Stories from Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Stella Lucille Fritter, 99, former resident of Richards, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, at the Christian Health Center in Nevada. She was born March 29, 1911, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Daniel Jacob and Bertha Alice Jones Gardner. She married Louis William Fritter in 1931. ...

Mary Frances Massions, 66, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, at her home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 6, 1944, in Wichita, Kan., to Kenneth Ryan and Byrdie Katherine Castleberry Ryan. She married Dennis M. Massions on July 29, 1966, in Wichita, and he survives of the home...

Neva T. Wardin, 83, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 15, 1927, in Bartlesville, Okla., to Albert Asbury Watson and Thelma T. Ritchey Watson. She was married to H. W. "Jack" Wardin in 1949, and he preceded her in death in May 2003...

Gayleen Jones, 57, Nevada, passed away Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 2, 1953, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Robert Johnson Bell and Mary Ellen Richmond Bell. She was married July 23, 1976, in Oklahoma City to Terrol D. Jones and he survives of the home...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Labor Department's Division of Labor Standards announced that General Wage Order No. 54 is now in effect establishing the new prevailing wage rates for use on all Missouri state highways and transportation construction projects...

The Eagles presented a check to Children's Mercy Hospital on April 3, 2010, for $10,609.74. This money was raised in 2009. Our thanks go out to all the merchants who help us put this benefit on and to all the people who come out and support us. This is a yearly event and is held on the first Saturday in April. The money raised in 2010 will be presented later this year...

Austin Forkner, Richards, continues to rack up motocross wins as the season continues. Now he's in the running to be featured on the cover of Motoplayground magazine. "He needs votes. If you have a facebook account, you go on there, and go to Motoplayground and vote for him. It would really be neat to have that happen," said Austin's mother, Julie Forkner...

On Tuesday, Aug. 3, Missourians cast their ballots in the primary election, which also contained a statewide referendum called Proposition C, better known as the "Health Care Freedom Act." Nearly one million Missourians voted on the issue, and an overwhelming 71 percent opposed the federal government's attempt to impose health care mandates on the citizens of our state...

Falling in quicksand isn't always deadly, but it's never fun. My experience hasn't been like what we see in the movies where a person is running through the jungle and suddenly finds himself up to his neck in a bottomless pit. "Don't move," they yell, "stay calm."...

Matt Eddy isn't the typical person you think of when talking about cross-country trekking but Matt isn't your typical anything. Matt has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, only has the use of two fingers and requires a ventilator to breathe but that didn't stop him in 2008 when he made his first cross-country trip and he says he is determined that it won't stop him this year either...

The USDA has announced that a general sign-up for a 2010 Conservation Reserve Program began on Aug. 2 and will continue through Aug. 27. Farmers may offer eligible land for CRP's competitive general sign-up at the Vernon County Farm Service Agency office...

About 50 American Legion Riders and other motorcyclists cruise east on Austin Boulevard in Nevada during the Parade of Flags held Saturday, Aug. 7, in honor of the 100th anniversary of Memorial Hall. The riders and many others came from as far away as Warrensburg and Independence to ride in the parade, see the presentation of a joint resolution from MIssouri State Senator David Pearce and Missouri State Representative Barney Fisher and hear U.S. ...

Seven Nevada residents in two separate crashes suffered injuries Sunday, according to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Four of the seven were involved in a single-vehicle crash on Route B approximately a half a mile west of county road 7305 in Bates County. The other three were injured in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 54 one half mile east of Weaubleau in Hickory County. Although separated by more than 70 miles, both wrecks occurred within minutes of each other, shortly after 4 p.m...

Registration is under way now for a popular annual youth soccer event. The Nevada Elks Lodge will hold the Annual Youth Soccer Shoot on Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Elks Lodge, 510 Centennial Blvd, Nevada. The competition is open to all area youth between the ages of 5-13 as of Aug. ...

Two yoga classes will be offered at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center in September. Yoga for Strength and Balance, for beginners and experienced practitioners, will be conducted Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Basic Yoga will be conducted Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:45-7:45 p.m...

Two New Jersey men who are walking across the United States to raise money for charities benefiting people with cancer walked into Nevada on Friday, Aug. 6. Rob Bonora and Anthony Greco arrived in town and were welcomed and shown some Nevada hospitality by Mile Turnbull, Chairman of the Vernon County Cancer Relief Fund and other members of the community...