Stories from Friday, January 2, 2015

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, -- When the members of the 98th General Assembly take the oath of office on Wednesday, state Rep. Elect Patricia Pike will continue the legacy of public service created by her husband, Randy, who tragically passed away in September of 2014. After being appointed by the Republican Committee to run in Randy's place, Pike won the November general election to serve as the state representative for District 126, which includes Vernon and Bates counties...

Nevada Daily Mail While the local middle school and high school athletics took a break for the holiday season before beginning the new calendar year, the Nevada Tigers All Sports Booster Club continued to collect and provide the funds needed in the different athletic programs in the Nevada R-5 school district...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will have a short agenda to look at when it holds the first meeting of 2015 at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St. Items under consideration include bids for trash service in 2015 and bids for the 2015 transportation sales tax street projects...

Prosecutor Lynn Ewing greets Gayle Wysong at the reception Tuesday. Michelle Workman/Daily Mail

At the end of the year, I revisit my topic list for weekly columns. I always find an item or two that I liked, but they just didn't seem to warrant a full article. Here are two vastly different subjects, but I have chosen them to end this season together...

How many conversations started this holiday season with, "When I was a child?" I know I heard it at least once and I probably said it myself sometime recently. I have an excuse, however. I am the only one left in our big family that remembers any of the things about our family life when I was a child. I feel it is my duty to keep the stories going. So, here I go again.....

Dear Editor: Forty-two years ago this week, on the day after Christmas, former President Harry S. Truman died in Kansas City at age 88. His death recalls one of the biggest comeback stories of a former president, from being ranked as one of the worst U.S. presidents to being ranked as one of the best...

Nevada Daily Mail The day after Christmas, area lakes saw anglers catching fish in spite of the cold weather. Anglers at Table Rock, Pomme de Terre, Stockton, Truman and the Lake of the Ozarks had fishermen casting lures. For the past 15 years, Tom Smith and Fred Stark, of Des Moines, Iowa, have made trips to fish in some of the area lakes just prior to the annual Kansas City Sportshow. ...