Stories from Thursday, February 3, 2011

Anna Eileen Garrett, 92, of Raytown, Mo., died on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, at the Hidden Lake Care Center in Raytown, following an illness of several months. She was born on Oct. 16, 1918, in Horton, Mo., to Charles and Anna Mae Stoltz Hauser. Eileen was raised in Horton, Mo., and graduated from Nevada High School in 1937. ...

James Glenn Ferguson, 91, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at the Lonoke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lonoke, Ark. He was born Sept. 1, 1919, in Fort Scott, Kan., to James and Ethel (Briggs) Ferguson. He married Ruth Eileen Brooks, of Hume, Mo., on May 26, 1942, in Nevada, Mo...

William Michael Stubbs, 51, of Newport, Wash., passed away on Jan. 28, 2011. Bill spent many summers in Nevada with his grandparents. He attended David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. He was a member of the Eagles No. 3443, for five years, in Newport. He was employed by Albeni Falls True Value in Oldtown, Idaho...

Rosalee Kate Winter, 89, of McPherson, Kan., died on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, at Cedars house in McPherson. Internment of cremated remains will be at a later date in McPherson Cemetery, McPherson. Arrangements are under the direction of Glidden Ediger Funeral Home, McPherson...

Editor's note: this is the second part of a three part series about the problems facing the Vernon County assessor. The complete reappraisal of the commercial property in Vernon County is needed because some of the properties have been undervalued and some of them have been overvalued. ...

No one reported actually seeing a groundhog poke its head out of its burrow in Vernon County on Wednesday, but in the sunny weather it's certain the creature would have seen its shadow. According to legend, that means six more weeks of winter. Most folks would probably say the groundhog's prognostication isn't needed; 18 inches of snow is proof enough that winter's still here...

The leadership team at Nevada Regional Medical Center has been meeting routinely to plan for the blizzard conditions and put those plans into action as the winter storm worsened. The team determined to close all "non-essential" (to patient care) departments of the hospital. Essential staff includes direct and indirect patient care employees such as: housekeeping, nutritional services, doctors and nurses...

The sun was shining brightly Wednesday morning as Vernon Countians dealt with the estimated 18 inches of snow dumped across the area on Tuesday. Snow plows from the Missouri Department of Transportation were out all night in an effort to clear streets. ...