Stories from Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Bernice Marcella Thomas, 93, Drexel, Mo., formerly of Milo, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Aug. 31, 1919, in Milan, Ill., to Oscar Andrew Tanner and Florence May Coyne Tanner. She was married to Woodrow W. Weatherman on July 7, 1935, in Mountain Grove, Mo., and he preceded her in death. She later married Earl M. Thomas in Cheyenne, Wyo., and he preceded her in death on April 9, 1970...

Clarence "Mike" Dozier, 79, Nevada, passed away at his home on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. He was born Nov. 16, 1933, in Iola, Kan., to Clarence Victor Dozier and Lila Fern Olsen Dozier. He married Elizabeth Rose Chilton on Jan. 21, 1969, in York, Neb., and she survives of the home...

Mary E. Helms, 64, of Nevada, passed away at her daughter's home in Admire, Kan., on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Mary was born March 13, 1948, in Nevada, to Emer Donald and Nola Merel Cholsinger Lawson. She was unmarried at the time of her death. Mary graduated in 1989 from Fort Scott Community College with a degree in cosmetology...

November 19 North Ash Street and Highland Avenue, vehicle accident. November 20 South AA Highway and East Halley Road, vehicle accident. 224 S. Alma St., authorized burn. 300 W. Douglas St., aircraft standby. East Austin Boulevard and South Underpass Street, false alarm...

November 24 There was a report of a motor vehicle theft in the 200 block of West Highland Avenue. An unsecured 1995 Chrysler LeBaron was reported stolen. Three juveniles were taken into custody and referred to the Juvenile Office. November 25 There was a report of a theft in the 200 block of South Adams Street. A Kindle Fire computer was reported stolen from a residence. A male subject known to the resident is wanted for questioning...

Meghan and Matt Martin of Omaha, Neb., and older sister, Isla, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Samuel Norman Danger Martin. Samuel was born at 2:49 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. He weighed 5 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Dear Editor: With modern technology and science in industry it is possible to speed up by many decades the harvesting of forestry products to be used by industry or to generate electricity. The same way corn, wheat, oats and grasses are planted and harvested every year...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail In 1869 Nevada had an elected marshal, Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley told the Nevada City Council during a budget work session Monday evening. Today, the department has 19 authorized police officers and one officer whose salary is funded under a COPPS grant, he said, adding that COPPS stands for Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail The Dec. 12 redesignation of U.S. 71 as Interstate 49 from Kansas City to Pineville in Missouri's far southwestern corner will be a milestone, historically and economically, for Nevada and Vernon County, officials say...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail "We could put the monoliths in a circle instead of a straight line, that would take up less room," Steve Brooks, Nevada Elks Lodge representative, said during a Davis Park subcommittee meeting Tuesday evening at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center, Nevada...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail The 1940s through the 1970s were ripe with historic moments, and during that time, eight siblings recorded many of these moments in history, through a series of round-robin letters, kept and sent around to one another throughout the years. Those siblings' writings have now been compiled into a book, "Our Robin is Read, Voices from the Wayside" by Ellen Gray Massey...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Having reached a record $500 million, tonight's Powerball drawing was getting a good deal of action at area convenience stores Tuesday afternoon. "When it's a big pot, that's when people play," said Cash-N-Dash Manager John Bryant at 1518 E. Austin Blvd. "Three or four out of every 10 of our customers play something whether it's Mega Millions, the Missouri Lotto, Pick 3, Pick 4 or Show Me Cash...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The grandson of a local couple has found himself in the national spotlight for the second time in what has become a very eventful senior year. On Oct. 18, the formerly unknown at the national level high school place kicker, Austin Rehkow, from Spokane, Wash., made a name for himself with a state record 67-yard field goal in a game between Central Valley -- the school Rehkow attends and for which he plays football and basketball -- and Shadle Park High School. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade girls' basketball teams swept Joplin North Monday. The seventh graders won both games at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center, taking the A game, 32-10, and the B game, 31-7. Nevada's B team finished the season with a record of 7-2...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers varsity boys' basketball squad got its season under way Tuesday night in the opening round of the Carthage Invitational basketball tournament at Carthage High School. The Tigers opened the tournament against a familiar opponent in the Heritage High School War Eagles. ...

November 9 Howard Calvin Ashby and Malissa Rose Sumner filed a marriage license. November 14 Stephen Douglas Morgan and Chasidee Marie Hutchison filed a marriage license. November 16 David Shawn Albrecht and Tammy Kay Osborne filed a marriage license...

Nevada Daily Mail HUME, Mo. -- The hume Lady Hornets recorded their second victory in as many games this season when they took on the Lady Bulldogs of Ballard High School. Tuesday's game was the Lady Hornets' first conference game of the season. Head coach Delanya Thompson's squad got off to a quick start and never looked back on its way to a 71-17 victory...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER, Mo. -- The Northeast Vernon County Knights and Lady Knights basketball teams hosted Weaubleau for both the NEVC boys' and girls' first game of the year Thursday. Weaubleau swept both games, taking the girls' contest by a final score of 52-19 and the boys' game, 52-37...

Nevada Daily Mail CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- Play began in the Carl Junction Lady Bulldog Classic tournament Tuesday night at Carl Junction High School. In the tournament's opening game, top-seeded Webb City took on sixth-seeded Monett and had little trouble opening the tournament with a win. The Lady Cardinals led, 21-2, at the end of the first quarter and never looked back on their way to a 66-10 victory...

*The Osage Prairie YMCA recreational volleyball league plays on Tuesday nights. The current league standings are as follows: Team 3 McDermott5-0 Team 5 Klumpp3-2 Team 2 Murphy2-2 Team 4 Pollock1-4 Team 1 YMCA0-3