Stories from Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Richard Souders, 70, El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born June 7, 1939 in Kidder, Mo., to Emmitt James Souders and Dorothy Marjorie Boner Souders. He was married June 11, 1956, in Gladstone, Mo., to Bonnie V. Landis, and she survives of the home...

Hugh Renfro, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, departed this world on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at St. Luke's East Medical Center in Lee's Summit, Mo., surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 89 years, 6 months and 17 days. Hugh was born Nov. 12, 1920, in Sundance, Wyoming, the son of Hollie and Mary Ethel (Gott) Renfro. He spent his younger years in the Nevada area...

Clarence M. "Hank" Ewing, age 79 of Nevada died on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, as the result of a sudden illness. Clarence was born on May 28, 1931, in Glaslyn, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Kenneth E. and Fannie A. Hobbs Ewing. On July 9, 1976, he was married to Patsy Ann Wallace and she survives of the home...

Dale Allan Dockery, 57, Sheldon, Mo., died on Monday, May 31, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, following a lengthy illness. A visitation will be held from 3-5 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

The Missouri Class 3 State Track and Field Championships featured six Nevada High School athletes Thursday. None of those six were able to achieve state champion status, but there were some strong performances nonetheless. Sophomore Alex Bledsoe turned in the best of those performances as he finished fourth in the boys' 800-meter run in 1 minute, 57.34 seconds. Senior Heather Thomas posted a 12th place finish in the shot put with a distance of 34 feet, 10 inches on her third throw...

The 2009-'10 Class 3, District 12 All-District teams have officially been announced. This year's teams featured several familiar names as Nevada and El Dorado Springs High Schools combined for six selections. For Nevada, senior Ron Johnson joined sophomore Cory Kerbs on the first team while Kyle "Bubba" Banes and Taylor Scotten were both selected to the second team. El Dorado Springs senior Colt Whitesell and junior Kanon Hoover both earned first team spots...

A grand slam home run. It's a feat that many baseball players -- especially at the high school level -- can only dream of. As of Tuesday, however, Nevada Red Sox pitcher and infielder Austin Baldwin is now one of the select few high school level players who can claim to have accomplished such a feat...

Johnny Preston enlisted in the United States Army under the buddy system in 1963. He and his buddy were sent to Ft. Leonard Wood where they saw each other once while there and parted ways completely after that. After eight weeks of basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Preston was sent to Ft. Belvoir, where he was sent to the Corps of Engineers and trained to work on heavy equipment. He worked on electric generators, diesel trucks, and the Hawk missile...

Members of the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce were sent a letter from executive director Cat McGrath-Farmer requesting they pay a special assessment of $80. The request is to help the chamber weather a cash-flow shortfall. The request comes after the chamber board of directors examined the budget and cut expenses...

Camp Clark wants to get out of the sewage treatment business and the Missouri National Guard has asked the city of Nevada to consider extending a sewer line to the camp and providing that service. Tuesday night the city council voted 5-0 to approve the city entering into negotiations with Camp Clark to develop a plan...