Stories from Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Dr. Robert George Hatten, 87, of Butler, Mo., was taken on eagle's wings just as the sun rose on Aug. 13, 2012, surrounded by his loving family. He was a true gentleman and a honorable person with a firm handshake. Dr. Hatten, affectionately known as "Poppy" and "Doc" by so many, was born on Sept. ...

Daphne M. Wayne passed away peacefully after a long and courageous battle with cancer at the age of 78. She was reunited with her husband, Daniel, on Aug. 11, 2012. Daphne was born in Norwich, England, to Reginald and Lilian Keymer on Aug. 12, 1933. She has lived in the United States since 1972...

Dear Editor, As the 2012 Nevada Griffons season concluded recently, my family and I, the parents and grandparents of Tommy Bush, No. 22, wanted to write and say Thank You! Thanks to the entire Nevada Griffons board and volunteers that made and continue to make the baseball program work...

Dear Editor: Does our government, Wall Street and the oil group think we can't see what is going on? We watched our auto companies merge with Japanese in the '70s. GM with Toyota, Ford with Honda and Chrysler with Datsun and Mitsubishi. Who knows how many imports we are getting from U.S. owned companies from overseas? Why can't we do something about that?...

Nevada Daily Mail Anyone who wants to improve balance, strength and flexibility, might want to attend the Stay Strong, Stay Healthy classes, to be offered 10 a.m.--11 a.m., Wednesdays, Aug. 29 through Nov. 7 at On My Own, 428 E. Highland, Nevada. Classes will be taught by Tammy Roberts, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist for University of Missouri Extension...

Parents are reminded that the state of Missouri requires all entering eighth grade students to receive the updated tetanus booster known as the Tdap before the first day of school and present verification to the school. These immunizations are available free of charge at the Vernon County Health Department located at 301 N. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail In recent years every time the Villa Nevada Trailer Park, 602 E. Atlantic, has been sold and the new owner came to the Nevada Planning Commission for a special use permit, which city code requires for trailer parks, some of the neighbors had questions or concerns about it...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail A county-proposed counter-offer in a contested property valuation of the 3M facility in Nevada, has been accepted by the city's largest employer. According to Vernon County Assessor Cherie K. Roberts, 3M has agreed for the appraised valuation of the property on the east side of Nevada to be set at $9 million for the 2011-'12 tax years. Roberts learned of the acceptance of the offer in a letter from 3M's real estate counselor, Anna C. Zanko, dated Aug. 10...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail TCB Towing, Nevada, had some unique customers at the shop on Tuesday. They needed a place to wait for their ride to be ready to go again and some TLC to go with it. The customers were a mixed crowd -- actually the cargo of a trailer that had a mishap the night before along U.S. 71. TCB's special guests were the eclectic population of a petting zoo on its way through town, headed to the petting zoo's home state of Texas...