Stories from Wednesday, May 14, 2014

John and Brooke Wilson, of Nevada, Mo., and older sibling, Casen, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Camden Kole Wilson. Camden was born at 10:34 a.m., Monday, March 31, 2014, in Fort Scott, Kan. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

SMITHVILLE, Mo. -- Weather forced the delay of the Class 3, Sectional 4 Tournament, at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex Monday and even though moving it back a day did turn out to be what tournament officials needed to do, the weather was still a factor when the Nevada Tigers golf team took to the course in search of the first Sectional Championship in head coach Brian Leonard's career...

Nevada Tigers head basketball coach Shaun Gray announced Tuesday that his program's annual boys' basketball camp is set for June 2-6, in the gymnasium at Nevada High School's new multipurpose building. The camp is open to all boys entering third through eighth grades in the 2014-15 school year. Each participant will receive 10 hours of instruction on the fundamentals of shooting, ball handling, rebounding, passing, defense and team play...

For the first time since the regular-season's initial rankings were released on March 31, the Nevada Tigers baseball team has found itself inside the Missouri High School baseball Coaches' Association's top 10. The Tigers were ranked seventh in this year's preseason poll and fell to ninth in the first regular-season rankings, but after dropping a pair of games to open the Bill O'Dell Tournament, at Carthage, head coach Danny Penn's squad fell out of the poll. ...

SUGAR CREEK, Mo. -- After a rough start to the season, the Nevada Tigers baseball team has found itself on a tear that culminated in 16 wins over a 17-game span. Head coach Danny Penn's squad got back into action Tuesday, heading out on the road for what could be the last time in the regular season to take on the Falcons of Van Horn High School, at R.J. Roper Stadium, with the hope of making it 17 wins in 18 games...

I am writing today about the income tax that we all know and hate. First, a little history. The Constitution as originally written did not permit a tax on income and we funded our government by other means until the 16th amendment was passed in 1913, except for a short period during the Civil War and a few years following...

A well-worn comment is, "Nothing is certain except death and taxes." Would this be true if we lived in paradise? It might be appealing to live where there were no taxes to pay. Unfortunately, we do not live in paradise. In an earlier column, I tried to show the necessity of paying taxes -- what it would be like if we paid no tax but had to pay for services as we need them...

Dear Editor: Fifty years ago the final class graduated from the school in Deerfield. The graduates went off in different directions to build their lives, but the memories remain. We remember the wooden desks with ink wells, the large round wooden table where we did our lessons. We played on the merry-go-round, the slide, the swings in the back, and games in the schoolyard. Who can forget the outdoor privy?...

The Nevada Area Habitat for Humanity will hold its monthly potato luncheon today from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the First Christian Church youth building on East Austin. A $6 donation will get a baked potato with all the trimmings, including chili, cheese, butter, bacon bits and other goodies. ...

Nevada Daily Mail After a quick relocation Monday evening caused by a misplaced set of keys, the Vernon County MU Extension Council met at the home of Chairwoman Leslie Carroll-Bartlett instead of the Senior Center. Six members were in attendance, enough for a quorum, and foremost discussion was an extension job opening that remained vacant...

Nevada Daily Mail A new Farmers' Market promotion may help reduce early morning hostility over purchasing produce on Saturday mornings. Kelly Ast, market manager, said she experienced disgruntled market-goers last season eager to get into the market. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Schowe and Shine Car show returns Saturday for its eighth year in the lot behind Schowengerdt dental office to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Registration begins at 8 a.m. for the car show that features four car categories including 1949 and earlier, 1950 to 1969, 1970 to 1989 and 1990 to present. For trucks, the categories are 1966 and earlier and 1967 to present. In addition to cars and trucks are a motorcycle class and a special interest class...

Sheriff's deputies spent Friday at a shooting rage at Camp Clark for firearms qualifications. The semi-annual shooting day, hosted in the fall and spring, ensures deputies' shooting skills stay sharp. All deputies from the office are required to participate, and even some lucky reporters, like the Daily Mail's Nicole Garner, are able to get in some target practice...

Sheriff's deputies spent Friday at a shooting rage at Camp Clark for firearms qualifications. The semi-annual shooting day, hosted in the fall and spring, ensures deputies' shooting skills stay sharp. All deputies from the office are required to participate, and even some lucky reporters, like the Daily Mail's Nicole Garner, are able to get in some target practice...