Stories from Tuesday, November 29, 2011

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor With three returning state qualifiers and a solid senior class, the goals are set extremely high for the Nevada High School wrestling team in 2011-12. Head Coach Devin White has three returning state qualifiers and six seniors that he expects to lead the way...

There's still time to sign up as a candidate in the Nevada/Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Miss Merry Christmas Pageant. Entries must be received by noon Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce: 225 W Austin, Suite 200, complete with entry fees and photographs...

Three people died in Missouri traffic crashes over the weekend; none were in Vernon County, but an El Dorado Springs man was hurt in a one-vehicle crash on Friday and a Rich Hill woman suffered minor injuries in a Saturday crash in Montgomery County...

Devin Napoli, left, and Taylor Woods, right, show off one of the pieces of locally made artwork by Dangerous Doug Harper, Jeanne Board, Linda Rogers, Al Fenske and Andrew McNair available at the Vernon County Arts Council Christmas Show and Black Friday Art Sale Friday at the Art Shop, 110 E. Cherry...

Just like home, there was football on the TV and friends and family gathered around the table to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at noon on Thursday -- but it wasn't home, it was the Leon Ogier American Legion Post No. 2, at 402 E. Cherry St., in Nevada...

Champion team roper Kolby Boos helps Elijah Gage learn how to rope a steer during Rodeo Day at the Nevada Head Start on Wednesday. Children at the center got to dress up like cowboys and wore hats, chaps, scarves and vests. They rode a stick horse, practiced roping, barrel racing, bull riding and pitching horseshoes. ...

Thomas Glen Peacock, 21, passed away at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. He was born Dec. 23, 1989, in Kansas City, Kan., to Ralph William Peacock and Rhonda Kay Koehn Peacock. Thomas lived all of his life in this area. He graduated from Nevada High School in 2008. He attended the Missouri Welding Institute in Nevada also graduating in 2008. He was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. He was an avid fisherman and loved his friends and family very much...

The Rev. Ralph L. Clark, 56, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Nov. 23, 2011. Ralph graduated from North Kansas City High School, Central Methodist College, St. Paul School of Theology and was an ordained pastor of the United Methodist Church for 32 years. ...

Jimmy Doyle Zachary Sr., 74, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following an illness of several months. He was born Sept. 29, 1937, in Hattieville, Ark., to George W. Zachary and Jannie Hasler Zachary...

Carrie Maude Loomer, daughter of Watson and Lettie Shumaker, was born on Oct. 30, 1917, in Nevada, Mo. She departed this life on Nov. 17, 2011, at the age of 94. Carrie was known for her cooking and baking talents, which she achieved at an early age. ...

Lorene Bland Witt, 88, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, while in the Cedar County Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo. She was born near Cedar Springs, Mo., to John Daniel and Rena Blanche (Bourland) Bland on Sept. 30, 1923. She was raised in the Cedar Springs, Black Jack and El Dorado Springs areas...

Catherine Logan McCann, 98, of Mission Hills, Kan., died on Nov. 28, 2011, at the Bishop Spencer Place in Kansas City, Mo., where she had lived for several years. Mrs. McCann was the daughter of Nevadans Charlie and Amy Logan, born July 28, 1913. Private services are planned...

Editor's note: Due to a misunderstanding, the address reported for a home destroyed by fire on Sunday was incorrect. Here's the correct information? A home at 14358 Pawhuska Rd., south of Nevada, was destroyed by fire Sunday night, and firefighters were back at the home on Monday when the fire rekindled. The Nevada Fire Department responded to the house fire at 10:38 p.m. on Sunday and "found a split level house with fire coming out the windows on the east end and the roof fully involved," a press release said...