Stories from Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Willa (Buchanan) Gover, of Osceola, Mo., passed away Sept. 18, 2008, at the age of 91. She was born Dec. 19. 1916, in Osceola, Mo., to Warren Wesley Buchanan and Beulah Fay (Hursh). Willa's mother Beulah Fay "Boots" (Hursh) Buchanan died in 1918 in Montana during the influenza epidemic. ...

Linda R. Braun, 57, of Independence, Mo., passed away, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at her residence. Cremation is planned with a private family memorial services. Donations may be made to Kansas City Hospice or to Christian Family Services. Linda was born May 16, 1951, in Nevada, to James and Dorothy (Butts) Mesplay. ...

Nina Maude Holmes, passed away at the age of 87 years, on Sept. 19, 2008, at St. Francis Hospital. She was born Oct. 1, 1920, in Pleasanton, Kan., to Edgar Nathan and Bessie Belle Speakes. Nina united in marriage to Ned Holmes, on June 6, 1939, in Mound City, Kan. Ned preceded her in death on Jan. 4, 2008...

Steven Robert Gayman, 39, the youngest of Duane Robert and Shirley Faye (Gilliland) Gayman, was born Aug. 26, 1969, in El Dorado Springs, Mo.., and passed from this life on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. Steve attended both elementary and high school in Schell City, Mo., graduating with the class of 1987. ...

Sept. 19 There were reports of a juvenile in the Nevada area, goats out in the Moundville area, a suspicious person in the Sheldon area, a juvenile in the Nevada area, a found item in the Bronaugh area, a 911 wrong number in the Nevada area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, debris in the roadway in the Deerfield area, a 911 hangup in the Nevada area, a medical call in the Walker area, a civil matter in the Sheldon area, an assault in the Nevada area, a found item in the Bronaugh area, a check well being in the Walker area, civil matter in the Sheldon area, and a burglary in the Nevada area.. ...

If you own a business, want to start a business or are just interested in learning more about business related topics, such as identity theft, the 2008 Kaysinger Business Conference, Business Builders: Tips, Trends and Traits, on Sept. 25 at Cottey College will have something of interest to you...

A Mound City teen, found dead near the scene of a one-vehicle accident in Southwest Vernon County on Saturday, was not believed to have been killed during the accident, officials said Monday. The body of Branton Beckman, 18, was found at approximately 3 a.m., Saturday, one mile east of State Highway T and State Highway FF in Vernon County. ...

Editor's note: Photos relating to this event were published in the Friday, Sept. 19 edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. Here's a follow-up with more details about what the students learned. ------------- Last Thursday the Vernon County Historical Society (VCHS) presented the eighth annual History Day for fourth graders throughout Vernon County...

A crowd assembled at 11 a.m., Monday, at the Pentecostal Assembly of God Church, Nevada, in honor of Nevada Police Officer Steve Gayman, to celebrate that he lived among us, and to mourn his death. Gayman died in an off-duty traffic crash on Thursday, Sept. ...

The Cottey College Comets took five of six matches at the regional tournament in Springfield, Mo., this past weekend, losing in the championship match to Stephens College. The tournament was full of four-year Christian schools, with Cottey being the only junior college in attendance. In their first match, the Comets took on Kentucky Christian University and won in three sets 25-20, 28-26, 25-15...

The Liberal Bulldogs suffered their second loss of the season to the Pierce City Eagles in a close game Friday night. Liberal got on the board first in the game as Jordan Meadows took the ball 48 yards on the ground with 7:41 to go in the first quarter to take a 6-0 lead. Pierce City needed just 13 seconds to answer as Jared Frey ran the ball 68 yards for the score to give Pierce City a 7-6 lead after the PAT...

The Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball team traveled to Archie Thursday night. The varsity team had little trouble taking out Archie, as they took the win 25-15, 25-17. Mariah Mock and Taylor Means led the team in kills, with eight each. Means also had a team-high 16 digs. Jessica Harper followed with 10 while Emily Moore added another nine...

The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team competed in the Monett tournament on Friday, Sept. 19. Whitley Del Rosario took first place in the first singles match, taking her first tournament win of the year and remaining undefeated overall as the Lady Tigers made their way to a fifth place finish among the eight teams that competed in the tournament. Katlyn Short was able to have some success in singles competition as well, as she took a win in one of her three matches...

The Nevada Lady Tigers golf team competed in their third and final home match of the year on a warm, sunny Monday afternoon. The Lady Tigers competed against Girard and Seneca, taking first place with a final team score of 203. The tournament was also scheduled to include Uniontown High School, but that team failed to appear at the event...

The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team has felt the joys of victory with marked consistency in recent games. Over the weekend, the Lady Tigers played in the El Dorado Springs Invitational tournament and placed second to Lamar. In game one of the day, Nevada rolled easily over Stockton, plating 17 runs in the top of the first inning and eventually taking the win 27-0 on 17 hits...

The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team competed in Mount Vernon, Mo., Monday afternoon. The Lady Tigers took their first shutout win of the year as they knocked off Mount Vernon 9-0. Whitley Del Rosario, Leah Creasy and Cheyenne Whitson all picked up individual shutouts, while two of the three doubles teams repeated the same feat as Del Rosario and Katlyn Short took a win over Erin Rust and Kristen Roach in their match by a score of 8-0 and the team of Whitson and Daven Smith followed suit with an 8-0 victory of their own over the team of Jacey Farmer and Julia Wendler.. ...

The Nevada Middle School seventh grade volleyball A and B teams competed at Joplin Memorial Monday night. The B team had a strong showing in their first set as they took down Joplin 25-13. The second set was notably more even, but the Tigers were still able to come out on top by a final score of 25-21...

Season championship races were held Sept. 20, and 2008 track champions were recognized after the completion of the racing card. Three divisions held Powder Puff races. The Factory Stock winner was Ruby Cline driving Tiny Joles car, Mini-Stock winner was Jennifer Leer driving Terry Hallam's car and Late Model winner was Tara Addington driving the Marty Danner car which Jarod Addington drives. ...

Families, individuals and businesses in Missouri that have suffered damage from severe storms and flooding events from June 1 -- August 13 have one week to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster assistance. Recovery officials urge residents and business owners with disaster-related damage in the disaster-designated counties (Adair, Andrew, Callaway, Cass, Chariton, Clark, Gentry, Greene, Harrison, Holt, Johnson, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Nodaway, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, St. ...

What's a dentist to do when he has a dental problem? Dr. Robert Wood, Nevada's oldest dentist, 76, went to Nevada's youngest dentist, Dr. Travis Jackson, 32. Wood graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City dental school in 1963 after a four-year stint in the U.S. ...

The Missouri School Administrators Political Action Committee has endorsed Barney Fisher for the 2008 general election to the Missouri House of Representa-tives from the 125th district. The MSAPAC made the en-dorsement due to his strong support of public education, according to Larry Ewing, President of MSAPAC...

The Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters unanimously endorses Carla Keough in her bid to upset two-term State Representative Barney Fisher on Nov. 4. Keough, a Butler Democrat, has earned the highest endorsement because of her caring attitude towards Public Safety, Working Families, and the Citizens of Missouri...

The city of Nevada Public Library Board plans to conduct its regular, quarterly meeting at 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, in the library's meeting room, 218 W. Walnut. Attendees should enter from the Walnut Street entrance. The board last met in July...