Stories from Thursday, September 18, 2008

Lt. Col. Fred Woodfin Wilmot, 83, Carrollton, Texas, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, at Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, Texas. He was born Nov. 4, 1924, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Fred Allen Wilmot and Roberta Ladine Walton Wilmot of Richards, Mo. He attended Richards High School and college at Wentworth Military Academy, Cornell University, University of Arkansas and West Point...

Sept. 16 There was a report of an alarm in the Nevada area, a theft in the Nevada area, a check well being in the Harwood area, a stranded motorist in the Deerfield area, cows out in the Milo area, a trespassing in the Nevada area, a check well being in the Compton Junction area, a fraud in the Sheldon area, a domestic disturbance in progress in the Nevada area, cows out in the Sheldon area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, a suspicous person in the Milo area, a vehicle vs. ...

The Nevada High School Lady Tiger golf team traveled to Seneca Tuesday afternoon. The varsity girls shot well in the match, with Lakyn Mansfield taking the best score at 49. The Lady Tigers finished with a total combined score of 215, beating Seneca by 52 strokes...

The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team recently competed against Carthage and Lamar, splitting the two matches. Carthage got past Nevada with relative ease, as Whitley Del Rosario earned the Tigers' only win over Mariah Marsden. The other five singles competitors for the Tigers were defeated, as well as both pairs who matched up in doubles competition...

The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team traveled to Butler Tuesday night with very successful results. The Lady Tigers won the game 9-2 behind 17 hits and two multi-run innings. Rachel Kennedy once again pitched all seven innings and finished giving up 10 hits while recording 11 strikeouts...

The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams competed against McDonald County on the road Tuesday night. Both teams at each level were able to pick up victories, taking down McDonald County in all four games. The seventh grade A team won 25-23, 25-7 while the B team was able to take the victory 25-18, 25-12...

The Hume Hornets baseball team picked up their second win of the year as they knocked off the Northeast Vernon County Knights in a home game Tuesday night. The Knights were first on the board as they plated three runs in the top of the first inning, but the Hornets were quickly able to answer with three of their own in the home half of the frame. Hume added six more runs in the third to take a 9-3 lead...

The Nevada Tigers Cross Country team recently ran in Bolivar, Mo. The Tigers had mixed success at the event, with Todd Brier and middle school runner Brandon Norton taking seventh in their respective events. Emily Watts nearly cracked the top 10, finishing 11th in the varsity girls 5,000 meters while Stephanie Mosbrucker finished close behind in 14th...

Dear Editor, On Aug. 29, the Mo-Kan Square Dance Club hosted a benefit dance to raise money for Christmas gifts for area needy families. This was highly successful due to the efforts of many. The club would like to thank all those who we involved in any way, including those who attend, made donations, bought raffle tickets, participated in the silent auction, announced our event, displayed a poster, told others about the event, supplied food and allowed us to use the building for the event. ...

Gov. Matt Blunt today named 18 Missourians to serve on the Missouri Civil War Sesquicentennial Com-mission, which he created to commemorate Missouri's role in the Civil War. "Missouri played a unique and critical role in the war between the states. In Missouri, the Civil War truly pitted family against family, neighbor against neighbor and brother against brother," Gov. Blunt said...

Two local volunteers from the Greater Ozarks Chapter/Vernon County office recently assisted at a shelter set up in Springfield, Mo. Joyce Wallace and Valorie Mead were part of a team that helped shelter evacuees arriving from Louisiana following Hurricane Gustav. Valorie Mead who is a nurse is currently deployed in Louisiana...

United States Senator Kit Bond today announced that in response to his request, the President will release $2.2 million in federal funds to help low-income families in Missouri meet high energy costs. "Today's announcement is good news for Missouri families struggling with high energy costs," said Bond. ...

Sundials have been used for millennia to tell time but modern clocks overtook the sundial centuries ago as a time telling device. Sundials are still made an enjoyed, however, and Dr. Ronald Rinehart, an atmospheric scientist by training, likes to make sundials for a hobby...