Stories from Friday, June 18, 2010

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail After spending the better part of a week off due to uncooperative weather and field conditions, the Nevada Griffons' efforts to keep their season going finally paid off Wednesday night as they took the field at Lyons Stadium against the Joplin Outlaws...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Saturday the Vernon County Centennial Fairgrounds arena will resound with the thunder of engines stressed to their limits as the Spring River Pulling Association, Springfield, will help host a truck and tractor pull starting at 7 p.m. ...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail One person's dream, the community-minded efforts of many and the generosity of countless private citizens, civic organizations and businesses of the area have finally come to fruition with the Thursday, June 17 opening of the new Smile Clinic...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Governor Jay Nixon has announced budget restrictions for the fiscal year 2011 that will have the effect of speeding up the transition of the Nevada Habilitation Center. Presently, the plan to move residents of the center to other types of facilities is still on track...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department, Fire Department and Vernon County Ambulance District reponded to a three-car crash that occured at the intersection of Main and Hickory streets just after 1 p.m. on Thursday. According to information gathered at the scene, the crash occured when a Chevrolet Cavalier, driven northbound on Main by Nick Algiere, 16, of Nevada, struck a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Darrell Sander, 27, of Nevada, that was traveling eastbound on Hickory...

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- On Thursday, the Missouri Department of Agriculture launched Focus on Missouri Agriculture, an online photo contest asking the public to help capture the story of agriculture in pictures. The contest, which will run through July 26, asks amateur photographers to submit their best photographs depicting Missouri agriculture...

Nevada Daily Mail "But remember this, I am a girl, but I can fire a pistol" These were the words of Sene Campbell to James Montgomery, whose actions on the morning of Dec, 16, 1858, had resulted in the death of her fiancée, John Little. On Saturday, June 19, at Fort Scott National Historic Site, the public is invited to attend an evening tour featuring tragedies of Fort Scott history. ...

Marvin Earl Tate, age 89, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He was born March 31, 1921, in Calloway County, Mo,, the son of Oscar Lee Tate and Ona May Palmer Tate. Marvin was one of 17 children whose generation spanned 138 years. ...

Leesa Maree Haehn, age 27, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., more recently of Leavenworth, Kan., died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at her home in Leavenworth following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 8, 1982, in Fort Scott, the daughter of David Hite and Kathy Brown Hite...

David E. McCannon Jr. was born in Chilhowee, Mo., on Dec. 2, 1936. He was an over-the-road trucker most of his adult life. He is survived by Deanna Marlow of Blue Springs, Mo.; a daughter, Sheri Ring and husband Ron of Lee's Summit, Mo; two sons, Charles Edward McCannon and wife Amy of Alton, Ill., and David Edward McCannon III of Excelsior Springs, Mo.; a stepson, Rick Marlow and wife Becky of Pleasant Hill, Mo.; and a stepdaughter, Melissa Goss and husband Randy of Blue Springs. ...

Lloyd Russell Murray, age 92, a resident of the Life Care Center of Wichita, Kan., died Thursday, June 17, 2010. He was born Oct. 14, 1917, in Richards, Mo., the son of Lloyd Raymond and Martha Alice Sheperd Murray. He attended Fort Scott schools and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1935. He attended one year of Fort Scott Junior College and left to make money as a full-time motion picture operator...

By Michael Pommier Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- "That was the dumbest thing I've every done." Those were the first words uttered Friday morning by local resident Bob Beckham after finishing a 26.3-mile journey running from Pittsburg to Fort Scott...

Herald-Tribune Teams from the Race Across America were making their way through Vernon County on Thursday. The Race Across America is a bicycle race spanning more than 3,000 miles, from Oceanside, Calif., to Annapolis, Md. Women started the race on June 8. ...

Herald-Tribune Vernon County, Mo. -- On Monday, June 21, the Route F Bridge over Little Drywood Creek, will be closed for replacement. The bridge should reopen in approximately 45 days. This bridge is part of the Missouri Department of Transportation's Safe & Sound program, an effort to improve or replace a total of 802 of MoDOT's most worn-out bridges by Dec. 31, 2013. The department says that 554 of those bridges will be replaced...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune The Nevada Griffons officially opened the 2010 Parents' Weekend Friday night with the second of four home games in four days against one of the new faces to the MINK League this season. The Omaha Diamond Spirit baseball team was founded in 1994 by general manager and head coach Arden Rakorsky, but just joined the MINK League this season after Rakorsky took advantage of the vacancy created by the folding of the Beatrice Bruins organization after last season...

They say that the only thing that doesn't change is change. Recently, I saw a case in point. At the weigh-in of a bass tournament held on Table Rock, all the anglers in the tournament had big bass boats powered by 200-horsepower motors and all kinds of electronic equipment -- a far cry from the '60's when I fished tournaments...

Joshua Query and Yasmina Al-Shawish announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Yasmina is the daughter of Donald and Alisa Minor, Fort Scott. She attended Fort Scott High School, Fort Scott Community College and Pittsburg State University. She is currently employed by Nevada R-5 School District as a fourth grade teacher...

Tom and Cindy Davis and Brad and Robin Hartman, all of Fort Scott, announce the engagement of their children, Heather Davis and Grant Hartman. Heather is the granddaughter of Warren and Roberta Davis, Fort Scott; and David and Janice Gill, Overland Park...

Jack and Marianna Cotten celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 30, 2010. The Cottens were married May 29, 1960, at Cool Hill RLDS Church, a small country church east of El Dorado Springs. To this union three daughters were born -- Doris, Rhonda and Jacque...

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Person, of Nevada, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on June 21, 2010. A family dinner for 60 is planned for Sunday, June 20, at America's Best Inn conference room, Nevada. The Persons were married June 21, 1960, in Denver, Colo., and have resided in Germany, New Jersey and Rockwell, Ill., prior to moving to Nevada in 1979, where they have made their home since...