Stories from Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Herbert Ralph Leatherman, age 79, of Walker, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, in Joplin, following a short illness. He was born on Dec. 4, 1928, in River Stix, Ohio, to Noah H. and Ida E. Leatherman. On Aug. 3, 1952, he was married to Violet Mae Wenger and to this union his seven children were born. Violet preceded Herbert in heath on Nov. 8, 1965. On April 17, 1966, he was married to Tena Schmidt and she survives of the home...

Gale L. Carpenter, 61, of Nevada, formerly of Bronaugh, passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 6, 1947, in Nevada, to Harold Franklin Carpenter and Ollie Maurine Smith Carpenter...

Loyd Ronald "Ronny" Overman, age 65, of Sheldon, passed away on April 19, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, following a lengthy illness. He was born on July 1, 1942, in Nevada, to William Loyd Overman and Edith Edeana Chrisenbery Overman. He married Marilyn Wallace on Nov. 30, 1962, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Timothy Earl Satterfield, 46, of Bronaugh, passed away suddenly on Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Bronaugh. He was born June 18, 1961, in Liberal, Kan., to Aaron R. Satterfield and Betty L. Earl Satterfield. He married Shannon Walton on July 11, 1990, in Bronaugh, and she survives of the home...

Waco and Hillary Bassham, of Tulsa, Okla., and big sisters Hallie and Makenna are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Sydney Elise Bassham. Sydney was born at 9:06 a.m., April 14, 2008, at St. Francis South, in Tulsa. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches...

Here are excerpts from recent editorials in Missouri newspapers: April 14 Southeast Missourian, on Missouri tax equity: A proposed constitutional amendment that would limit property-tax increases following mandatory statewide property reassessment in Missouri has passed the House by a wide, bipartisan margin. ...

A Thursday night squabble resulted in four of those involved suffering stab wounds. According to Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman two of the four were sent to Springfield with serious injuries and the other two were treated and released from the Cedar County Memorial Hospital. According to Peckman one of the two sent to Springfield has emerged from the Intensive Care Unit but is still in the hospital...

n House presents one of the country's oldest living World War II POWs with the Outstanding Missourian Award. On April 16, Nevada resident Floyd McComas was honored in the Missouri Legislature with an Outstanding Missourian Award in the House of Representatives, and recognized as one of the country's oldest surviving POWs from World War II...

The Hume R-7 school board met April 16 and certified the election results from Bates and Vernon Counties, which resulted in the election of Stacey Swickhamer, Kristy Brooks and Lesa Berry to three-year terms. The new board members were sworn in and the board then elected new officers --Missy Patton, president; Ralph Franklin, vice-president; Ruth Hale, secretary; and Stacey Swickhamer, treasurer...

The Nevada Animal Shelter has announced that it will expand its hours, effective immediately. The new hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. The shelter regularly has animals available for adoption...

The Budweiser Clydesdales will be arriving in Fort Scott on June 2 for a week-long visit. Never having appeared in Fort Scott before, their arrival is a once-in-a-lifetime event for many area residents. With 10 horses, their wagon and various other equipment and supplies, Budweiser will be coming into town and anticipates stabling the Clydesdales at the Fort Scott National Historic Site...

In 1997, Doug Harper earned an award for his guitar soloing ability from the Missouri Jazz Educators, at Drury University in Springfield. Later that year he recorded with the Num Nutz band, co-writing most of the songs for their album. "Dangerous Doug Harper" has performed more than 1,000 career performances and has recorded on 12 album projects. ...

By Chris Patch Nevada Daily Mail Nevada freshman baseball overcame a six-run deficit in game two to win a doubleheader over Carl Junction Monday night at Lyons Stadium. Taylor Scotten started the first game for Nevada and held Carl Junction scoreless over three innings before giving up two in the top of the fourth on a fielder's choice-RBI and a base hit to left-center field...

By Gail Agee Nevada Speedway After getting swamped last week with way too much rain everyone was beginning to wonder if the season would ever start. Some familiar drivers and some new ones were on hand Saturday night to give the crowd all the excitement associated with dirt track racing. And yes, there was a big, yellow, full moon over the speedway Saturday night...

Nevada Daily Mail The woes continued for Nevada tennis last weekend as it dropped three matches in a row without its No. 2 singles player James Smith. The Tigers were blanked 9-0 by Neosho Thursday afternoon before being shut out of both the Thomas Jefferson Invitational on Friday and the Fort Scott Invite on Saturday...

Mr. Melvin Lee Cole, age 76, of El Dorado Springs, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2008, at St. John's Regional Health Center, in Springfield, Mo. Mr. Cole was a longtime El Dorado Springs area resident and a retired printer. A month local survivors is his wife Maxine, of the home; two sons, L.C. "Lalan" and Gary, both of El Dorado Springs; one daughter, Mrs. Myran Beydler, of El Dorado Springs; one brother, Jim Cole and his wife Sue, of Lamar; and six grandchildren...