Stories from Wednesday, February 9, 2005

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Yesterday's special election proved to be a disappointment for both school districts that had funding questions on the ballot. Voters in the Nevada R-5 school district declined a 39-cent per $100 assessed valuation levy increase and voters in the Sheldon R-8 school district said no to a $200,000 bond issue...

Nevada Daily Mail Red, pink, love, hearts, teddy bears, roses, and chocolate. What do these things all have in common? Valentine's Day. For one local charity, Valentine's Day is the marker for one of their local fund-raisers. The Council on Families in Crisis will once again host their annual Valentine's Day chocolate sale. According to Martha Sander, executive director, this will be the seventh year for the sale...

Donna Garwood's art students are displaying their handiwork at the Nevada Public Library. The artwork is displayed along the tops of bookcases and on easels throughout the library. Above is "Burning Love," by Dalton Hendren, 10, flanked by the work of other students. The works of several other students are also on display.

Nevada Daily Mail In honor of Black History Month, Jill Warford, executive director of the Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity in Fort Scott, will speak at the Nevada Public Library meeting room, Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. Her presentation will be about the Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity at Fort Scott Community College and the life and works of Parks...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As the few men who have served as Missouri governor could tell you, the job isn't easy. As any parent will say, the task of raising an infant is even harder. Starting next month, Gov. Matt Blunt will be pulling double duty when his wife Melanie gives birth to their first child...

Nevada Daily Mail At 8:14 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, officers from the Nevada Police Department and the Vernon County Sheriff's Office responded to a call for assistance at Heartland Hospital in Nevada. According to a press release from the Nevada Police, seven male clients of Heartland had barricaded themselves in a room and were refusing staff orders to come out. Upon arrival of the officers the group gave up and came out of the room...

Clyde Albert "Max" Hillson, 87, Lamar, formerly of Schell City, died Feb. 7, 2005, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. He was born Dec. 16, 1917, the son of William Albert and Florence Edna (Endicott) Hillsman. He married Anna Mae Hammond on Nov. 10, 1998...

Howard A. Bruns, 84, died Feb. 5, 2005. Services were held at Evergreen Memorial Chapel today, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m., with Bill Platt and Dave Rorabaugh officiating. Musical selections were "In The Garden" and "Amazing Grace." Soloist was Dave Rorabaugh. Pallbearers were military honor guard. Interment with full military honors was in Newton Burial Park. Arrangements were by Evergreen Memorial Chapel...

Betty Jo (Fillpot) Oneslager, 62, died Feb. 7, 2005, at Medical Lodge of Butler. She was born Feb. 16, 1942, in Creighton, Mo., the daughter of George and Lottie (Wells) Fillpot. She married David Oneslager on Oct. 6, 1988. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Bob, Curtis, George, Charles and Jerry; and two sisters, Ruth and Wilma. ...

Carl Hamer "Stubby" Wilson, 93, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at St. John's hospital in Joplin. Born May 20, 1911, he was the son of Vilas M. Wilson and Marriah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hamer, who preceded him in death. On Feb. 10, 1952, he married Darlene Belt, who preceded him in death. ...

Europe is sinking into a moral abyss and there doesn't seem to be any end to the decay. According to a story by Clare Chapman in the News-Telegraph, an English newspaper, German women can be forced to take jobs in the sex industry if they are on unemployment and are offered a job...

The aroma of the cooking of pancakes, sausage, and scrambled eggs is pleasant, especially during the morning hours when you are ready to eat breakfast, brunch, or lunch. That pleasant aroma will fill the air at the City/ County Community Center during the Nevada Lions Club pancake breakfast Saturday morning...

100 years ago: Sheriff asked to locate Harvey F. Fait Last Monday, Sheriff R.B. Moore was asked to locate Harvey F. Fait, who was wanted at Fulton on charges of forgery and our sheriff soon learned that Fait was working as an attendant at the Nevada asylum. Deputy Sheriff McKnight went out to the State institution and "nabbed" the wily ex-school teacher from the kingdom of Callaway County...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The road was not kind to the Nevada Lady Tigers Tuesday, as they lost at Neosho 67-60, ending an eight-game winning streak. Neosho (9-14 overall, 4-2 in the Southwest Conference) avenged two earlier losses to Nevada (18-4, 3-2) this season...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail A key stretch at the end of each half proved to be the difference in the game as the Neosho Wildcats beat the Nevada Tigers Tuesday, 51-45 in Neosho. In the first half it was an eight-point swing that turned a 14-11 Neosho lead into a 22-13 advantage as Neosho's Phil McClintock hit two 3-pointers and had an easy layup on an inbound play to open up the lead during a two-minute stretch...

Nevada Daily Mail Top-seeded Montrose won both boys and girls basketball games Tuesday in the Golden Valley/Vernon County Conference South Division Tournament at Bronaugh. The Montrose boys beat Northeast Vernon County 63-27, putting them in the championship game against second-seeded Bronaugh Thursday...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets fell hard at home to Crowder College Saturday, 84-35. Crowder jumped out to a 27-4 lead in the first half, carrying that into a 35-11 halftime lead. It was more of the same in the second half as Crowder held Cottey to one of their lowest offensive outputs of the season...