Stories from Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Oct. 3 2:05 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 9:20 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 9:39 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. Oct. 4 6:59 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 9:14 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center...

Louella Lipoglav, 80 of Yale, Kan., died at 11:49 a.m., Friday, Oct.10, 2008, at her home following a long illness. She was born Nov. 24, 1927, in Yale, to Charles and Ann (Rehak) Pichler where her parents started Chicken Annie's Original. She attended school in Yale and graduated from the Frontenac High School with the class of 1945...

Naomi Lee Newkirk passed away with her sons by her side after a full and long life and a shorter illness on Sept. 10, 2008. She is survived by her two sons Terence, and Douglas; two wonderful grandchildren Nicole and Tobias, and the newest member of the family, Tobias's wife Nicole. ...

Clarence Harold Nation, 76, a resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at the Mercy Health Center following a brief illness. He was born Dec. 20, 1931, in Mound City, Kan., the son of Delbert Ottis Nation and Bertha Jane Coffeen Nation. ...

Ronald Dwane Johns, 64, of New York City, N.Y., passed away Oct. 6, 2008, in New York City after an eight-year battle with cancer. Ron was born Sept. 5, 1944, in Clinton, Okla., to Doyle D. Johns and Sylvia (Hileman) Johns. His mother preceded him in death in March, 1995. ...

Jerry Willis Fanning, 87, Nevada, passed away on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at his home in Nevada. He was born Oct. 28, 1920, in Greenfield, Mo., to Willis Jack Fanning and Bertha Uneeta Freedle Fanning. He married Louise Barr on June 13, 1940, in Greenfield, Mo., and she preceded him in death on April 8, 2000...

A business plan is vital to your business success -- regardless of your organization's size or scope. Attendees can learn to create this organizational roadmap for a small company with the University of Missouri Extension's "The Basics of Writing a Business Plan" class Monday, Oct. 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Nevada TeleCenter...

A small but vocal group of opponents gathered Monday evening at the First Baptist Church to state their positions on the group homes Community Support Services proposes to build on Highland Avenue across from the church. Led by Joe Kraft, the opponents raised a variety of issues from lack of acceptable employees in the area to possibly lower home values...

"Of the 83 books I have on reserve, probably half of them are hers," Nevada High School Library Media Specialist Ranea Schulze said, pulling three of Ellen Hopkins popular yet unnerving novels about dark issues like drug addiction or suicidal behavior from the reserve stack behind her...

Abby Blankenship and Melissa DeCocq, two Nevada High School students, were honored as winners in this year's Area High School Creativity Contest, a part of the four-day Gordon Parks Celebration held Oct. 1-4 at Fort Scott Community College. Both students won with writing related to this year's theme, "Diversity in My Life."...

The Nevada Planning Commission will have a full agenda this afternoon when they take up the issue of spacing between group homes in Nevada, as well as one other zoning issue, a special use permit for a double-wide trailer and the city's five-year capital improvement plan...

The Board of Directors Directors of Nevada Baseball, Inc., d.b.a. Nevada Griffons is proud to annouce the team's official acceptance into the MINK League. The MINK League is comprised of teams from Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas and the league started in 1910 with a six team charter. Over they years, the MINK League has grown to consist of 10 teams in a North and South Division...

The Cottey College Comets volleyball team suffered a tough loss at the hands of Kansas City, Kan. Community College on Friday. In set one, the Comets were up near the beginning and even near the end, but "lost the momentum in between and on the last couple of points," head coach Marla Foreman said, and eventually lost the set 24-26. Set two went in similar fashion and the Comets fell 17-25...

On Oct. 19, the 17th annual Drug Free Schools Volleyball Tournament will once again kick off Red Ribbon Week, which will be held the week of Oct. 19-24. District-wide activities will be held including a special speaker and dress-up days to stress the importances of living a drug-free life...

The Liberal Bulldogs picked up their seventh win of the year as they took down the McAuley High School Warriors in Liberal Friday night. The Bulldogs got on the board first in the game on an 89-yard touchdown run by Jordan Meadows to take a 7-0 lead after the Colten Selvey kick with 9:35 to go in the first quarter. Seven minutes later, Liberal added another touchdown to their lead on a short touchdown run to extend their lead to 14-7...