Stories from Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Registrations are under way for the full schedule of events planned during the 130th Annual El Dorado Springs Picnic Wednesday through Saturday, July 20-23. Starting with an 8 p.m. July 20 street dance with local country band Rekoil in front of City Hall on Spring Street, the celebration will continue with an 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21, talent show at Sunderwirth Bandstand in Spring Park...

A Veterans Benefit Fair, free to all veterans, will be hosted by the El Dorado Springs VFW Post No. 257, at First and Pine St., El Dorado Springs, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday. During the event, veterans will have the opportunity to meet with VFW service officers as well as representatives from the Kansas City Veterans Pension Office, the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Office, the Veterans National Cemetery in Springfield, veterans nursing homes and more...

The Nevada Summer Reading Program, "One World, Many Stories," ended Tuesday with the presentation of the grand prize -- tickets to Worlds of Fun, presented to Kassandra Stroup. "This was a very successful summer," Library Director Susan McBeth said. ...

A city landmark for more than a half-century, the Ramsey's Nevada Motel sign at 1514 E. Austin Blvd., has come down. Manager Todd Blankenship said the previous owner, Edie Ramsey-Mason, sold the 27-room motel May 17 to the ASquareB company of Clinton, which also owns motels at Clinton and Mt. Vernon...

This year's Vernon County Youth Fair Royalty Coronation marks the 50th year for the tradition, first conducted in 1961. Long-term extension youth specialist Leonard Ernsbarger, now retired but still active with many aspects of life in Vernon County, is credited with its creation...

Russell E. Pippin, 59, Nevada, passed away on Monday, July 11, 2011, at his home in Nevada, following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 17, 1952, in Nevada, to James L. Pippin and Mabel L. Oyer Pippin. He married Sandra L. Schnedler on Dec. 20, 1995, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Sandra K. Manley, 73, of Joplin, Mo., passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2011, following an illness. Sandra was born on Sept. 8, 1938, in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of the late Harold and Maurine (Jackson) Trogle. She has been a resident of Joplin since 1986, moving there from Nevada...

James Harvey Fields, 81, resident of Bronaugh, Mo., died Monday, July 11, 2011, at the Moore--Few Care Center, Nevada. He was born Jan. 3, 1930, in Cowgill, Mo., the son of James Henry and Pearl Easter Sprague Fields. He worked as a machinist and heavy equipment operator for Coors brewery. James loved raising cattle as well as gardening...

June 22 Jacob Fisher was arrested for tampering with a motor vehicle and property damage. Bond is $7,500. Christopher Sauerwin was arrested for property damage. Bond is $2,500. Christopher Armburst was released for time served. Jail population: Total census, 55; state, 7; Vernon County Re-entry program, 5; Bates County, 5; Cedar County, 4; and Dade County, 1...