Stories from Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Donald Wilson Owen, 90, of Schell City, Mo., the oldest son of Albert Chalmers and Cora Elizabeth (Dieter) Owen, was born on Sept. 14, 1919, in Maysville, Mo., and passed from this life at 3:28 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at the Cedar County Memorial Hospital, in El Dorado Springs...

Dec. 16 Linda K. Anderson, Nevada, speeding 27/15. Michelle J. Bernal, Pittsburg, Kan., speeding 42/30. Lee Frank Hardman Jr., Nevada, speeding 60/40. Heather M. Hughes, Nevada, expired license plates. Herbert I. Johnson, Lamar, expired license plates...

Robert and Teresa Spencer, of Sheldon, and siblings, Jesse, Abby, Tori, Carrie, and Gracie, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Owen McQuade Spencer. Owen was born at 6:34 a.m., on Dec. 26, 2009, at Freeman Hospital, in Joplin. He weighed 7 pounds, 7.6 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Dec. 16 An accident occurred at 4:45 p.m., at Walnut and Main, involving an SUV driven by Connie J. Duncan, of Fort Scott, and a car driven by Sara L. Brewer, of Nevada. No injuries were reported. Dec. 18 An accident occurred at 1:05 p.m., at Austin and Washington, involving a pickup driven by Wayne E. Everly, of Sheldon, and a car driven by Tyler C. Borders, of Nevada. No injuries were reported...

Nevada Regional Medical Center is offering a free glaucoma screening Monday, Jan. 11, from 8:30-10:30 a.m., in the mezzanine conference room. Marcia Jenkins from Mid America Eye Center will perform the screening. Call Nevada Regional Medical Center's Community Education Department at (417) 448-3622 to register or e-mail swilson@nrmchealth.com...

There's still time to sign up for American Red Cross Disaster Action Team training, scheduled for Jan. 9. The class, a prerequisite for volunteers who want to be part of local teams who respond to disasters, will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church at 15467 E. Quail Road, 1:30-6:30 p.m...

The son of a woman missing since 1991 is asking people to revisit their memories of the case in the hope something new might turn up in the case of Cheryl Ann Kenney who went missing from Quality Convenience sometime after 10 p.m., Feb. 27, 1991. Joshua Darnell said he has been in contact with the Nevada Police Department, Vernon County Sheriff's Office, and the Missouri Highway Patrol's Missing Persons Unit...

Landowners interested in learning to conduct prescribed burns should make plans to attend a Prescribed Burn Workshop being held on Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Vernon County Fairgrounds home economics building in Nevada. This workshop starts at 9 a.m. and will be especially useful for landowners interested in wildlife management and grassland management...

Winter weather and accidents seem to go hand in hand. Add to that a major holiday such as New Year's Eve, things can get even worse. However, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that even though there were more accidents during this year's traffic counting period, there were only four fatalities, fewer than last year...

A new decade ushers in updated pacesetter awards for the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce. Executive Director Cat McGrath-Farmer said that the new awards better reflect the makeup of the community. "We don't have a lot of big businesses, so the new business award encompasses all businesses in the area," McGrath-Farmer said...