Stories from Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Corliss Olene Kepler, 85, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., following a sudden illness. She was born Jan. 6, 1925, in Barton County, Homer R. Lathrop and Marguerite Mallory Lathrop. She was married to Carl O. Kimsey on Feb. 2, 1944, and he preceded her in death. She later married James R. Kepler on Aug. 18, 1962, and he preceded her in death on March 15, 1987...

Frances Aileen Russell Gibson, 87, El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away Oct. 2, 2010, following a brief illness. She was born Nov. 3, 1922, near Nevada, to Robert Rodney Russell and Adrian Janette Lowe Russell. She married Everett James Gibson in June of 1946. They lived in Vernon County where she worked at the shoe factory prior to moving to the Kansas City area, where she was a homemaker, and began their family. She later worked as a seamstress, making custom draperies...

Vern K. Meinershagen, 91, Independence, Mo., passed away Oct. 1, 2010. Vern was born July 24, 1919 In Independence, Mo., to Edward and Ida (Kehr) Meinershagen. Vern served his country proudly two times. He was a Master Sergeant, recipient of the Bronze Star and is a veteran of the U.S. ...

Chris and Sandy Armstrong, Nevada, and big brother Tyler, are proud to announce to birth of their son and baby brother, Logan Ruger Armstrong. Logan was born 7:33 p.m., Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

It's a busy time for firefighters in Vernon and Cedar counties; and local American Red Cross caseworkers Valorie Mead and Joyce Wallace are helping five Cedar County families with finding resources for food, clothing and a place to stay following an early morning fire that took place a little more than a week ago in El Dorado Springs, as well as families in need in Vernon County...

Nevada city manager JD Kehrman told the city council Tuesday night that Camp Clark is interested in connecting to the city sanitary sewer system and closing their sewage lagoon. The current plan is to pass the cost of extending the sewer lines to the camp through use fees...

Award-winning actress, author, and activist Ruby Dee will be the recipient of the "Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons Award" at the seventh annual Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity, Oct. 6-9. at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan...

A Joplin woman has become the 25th person to uncover a $250,000 prize on a Missouri Lottery "$250,000 Mega Cash" Scratchers ticket. Beverly Shaffer stopped for Pick 3 tickets on Sept. 30, and decided to purchase one of the $10 Scratchers ticket while she was there. She scratched the ticket in the parking lot of Super Stop, 1418 E. 32nd St. in Joplin, and discovered a $10 winner. So, Shaffer returned to the store to buy another ticket. It was that ticket that held the top prize...

According to information provided by the city of Nevada, the residents of this house at 323 N. Ash Street were ordered on Monday to vacate the house within 72 hours after the building inspector, while conducting a routine inspection found serious deficiencies that endangered the occupants. ...

The fifth annual Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation Gala, held Saturday at the Nevada Elks Lodge, enjoyed the highest attendance in its history. More than 200 attended the event, which raised nearly $13,000 to be put toward the purchase of an infant security system for the maternity department at the hospital. Foundation board chairman Bob Beaver said the system will cost about $50,000...

Alexa Cubbage stole the show as the Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team took on Clinton in a district semifinal match at Nevada High School Tuesday evening. In the No. 6 singles match, Cubbage found herself in a hole on a number of occasions and after a match that lasted roughly two hours, was finally able to secure the victory after three sets and a tiebreaker to give the Lady Tigers the dual victory...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams swept Joplin East Monday in the Joplin East Middle School gym. Head coach Trudy Fleeman's eighth graders won the A match, 25-10 and 25-14, and the B team match, 25-17 and 25-13. Head coach Marsha Hooper's seventh graders equalled that success, sweeping Joplin East, 25-13 and 25-18, in the A team match and 25-7 and 25-13 in the B team match...

Football season is underway, and right now some football fanatic somewhere, is probably telling the often-repeated story about Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels. Riegels pulled one of the worst blunders in the history of college football by running the wrong way for 65 yards after picking up a fumble during the 1929 Rose Bowl...