Stories from Friday, November 19, 2010

Howard "LeRoy" Keith, 68, Walker, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, at his home. He was born on Oct. 25, 1942, in Stockton, Mo., to Finis Charles Keith and Halene Louise Scholler Keith. He married Sylvia M. Lafferty in Miami, Okla., on Aug. 14, 1979, and she survives of the home...

Bea Ella Farmer, 74, El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, at her home in El Dorado Springs, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 6, 1936, in Nevada, Mo., to LeRoy N. Monkres and Elizabeth Lavina Scott Monkres. She was married to Elda Turner and later married to Jack Farmer on May 23, 1974. He preceded her in death in 1989...

Ada A. Hall, 56, Lamar, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Wallace Philip Betz, 87, formerly of Nevada and El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, in Sugar City, Idaho, at the home of his daughter, Judy Luke. Arrangements are under the direction of Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg, Idaho. Condolences maybe sent to the family at www.flammfh.com...

November 6 There was a report of trespassing in the Schell City area. Isaac Lewis was arrested for non-support. Bond is $3,600. Jail population: Total census, 68; state, 6; Vernon County Re-entry program, 2; Bates County, 13; Cedar County, 3; El Dorado Springs, 1; and Crawford County, 1...

Dry weather was boding poorly for the tri-county region served by the University of Missouri's Extension Center until fitful showers starting last week brought the area more than two inches of rain. Moundville has been luckier than Nevada, with .73 of an inch to Nevada's .24 last Wednesday and early Thursday, but Nevada has garnered 2.13 inches altogether during the verdant period beginning three days ago, said Extension Agronomy Specialist Pat Miller, who works in Bates, St. ...

Governor Jay Nixon has proclaimed November as Missouri Resource Conservation and Development Awareness Month. In a Nov. 17 ceremony at the governor's office, Nixon recognized the important role that Resource Conservation and Development plays in protecting natural resources and in promoting economic development in rural communities...

One phone call to the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, was all it took to bring two U.S Marine Corps gunnery sergeants to Max Motors in Nevada on Nov. 16, to kick off the dealership's participation in the annual Toys for Tots drive. "What a proud moment for us to be around two very humble and highly decorated. members of our U.S. Marine Corps. Thanks go to Gunnery Sgt. Dan Norton and Gunnery Sgt. Dan Taylor. God Bless and Semper Fi," said Gene Payne...

Proposition B, also known as the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, was narrowly passed by voters in the Nov. 2 election, having received heavy support in urban areas; but in Vernon County, 73.5 percent of the voters said "no" to the measure. Some were elated, others were not, but as the Missouri legislative session approaches, State Representative Barney J. ...

A panel discussion. "The Power of Women Role Models" held in the Cottey College Center for the Arts on Thursday, focused on the importance of role models in the lives of women in general and four current Cottey students in particular. The students were from a variety of places and backgrounds and their role models included a best friend, a governmental figure, a teacher and a mother...