Stories from Friday, August 16, 2013

Nevada Daily Mail Three new teachers will be sharing their love of learning with students in Bronaugh. Cory Teal will be the school's new band director. Alisha Jones will teach seventh through 12th grade math. Erica Wooldridge will teach sixth grade...

Daily Mail Another sun went down over "Music on the Square" in downtown Nevada, Thursday night. Cody Reed, of the band Random Strangers, also formerly of the Doghouse Band, performed for around 61 fanatic fans of his Waylon Jennings type vocals, and song selections...

Nevada Daily Mail Hume school tax levy will remain the same as last year, $4.75 per $100 assessed valuation. "Next year we can make an adjustment," Superintendent David Quick said at the Hume Board of Education meeting Wednesday. The board also approved bus routes and the Annual Secretary of the Board Report summary...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada R-5 Superintendent Dr. David Stephens told the R-5 board Wednesday the district's tax rate for 2014 will drop slightly from the 2013 rate, reflecting the increase in railroad tax money the district will receive. The R-5 Board will hold its annual tax rate hearing Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 a.m. in the Central Office, 811 W. Hickory St...

Nevada Daily Mail The construction projects at the Nevada High School are on track and ahead of schedule in spite of the rain, Aaron Height, construction manager for Crossland Construction, told the Nevada R-5 Board of Education during its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night...

I will soon be an instructor at a Road Scholar program over at the YMCA of the Ozarks, near Potosi. While I am there I will be leading five sessions on Humor and Games. Because of family responsibilities, it has been several months since I have been an instructor, so I have been trying to bone up on the type of things we participate in at these Road Scholars. ...

A program called Hooked on Scouting has started in Southwest Missouri. The goal of the program is to introduce youngsters to fishing, as well as scouting. The Ozark Trails Council of the Boy Scouts plans on recruiting between 1,500 and 2,000 new Cub Scouts this fall and each of them will receive a fishing rod and reel, as well as a tackle box and basic tackle...