Stories from Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Virginia Barbara Elizabeth Giacopasi Nash, 68, died Saturday afternoon, Nov. 13, 2010. "Her heart," said the doctor, "just gave out." She was a member of CCPA, REALTORS, and the Nevada Public Library Board, among many other civic organizations. Ginny was born on July 31, 1942, in Jackson Heights, Queens, N.Y., to Virginia and Henry Giacopasi. ...

Eileen Mae Wisehart, 92, died at 10:55 a.m., Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, at Via Christi Village. She was born Sept. 14, 1918, in Harris, Kan., to Dempsey Ethredge and Guinivere Katherine Wilson Gibbs. She married Claude A. Dunham Jr., in Carthage, Mo., on May 7, 1942, and they lived in Fort Scott until 1963, when they moved to Pittsburg. He died in 1976. She married Jim Wisehart in Hawaii on Oct. 12, 1983, and moved to Sheldon, Mo. He preceded her in death in December 2007...

Anna Mae Cooper, 72, a resident of Arma, Kan., died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She was born June 19, 1938, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Emery Theodore Phillips and Grace Belle Proctor Phillips. She married Darrel G. Wise and he preceded her in death on Nov. 12, 1973. She later married Clarence William "Bill" Cooper on July 5, 1985, at Miami, Okla. Anna Mae enjoyed horses, music and dancing as well as cooking and fishing...

Ethel Pauline Sewell, 89, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 21, at her daughter's home in Lowry City, Mo. She was born on July 3, 1921, in Nevada, to James Ray Flagor and Mabel Claire McGee Flagor. She was married to Arthur L. Sewell on Sept. 3, 1939, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. He preceded her in death on Oct. 20, 1999, following 60 years of marriage...

Adi Wilson, 9, Richards, Mo., shot this 10-point buck recently for her first-ever kill. Adi is the daughter of Lee and Stacey Wilson and the granddaughter of Loel and Lana Wilson and Jay and Rita Farris.

Every year, hundreds of children in Vernon County face a bleak holiday season. But each year, for the past 20 years, the community has joined in an effort spearheaded by employees of the Vernon County Ambulance District to make that holiday one that's filled with toys and smiles...

As colder weather sets in, people are turning on furnaces, lighting wood-burning stoves, and warming up cars before getting into them. All of these are everyday activities that are part of living in the Midwest. But the Nevada Fire Department cautions that these also are all activities that can unleash a silent killer in your home. ...

The number of candidates for the 2011 city council election grew to seven Monday, with the filing of Jeff Bloom, 626 W. Hunter. Bloom joins Sherry Steward, Brian Leonard, Myron Damon, Dann Sutton, Vince Laquidara and Randy Boultinghouse in the race for the two open seats currently held by Steward and Leonard, who were elected last fall to fill the seats that were vacated by the resignations of Joyce Wilson and Tim Wells earlier in the year...

The Ozark Trails Council of Boy Scouts of America has announced that Mark and Monhmany McCoy of Fort Scott, Kan., will be honored in this Centennial year of The Boy Scouts of America's as Distinguished Citizens of Ozark Trails Council, Boy Scouts of America...

The Vernon County Extension Center, located on the ground floor of the Vernon County Courthouse, wants to invite everyone to join them for their Holiday Open House to be held on Friday. Dec. 3. The public is welcome to come by Extension Center between 8 a. m. and 2:30 p.m. for refreshments and to visit with the staff...

The Nevada Public Library will hold its annual book sale on Saturday, Dec. 4, in the library meeting room, Walnut Street entrance. The sale will be open 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and will remain open the following week Monday-Saturday during library hours.

The Vernon County University Extension Center now has the order forms for seedling trees and shrubs. These seedlings, grown by the Missouri Department of Conservation, are sold to persons desiring to make conservation plantings. Plantings may be made for such purposes as Christmas trees, the production of wood products, wildlife food and cover, windbreaks, erosion control, nut production or beautification...

Gary Rose, Nevada. stands in front of a DC-3 or C-47 at the annual Oshkosh gathering of the Experimental Aircraft Association held from July 26 to Aug 1 in Oshkosh Wis This year marked the 75th anniversary of the DC-3 and 40 of them, led by this plane called Duggy, flew into Oshkosh for the world's largest air show. More than 500,000 people attended the event that featured nearly 10,000 aircraft...

Graham Burnley, Nevada's new police chief, visits with Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman, left, during a reception Friday to give Burnley an opportunity to meet the Nevada police officers, council members, area law enforcement personnel and community leaders. Burnley, who has been with the Chesterfield Police Department since 1989, and a police officer since 1974, will start work in Nevada on Jan. 1...

Northeast Vernon County High School's "Meet the Knights" event was held Friday, Nov. 19, at the Walker campus. The event kicks off winter sports at NEVC; and above, the Cheer/Dance Team dance to "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with the Junior Cheerleaders. ...