Stories from Friday, September 25, 2009

Earl Lee Schneider, 81, formerly of Walker, Mo., died on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kan. He was born July 3, 1928, in Hesston, Kan., to Henry W. Schneider and Marie Ratzlaff Schneider. He married Marlene M. Hiebert on Feb. 14, 1952, in Hillsboro, Kan., and she preceded him in death on March 30, 1966. He later married Violet V. Koehn on June 18, 1967, in Montezuma, Kan., and she preceded him in death on Oct. 26, 2008...

Sept. 23 There were reports of an ex parte violation in the Richards area, a check well being in the Nevada area, cows out in the Harwood area, a noise complaint in the Schell City area, a refuse to leave in the Stotesbury area, gunshots in the Sheldon area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Nevada area, smoke in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Nevada area, an abandoned vehicle in the Nevada area, a dog at large in the Bellamy area, a request to speak to a deputy in the Nevada area, and an assault in the Nevada area.. ...

Missouri Senator David Pearce was one of 19 people honored at an annual ceremony honoring services to Missouri and the state's judiciary. The ceremony was part of an annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of Missouri, held in St. Louis. Supreme Court of Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. honored the 18 legislators and one retired judge for their contributions to protecting and improving the administration of justice in Missouri...

A total of 90 units of blood was collected during the recent visit of the American Red Cross Bloodmobile to Nevada. The following persons received their gallon pins: 22 gallons, Gary Jones; 19 gallons, Jim Tedlock; seven gallons, Nettie Rummel; five gallons, Frederick Varner and Sherrie Fox; four gallons, David West and Roman Borntrager; two gallons, Phoebe Harper and Janet Kinney; and one gallon, James Tumm...

Mo-Kan Squares will be hosting beginning square dance lessons on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Two-hour sessions will begin at 7 p.m., each Tuesday, for approximately 20 weeks, and will begin in the fellowship hall of the Nevada United Methodist Church, at 500 S. College. Participants should enter through the back door...

Vernon County Prosecutor Lynn Ewing III and the attorney for Charles E. Stewart, Eric Landoll, agreed to continue the pre-trial hearing on the charges against him for two weeks until Oct. 8. Stewart, 18, of Schell City, is charged with second degree arson in the July 4 fire which began in an unoccupied dwelling and spread to a storage building to the west owned by the Schell City Methodist Church...

A crash took the life of two Nevada teens, Corey Martin and Emily Ann DeBrine, Nov. 26, 2008, and members of families of both teens say he has devastated the lives of family and friends. Monday Gale R. Pelser, 74, Eldridge, will face a misdemeanor charge of careless and imprudent driving in front of Judge Joseph B. Phillips in the Vernon County Courthouse Monday at 11 a.m...

What is the meaning of life? What knowledge is important to know? The public will have the opportunity to find out at the Mini Last Lecture, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m., in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts...

The senior class of Bronaugh High School, like seniors everywhere, are raising money for their senior trip. They started early for the push to the finish this year, planting two acres of corn they turned into a Halloween maze. The students, 14 in all, did the work sporadically over the summer but had to wait until the corn was more mature to figure out where to place the maze paths, which took three weekends of cutting to achieve...

The Nevada Lady Tigers golf team capped off a perfect season in match play Thursday afternoon as they hosted Carl Junction, Seneca and Girard. The Lady Tigers showed yet another very strong performance as they have all season on their way to winning the match with an overall team score of 188 -- 18 strokes ahead of second place Carl Junction. Seneca finished third at 228 while Girard rounded out the order, posting an overall score of 269...

The Nevada Lady Tigers varsity softball team put their 10-5 record on the line Thursday afternoon as they hosted the Lady Liberators of Bolivar at Bushwhacker Field. The Lady Tigers came into Thursday's game hoping to take advantage of the momentum they were afforded from their recent three-game sweep in the El Dorado Springs Invitational tournament. That was exactly what the Lady Tigers were able to do as they took advantage of a late rally to take a 4-2 victory...

The Nevada Lady Tigers varsity volleyball team earned their sixth win of the year Thursday night as they hosted the Lady Tigers of Stockton inside Wynn Gymnasium. The second set lull that the Lady Tigers have been battling all season long stayed away throughout Thursday's match, allowing Nevada to hold on and take a two-set victory in a crucial game. ...

It is not surprising that "Union" Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis who commanded the Department of Kansas is 1864 would state that, "The idea of Price being anywhere in Missouri is monstrous! To those Missourians of the "northern persuasion" and there were a great many during the Civil War this was true! However, to those of the "southern persuasion" in the Show-Me-State this was heresy, because the second coming of Major General Sterling Price and his "Army of Missouri," hopefully, would liberate them from northern oppression and aggression! Alas, in retrospect Price's 1864 Campaign in Missouri and Kansas did not liberate Missouri from its' northern occupation and oppression. ...