece and Denman, Norton and Easton Mitchell drove in runs for Nevada. Denman pitched the first 5 2/3 innings, allowing six earned runs on 10 hits with one strikeout and two walks...

When the three-week turkey season concluded on April 15, hunters like Jack Martin, Springfield, turned into anglers. "Fishing goes on all year, but the turkey season only last three weeks in the spring. So now, I am ready to do some serious fishing," he said...