Stories from Friday, November 27, 2015

This week many of us will be gathering together to not only ask the Lord's Blessings. We will be gathering together to exchange stories about our grandparents. If we're lucky enough to have our grandparents at the meal with us, then we will encourage them to share memories with us about their Thanksgivings (with the Indians??) and store up those stories for times when they will not be present...

That's the phrase that I expressed for years, following Thanksgiving dinner. I am a senior citizen now, and my ability to indulge and enjoy the greatest food holiday of the year, has diminished in direct relationship, to the passage of time. Aging presents so many troubling issues, but when the process takes away from one's culinary pleasure, that is downright immoral. I love good food, and the traditional fare at Thanksgiving, is definitely my favorite...

Nevada Daily Mail The Adopt a child for Christmas program is underway. Contact Community Outreach to adopt. Spend a minimum of $30 per child that is adopted. Wrap and label gifts with the child's identifier that you are given. Write an anonymous note wishing your adopted child a Merry Christmas...

Nevada Daily Mail Ben Walker, of Nevada, is a member of the Fort Scott Community College Meat Judging Team that won first place in the American Royal Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest Sunday, Oct. 18 in Omaha, Neb. Fort Scott Community College took first overall after bringing home first in beef grading, second in lamb judging, second in pork judging, first in beef judging, first in overall beef and first in total placing...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County is home to more than 20,000 people, approximately 25 percent are under 18 years of age. As with all communities, individuals of all ages have unmet needs. Children in particular require key essentials to grow, learn, and develop into productive individuals...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will hold a public hearing and the first of the city's 2016 budget, capital improvement budget, an updated organizational chart and the public records fee schedule, during its meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m., in the council chambers, 120 S. Ash Street...

Nevada Daily Mail Northeast Vernon County FFA members traveled to Louisville, Kentucky for the 88th Annual National FFA Convention & Expo to show off their blue jackets, attend meetings, and interact in many fun activities involving other FFA members. ...

The Nevada Tigers basketball team opened its season with a 47-44 West Central Conference victory over the St. Pius X Warriors Tuesday night in Kansas City. The Tigers received strong performances from sophomore center Clay Gayman and junior point guard Matthew Sommer, as the duo accounted for 83 percent of the Tigers offense...

Helen Jane Mangin, 74, of Springfield, Mo., formerly of Nevada, passed away Nov. 24, 2015. She was born March 22, 1941, in Montevallo, the daughter of John Melvin and Lola Fay (Malcom) Scholes. On May 12, 1958, she was united in marriage to Vincent Robert Mangin in Vinita, Okla., and together their union was blessed with seven children...

Joseph S. Pike, 81, Nevada, Mo., departed this life on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, following a brief illness. Joe was born Oct. 8, 1934, in Milo, Mo., to Lester DeWitt and Jeanette Lynn (Pace) Pike. Joe was born in Milo and raised in the Ellis area in Vernon County. ...