Stories from Saturday, January 16, 2010

Curves of Nevada will be joining other Curves facilities throughout the world this January in a company-wide campaign called Stronger + Together, an international movement to make one million women healthier in 2010. The program will rely heavily on women sharing their success stories and providing confidence and inspiration to others...

The Missouri Academy of Family Physicians is now seeking nominations for the prestigious award, Missouri Family Physician of the Year. Nominations may be made by the public, as well as by physicians. Nominees should be in practice at least five years. Additional criteria for the award and a nomination form are available on the Academy's Web site at www.mo-afp.org or can be requested by calling (573) 635-0830 or e-mailing atuma@mo-afp.org ...

"Today, prescription drugs are a part of every day life for many older adults in our community -- much more so than 10 years ago," says Irene Holt, Care Manager. On average, seniors could be taking 5 prescription pills a day or more, not counting over-thecounter drugs. ...

Wyomia Uinta (Marriott) Mark, of Ash Grove, Mo., passed away Jan. 14, 2010, at the Ash Grove Health Care Facility. She was born March 2, 1910, to William Oliver and Nellie Allie (Roberts) Marriott. She was married to William Basil Mark on June 20, 1928, at Santa Ana, Calif., and to this union four children were born: Mary Marcellene, Basil Eugene, Ronald Lee, and Paul Ralph...

Ruby Mae Harper, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, died early Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. She was born Jan. 8, 1922, in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Elmer Miller and Mamie Edwards Miller. She first married Herman Wesley Bacon in 1941. ...

Donald Gordon, 89, died Jan. 4, 2010 in La Jolla, Calif. He was one of the few remaining World War II Fighter Aces. Captain Donald "Flash" Gordon was born to his mother Helen Lee (Couch) and father Arch Brown Gordon on July 17, 1920, in a farmhouse just outside of Garland, Kan. ...

Sandra Lynn Patterson, 49, of Bella Vista, Ark., passed from this life Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. She was born on Sept. 3, 1960, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Jerrold Clifford and Nancy Jo (Smith) Patterson. The family lived in Shawnee and Overland Park, Kan., before moving to Ava, Mo., in 1971. ...

Anyone who plans to apply pesticides to their property is required to take a one-day training course before doing so. The University of Missouri Extension is offering a course in private pesticide applicator training four times, in Butter, Nevada and Osceola between Feb. 16 and March 9...

Sheldon, Mo. -- An audience member quickly expressed the question on his mind during a Thursday, Jan. 14, meeting of the Sheldon Board of Aldermen, asking "Why not buy water from Nevada?" Alderman Jared Lamb explained that there are several factors that would militate against that. ...

Jared Christofer Brundige, 18, of Nevada, was arraigned in the Circuit Court of Vernon County on Wednesday, Jan. 13, on one count of assault on school property, a class C felony, and one felony count of armed criminal action. The charges stem from an incident that took place at the Nevada High School on Monday, Jan. 11. A probable cause statement and felony complaint filed with the Circuit Court on Jan. 12 alleges that Brundige used a knife to assault a juvenile in the school cafeteria...

GARLAND, Kan. -- The paperwork has been signed and now it is time to start the dirty work on the Garland Storm Shelter. After two years or planning and three attempts at funding, physical work on the site of Garland's storm shelter is scheduled to begin Monday as the project's contractor, Home Center Construction, of Pittsburg, Kan., is ready to move forward...

The Nevada Police Department recently conducted an Alcohol Sales Compliance Project in the city. The goal of this project, the first one in at least a year, according to Captain Casey Crain, is to deter local businesses that sell alcoholic beverages from selling them to persons under the age of 21, according to a press release dated Jan. 12...

FORT SCOTT, Kan.-- Each year for nearly three decades, a fundraiser at Fort Scott Community College has been successful in raising money that benefits many students who attend the two-year college. The FSCC Alumni and Friends Association is preparing for the 28th annual Dollars for Scholars Phon-A-Thon, which begins Tuesday at the college. ...

William James Barger, aka Billy Barger, the man arrested in rural Vernon County on Monday, Jan. 11, in connection with the Jan. 8 kidnapping of Jeffrey Muller and November 2009 home invasion in Vernon County in which is not the son of Sonny Barger, the founder of the California based Hell's Angels motorcycle club and has no connection to the club, according to Fritz Clapp, an attorney representing Ralph "Sonny" Barger...

Earl and Marjorie Rogers will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on Jan. 24, 2010. The family is asking friends and relatives to honor them with a card shower. Cards may be sent to 5741 E. Katy Track Road, Richards, MO 64778. Earl "Buster" Rogers and Marjorie Josepeit were married Jan. ...

Delbert Agee Jr. and Joyce (Griffiths) Agee, of Bronaugh, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on Jan. 19, 2010. The couple were married in the Lutheran Church in Nevada, Mo., on Jan. 19, 1985. The Agees' children are daughter Debra Hildebrandt and son-in-law Hank, of Pittsburg, Kan., and son Jason Agee, of the home, and one grandson, Lusas Hildebrandt...

NEVADA, Mo. -- Amid rumors of a physical altercation outside the high school, the Nevada Tigers varsity basketball team found themselves with a much easier task ahead of them than originally expected Friday night. Unbeknownst to fans inside Wynn Gymnasium, reports surfaced during the Tigers' 48-27 defeat of the McDonald County Mustangs of some sort of physical altercation in the parking lot of the high school, but no details were available at press time...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High's boys were up 9-0 on visiting Girard in just a little more than two minutes at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night as the Tigers went on to a 61-32 victory in a non-league contest. The Tigers (7-3) established an up-tempo game that winless Girard (0-8) could not keep up with. ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers wrestling team has battled a short roster that has given them substantial struggles in dual competition throughout the entire 2009-'10 season. Thanks to one wrestler being sidelined by injury and two others being in danger of having wrestled too many matches by the time they reach the district tournament, those issues were even further compounded Thursday night for the Tigers as they struggled their way to a 62-8 defeat...

ANDERSON, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade basketball teams came home with mixed results from their first road trip of the year as they took on McDonald County Middle School Thursday night. The seventh grade B team got the night off to a promising start for Nevada, coming back from a 12-5 halftime deficit to win by a final score of 21-13. Brian Nelson led the offensive effort with nine points...

After the Lady Tigers found themselves on a scoring drought that lasted the better part of 8 minutes, the Lady Mustangs of McDonald County High School wasted no time taking full advantage of the situation during Friday night's game at Wynn Gymnasium...

A neighbor I visited with this week reminded me that the recent snow and cold isn't all bad for the outdoorsman. "It's a great time for checking where the wildlife are by finding their tracks in the snow. Many people would be surprised to see how many birds and animals are closer than they might think and for the hunter, he can see how and where deer, rabbit and other game animals spend their winter," he said...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School girls' head coach Jeff Armstrong did not like what he saw from his team Friday night. What Armstrong saw was a team that wasn't ready to play one of the top teams in Southeast Kansas and on that was unable to play well whenever Jolee Sharp was on the bench with foul trouble...