Stories from Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Bessie Bernadine (Spencer) Butterfield, 85, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., a beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died July 24, 2011, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital. As a mother, she left a legacy of honor, integrity, and a love for helping others. She was proud to be "a country girl."...

Vivian Aletha Polk, 84, Nevada, died Monday, July 25, 2011, at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. She was born March 9, 1927, in Howard County, Ark., to Earnest Alonzo Polk and Georgia Eyer Polk. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, July 29, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada...

Stanley Owen Kimrey Jr., 47, of Rich Hill, Mo., died Thursday, July 7, 2011, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 30, at 1 p.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill. Burial was in the Balltown Cemetery in Horton, Mo., following cremation...

Contractors paid through an innovative contract with an Overland Park company will arrive within the week to put new lighting and insulation in Northeast Vernon County Schools in Walker and Schell City. Superintendent Charles Nass told board members last Thursday that bids for a new roof on the junior high-high school in Walker will be opened at a special meeting in August...

Living Out Loud -- a student group from Nevada High School, will be hosting its final Lemonade Lednesday on the southside of the courthouse lawn today, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.. Ice cold lemonade (pink or yellow) will be sold for $1 a cup with refills for $.50. A homemade apple pie made by Janell Hawks' mom, Joy, will be auctioned off at 1:30. All proceeds benefit the group, which plans fun, drug-free activities for their peers...

A driving route from Philadelphia, Pa., to Bartlesville, Okla., is between 1,200 and 1,300 miles and takes about 21 hours, but Peter Prusinowski is taking a more round about route that will mean he will have walked 2,000 miles and will have been on the "Trail of Hope" for nearly five months by the time he reaches his destination near Bartlesville in mid-August...

Nevada Police Capt. Casey Crain watches as Shana Henley pins a commendation on her son, Officer David Henley, during a ceremony Tuesday night at a special city council meeting to recognize Henley and Sgt. Richard Burdick for their actions in rescuing an 8-year-old girl from a burning apartment at Elmwood Estates early Saturday morning. ...

A Junior Golf Tournament was held at Frank E Peters Municipal Golf Course in Nevada, July 22. There were 17 individuals that participated in the event. Listed below are the results from the tournament. Ages 8 -- 9 First place: Mackenzie Moore, Pittsburg, Kan...