Stories from Tuesday, February 3, 2004

Virginia Habjan, Vernon County public administrator, said without a state mental health facility available in the area, many people in need of the services now provided will be jailed, left untreated, hospitalized or sent to a facility across the state where contact with their families will be at best a hardship and at worst completely cut off...

Churches share celebration of Lenten season through round-robin services

West Central Missouri Community Action Agency is taking applications for assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program. Applications will be accepted until March 31 if funds remain available. The program provides financial assistance to help eligible Missourian's pay heating bills from October through March...

Led by Martha Bledsoe, children's librarian, far right, preschoolers play a valentine version of "The Hokey Pokey" during story time at the Nevada Public Library Tuesday morning. During the event, the children also heard a valentine story and participated in a variety of activities. In honor of the holiday, most participants wore valentine colors such as red, pink or lavender...

Paul Hendrix, 68, Nevada, Mo., passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at his residence following a brief illness. He was born Sept. 7, 1935, in Nevada, Mo., to William Henry Hendrix and Bessie Wilhemina Koehler Hendrix. He was married Nov. 3, 1956, in Nevada, Mo., to Earlene Bell. She survives of the home...

Mabel Lydia Wiggans, 83, resident of 11 North Barbee, Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, at Fort Scott Manor. She was born Oct. 15, 1920, in Fort Scott the daughter of Thomas M. Endicott and Minnie Idella Frisk Endicott. She married Ralph E. Wiggans on June 15, 1940, in Nevada, Mo. He preceded her in death on April 12, 1985. Mabels was a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church...

Rolla Dale Medley, 88, Moundville, Mo., passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at his home. He was born July 21, 1915, in Butler, Mo., to Ila Medley and Margaret Lee Morrison Medley. He married Johnnie Delilah Folkner on March 28, 1936, and she survives of the home...

100 Years Ago -- February 3, 1904 Chief of Police Moore today received the following message from Liberal, notifying him of the robbery that was published in these columns Tuesday: "Chief of Police, Nevada, MO. -- Stolen $200 from Frisco agent, Liberal, MO...

The Joplin girls basketball team, a program on the rise, is gaining a reputation as a solid defensive unit. Well, the Nevada Lady Tigers proved they're no slouches in the "stop" department with a 51-33 win over the Lady Eagles in the championship game of the Nevada Tiger Classic on Saturday...

With both teams content to keep the pace slow, it appeared, from the outset, that this one that could go to the wire. It did just that as the Kansas City Southeast Knights held on for a 37-34 win over the Nevada Tigers in the third-place game of the Nevada Tiger Classic on Saturday...