Stories from Thursday, June 28, 2012

Edward Martin Sauerwein, 59, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Mercy Hospital emergency room, following an apparent heart attack. He was born March 1, 1953, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of William Sauerwein and Marlyn Smith Sauerwein. Edward was a 1971 graduate of Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College. ...

Alpha Louise (Agee) Goff, 85, of Schell City, Mo., was born Feb. 10, 1927, in Lebanon, Mo., and passed from this life Monday, June 25, 2012, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Louise was the first of three children born to the union of James William Agee and Bertha Irene (Cornell) Agee. ...

Della Mae Price, 87, Nevada, died Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Christian Health Care in Nevada, following an illness of several months. She was born, one of eight children, Dec. 13, 1924, in Vernon County, Mo., to Reuben Andrew Gilmore and Hattie Minerva Fenton Gilmore. She was married Nov. 1, 1946 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Ray D. Price and he preceded her in death Feb. 24, 1998...

Clark Hillsman, 76, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died on June 26, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 30, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home in Schell City, Mo. Memorials are suggested to Sac-Osage Home Health in El Dorado Springs. Friends may call after 1 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home...

Sara Barnes and Devon Householder of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Emma Grace Householder. Emma was born at 8:02 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 4 pounds and measured 18 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail Farmers, gardeners and homeowners should keep their eyes peeled for shiny, green and bronze Japanese beetles feeding on the crops, vegetables and flowers. This insect's wide variety of food preferences make scouting a necessity. "Certainly we need to be looking at this point," said Wayne Bailey, a state entomologist for University of Missouri Extensiona. ...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail The volume of recyclable materials brought into the Vernon County Recycling Center has increased by approximately 25 percent, according to Dave Irwin who assumed the job of manager when the county took over operation of the center...

Nevada Middle School students design cardboard watercraft

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Competing for the right to take on incumbent Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman in the Nov. 6 general election, all six Republican sheriffs' candidates will take part in a 7 p.m. Friday, July 6, forum on the south lawn of the county courthouse on the Nevada Square...

An unsuccessful April 15 Taliban attack on Missouri National Guardsmen at a forward operating base in Afghanistan led to honors for 23 Guardsmen. Below is a list of other Missouri National Guardsmen who received awards as a result of the attack. Each name is followed by the individual's city of residence and the awards they received...

* Training at Camp Clark prepared soldiers for the experience, Nevada man receives Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge. By Bill Phelan ngmo.pao@us.army.mil JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- An unsuccessful April 15 Taliban attack on Missouri National Guardsmen at a forward operating base in Afghanistan has resulted in numerous medals and awards for members of the Guard's Agribusiness Development Team, among them Sgt. ...

Remember when we were little? All of our siblings were bigger than we were. The furniture was made for people larger than us. We even had to crawl up to sit in most of the chairs in the house. Our dream was to get big. Our parents would praise us by saying, "What a big girl you are!" when we had done something well. Being big was very important to us...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons and Joplin Outlaws will play in Pittsburg, Kan. on Tuesday, July 3 at JayCee Ballpark. All proceeds from the night will benefit The Tyler Jeck Memorial Foundation. Pittsburg native Tyler Jeck died last July at Beaver Lake at Rogers, Ark. in an apparent swimming accident. He was just 19-years-old...

A's beat Griffons on Wednesday night

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