Stories from Thursday, March 8, 2012

Editor's note: Second-year students at Cottey College have an international experience each year, whereby they travel to a foreign country and learn first-hand of the culture, history and more through experiences and educational modules in which each student participates. ...

Each year, the Nevada Rotary Club bestows on one of Vernon County's own an honor recognizing that individual's dedication, care and commitment to the community. The organization is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Citizen of the Year. The award will be presented to an outstanding citizen of Vernon County later this year and nominees need not be affiliated with the Nevada Rotary Club...

"Do what you love and love what you do. Remember Eleanor Roosevelt's famous quote, 'The future belongs to those that believe in the beauty of their dreams.'" Deborah Churchill Lester, founder of Annie's Homegrown products and SWAK publishing, and CEO of Can Do Kid, Inc., offered these words of wisdom, and many more, during a presentation about women entrepreneurs at Cottey College on Feb. 22...

Pigeon fanciers from several states will converge on the Vernon County fairgrounds in Nevada, on Saturday, March 10, to participate in the first annual Flight for the Fight pigeon racing event. According to the Twister Combine pigeon racing club president Jerry Smith, this year's event is going to draw birds and fanciers from as far away as Florida and California because it is a fundraising event...

Geneva Orvilla Belcher, 95, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness. She was born Nov. 27, 1916, in Rockville, Mo., to Dempsey Bain and Elsie Ray Thompson Bain. Geneva was born in Rockville and spent most all of her life in Nevada. She worked for many years as a beautician and later also worked for a number of years as a med-tech at Nevada Manor. She was an avid Nevada Tiger football fan...