Stories from Friday, June 3, 2011

Anna Mae Shaw, 85, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born Aug. 21, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of John Novak and Anna Kipila Novak. Anna graduated from Glenville High School and worked for the U.S. ...

Mary Elizabeth Bruegger, 87, died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Olathe. She was born Feb. 28, 1924, at Whiting, Ind., the daughter of Lester and Viola Beck Chansler. A longtime Hutchinson resident moving to the Kansas City area in 2010, she had worked for Beech Aircraft and was quality controller operator for Consolidate Rebuilders, retiring in 1986. ...

Linda Clark, 68, of Schell City, Mo., died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at her home. Funeral services will begin at 9:45 a.m., Saturday, June 4, at the Church of Israel in Schell City. Visitation will be today from 7-8 p.m., at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, Schell City. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Schell City...

Groton, Conn. -- Eight USS Missouri (SSN 780) sailors departed their homeport in Groton, Conn., for Joplin, Mo., June 1, to assist with recovery efforts following a tornado that tore through the city last month. The eight sailors elected to take voluntary leave for one week to assist victims and with cleanup efforts in Joplin...

The Battle of Drywood Creek on Sept. 1-2, 1861, was not a major conflict of the Civil War, but it has elements that make it well worth recounting in this sesquicentennial year. It was led up to by great apprehension and misinformation and carried out with a mixture of comedy and ferocity that prompted the late Vernon County historian Patrick Brophy to conclude, "It was more of a skirmish than a battle, but it's our Civil War battle."...

Doug King, Bentonville, Ark., gets a rope on his calf Thursday night in the tie-down calf roping competiton, at the Vernon County Youth Fair rodeo at Centennial Park. King had his calf down and tied in 12.1 seconds. The rodeo continues Friday and Saturday, rain or shine, at 8 p.m. The rodeo queen will be crowned during the Saturday night performance...

Nationally known lecturer and photographer Randy Nadler informs more than 80 kids and numerous parents and grandparents of the rules kids must follow during his presentation at the kick off of the Nevada Public Library's summer reading program held Wednesday at the Franklin P. ...

Cesar and Jennifer Zermeņo of Nevada and older brother Dominic, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, William (Will) Enrique Zermeņo. Will was born at 4:37 a.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Nevada Regional Medical Center directors have approved the creation of a magnetic resonance imaging unit that they expect to make nuclear stress tests obsolete. Reporting that the MRI used since 2005 has become out-dated, Diagnostic Imaging Director Todd Fine said Siemens Inc. had the lowest bid, $1.4 million, after General Electric and Toshiba offers were reviewed...