Stories from Saturday, October 27, 2012

Pearl Spurlock, 80, Nevada, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. She was born Dec. 9, 1931, in Tribbey, Ky., to William Robinson and Mary Ellen Combs Robinson. She was married April 30, 1949, in Bulan, Ky., to Albert Spurlock and he preceded her in death Oct. 5, 1994...

Thomas Winton Bewley, passed away Oct. 22, 2012, at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Tom was born March 14, 1928, in Oklahoma City, the son of Winton and Jane C. Bewley who preceded him in death, as did his favorite brother-in-law, Joe Kraft. He leaves his sister, Dorothy Kraft, Springdale, Ark.; his nephews and nieces, Clint Kraft and wife, Janet, Sally Kraft, Sandy and husband, Frank, and Paula Kraft Neal; along with nine grandnieces and nephews...

Retired Colonel Robert Wayne Bennett, 79, St. Joseph, Missouri died Oct. 24, 2012 at Heartland Regional Medical Center. He was born in Garnett, Kan., the son of Thomas and Lorene Tucker Bennett. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory. ...

John Joseph, 71, Nevada, died as a result of an accident on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Nevada. He was born Nov. 4, 1940, in Princeton, Ill., to William Joseph Becker and Gloria Jean Goodale. There are no local services planned. Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, was in charge of cremation arrangements...

Hi neighbors. It's almost time for the monster invasion! I anticipate seeing more superheroes than monsters though. With the popularity of Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk, I bet all types of heroes with buckets in tow, will keep the streets busy this Wednesday night...

Peter Glen starts his latest book, "It's Not My Department" by telling the following story about service: "Why is it so important to treat every customer like a millionaire? One reason is that you never know which customers might really be millionaires."...

By Lynn A. Wade Herald-Tribune Tuesday evening, a small crowd of parents and community members gathered at Nevada High School to learn of the dangers of synthetic drug use, at a public forum presented by the Synthetic Drug Task Force. "What we want you to know is that it is very, very dangerous," said Shane Hirshman, a probation and parole officer and member of the task force...

Herald-Tribune John Becker, of Nevada, has died of injuries suffered in an Oct. 19 accident in which the driver of a tractor-trailer swerved to avoid a passenger vehicle that pulled away from an Atlantic Street stop sign into the truck's path, and crashed into the Quick Dine restaurant at Atlantic and Osage, Nevada. Joseph Cole, 54, died at the scene...

Herald-Tribune The Western Missouri 911 board of directors has proposed a new rate structure for 2013. During the board's Oct. 17 meeting, board members expressed concerns surrounding the failure of the previously established rate structure to adequately and equitably support dispatch operations in the future...

Gary and Betty Reed will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 18, 2012. They were married in Lamar, Mo., in 1952 and moved to Fort Scott in 1964. They have three children: David Reed, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Doug and wife Kathy, Panama City, Fla.; and Susan and husband Dean Brown, Inman, Kan. They have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The Reeds will celebrate with a family reunion in Florida...

Keith and Joycelyn (Norris) Malone, Fort Scott, Kan., will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 2, 2012, having married Nov. 2, 1952, in Fort Scott. The couple's three children, Brent and wife Connie, Brandon and wife Kathy, and Gaynor Crane and husband Stephen will host a private family dinner for the couple...

Mark and Donna Gerke of Pilot Grove, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Gerke, to Spencer Thompson, son of Bob and Cindy Thompson; grandson of Charles and Barbara Thompson and great-grandson of Bertha Moseley, all of Nevada, Mo. Lauren received her bachelor's degree in AgriBusiness Management from the University of Missouri in 2011 and is a credit analyst for FCS Financial. ...

Jerry and Linn Heath provided birthday cake and helped his mother, Bonnie Harms, celebrate her 80th birthday at the First Baptist Church in Schell City Sunday, Oct. 21.

Herald-Tribune The 2012 MSHSAA softball All-Region teams have officially been announced. On the Region 4 squad, two names are quite familiar to followers of Nevada Lady Tigers softball. Both selected to the first team, Mackenzie Pritchett and Christian Novak have found themselves among an elite list of the best players in this region of the state...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott Community College and Cottey College faced each other at Arnold Arena Friday night in the final match of the regular season for both schools. The Greyhounds swept the visiting Comets, 25-16, 25-21, 25-17...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune NEVADA -- Senior pitcher Christian Novak is about to make the verbal commitment she made to Weber State University more than a month ago official, while senior Victoria Culbertson will sign her letter of intent to play softball with Missouri University of Science and Technology, on Nov. 14...

Herald-Tribune URBANA, Mo. -- Senior running back Logan Bryan finished with 23 carries for 158 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Tigers of Skyline to a 53-8 victory over the Rich Hill Tigers in a Class 1, District 3 clash of Tigers of different colors at Skyline High School...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune It's official. The semifinals in the Missouri Class 4, District 7 tournament have been set. Under head coach Wes Beachler, the Nevada Tigers were the first team to punch its ticket into the second round of the playoffs, beating eighth-seeded Warrensburg by a final score of 54-29 at Logan Field Thursday night. ...

Herald-Tribune NEVADA -- The Nevada High School boys' basketball program is sponsoring a youth basketball camp for boys entering third through sixth grades. The camp will be held on Saturdays during the months of November and December, with the first session slated for Nov. 10, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The camp comes with a cost of $25 for all interested participants and registration will take place 15 minutes prior to the first session at Nevada High School's Wynn Gymnasium...

At first light on Monday morning, two turkey hunters were at the same spot near Stockton Lake, where on the opening day of the fall season last year, they took two turkeys. They hoped the same thing would happen again this fall. Having scouted the area last week, they found turkeys using the area, so their hopes were high as they settled down in a grove of oak trees next to an open field and waited...