Stories from Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail BOLIVAR -- The Nevada High School boys golf team took third place at the Bolivar Invitational Golf Tournament at Silo Ridge Golf & Country Club on Monday. The Tigers and Willard tied for second place, but Willard took second on a tie-breaker (fifth player's score)...

The Nevada High School girls basketball team recently celebrated the 2011-12 season with the annual banquet. Nevada Coach Brent Bartlett and his staff handed out several awards. The award winners are pictured above. From left to right, are Mikayla Bartlett, Offensive Player of the Year; Mackenzie Pritchett, Defensive Player of the Year; Tori Dahmer, Most Valuable Player; Ashley Shumaker, Hustle Award; Morgan McNeley, Most Improved Player; and Tiffani Long, Lady Tiger Spirit Award. ...

Kerbs leads Nevada past Parsons

Helen Maurine Chapman, Walker, Mo., passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 8, 2012, at her home in Walker, at the age of 90. She was born on June 19, 1921, in Plainview, Neb., the daughter of Martin Andersen and Mabel Nelson Andersen. She was baptized in the Danish Lutheran Church in Nebraska...

James Steven Hilt, 57, Nevada, died Friday, April 6, 2012, at his residence in Nevada. He was born March 15, 1955, in Nevada, to Jasper A. Hilt and Ferne R. Rosson Hilt. James was a lifelong resident of Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1973. ...

Linda Louise Edmiston, 73, of Nevada, passed away suddenly on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at her home. Linda was born on Sept. 28, 1938, in Nevada to Wayne and Ruby Pryor Spillman. On June 10, 1962, she was married to Jack Vernon Edmiston and resided in Nevada for her lifetime...

Floyd Carl Curnutt, 82, died Sunday, April 8, 2012, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo., as a result of an automobile accident. He was born April 3, 1930, in Wilburton, Okla., to David Washington Curnutt and Jewell Lavern Cook Current. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Local arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada...

Gregory Dean Butterfield, 52, Nevada, died Friday, April 6, 2012, at his residence in Nevada. He was born Aug. 28, 1959, in St. Louis, Mo., to Robert Dean Butterfield and Frances Helen Luetkemeyer Butterfield. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 12, at the American Legion Hall, Nevada...

A Nevada woman was injured Saturday night in a single vehicle crash that happened near midnight about four miles East of Milo on Route E. Briana Householder, 18, of Nevada, was transported to the Nevada Regional Medical Center with minor injuries, according to an online report from Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Artie Torbeck...

The Vernon County Sheriff's Office and Jail have changed their phone system and service due to circumstances beyond their control. As a result, the old numbers will no longer be valid as of Monday. All of the numbers are a local call, just as they were before, according to a news release...

On Wednesday, the Nevada, Mo., Area Habitat for Humanity will conduct its monthly potato luncheon, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the First Christian church youth building on East Austin, featuring a baked potato with chili, cheese, butter, bacon bits and more and pie for a donation of $6...

Celebrate Earth Day Saturday, April 21, with a guided bison hike at Prairie State Park near Mindenmines. The free event, which is sponsored by Missouri State Parks, will begin at 10 a.m. The hike is open to the public. Participants take a trip back in time and see one of the area's most magnificent mammals on its native prairie habitat. ...

A Nevada woman has been arraigned on a single charge of statutory rape in an incident that allegedly took place last summer. Samantha N. Alexander, 22, of Nevada, was arraigned in the Associate Circuit Court of Vernon County Courtroom of Associate Judge Neal Quitno on Monday...

Having observed his 52nd anniversary in the flooring trade, Tom Senkevech has been a model of stability while weathering changes in his health, business and the regional economy. On Oct. 6, 1959, he opened Tom's Floor Covering, east of Nevada, after graduating from Bronaugh High School two years earlier and working in construction and farming until finding his vocation as an apprentice to Ellis Furniture carpetlayer Leroy Brown...

United States Air Force 1st Lt. Alea Nadeem told her story in a presentation at Cottey College on April 4; at the age of 8, she was involuntarily moved to Iraq to be raised as a Muslim with her father's family; details of the four years she spent there will be published today; to learn about her rescue and what happened afterward, see Part 2 in Wednesday's edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

Bronaugh and Sheldon were just two of the numerous teams in attendance at the El Dorado Springs Relays on Tuesday. Other teams competing in addition to the hosts and Bronaugh and Sheldon were Liberal, Jasper, Osceola, Stockton, Strafford, Cole Camp, Humansville, Clinton, El Dorado Springs Christian, Warsaw, Marion County and Skyline...