Stories from Saturday, January 12, 2013

Roger Wayne Stone, 43, El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at his home. He was born Dec. 10, 1969, in El Dorado Springs to Harry Milton Stone Sr. and Sharlee Carol Collins Stone. Roger graduated from Nevada High School in 1987 and attended college for three years in St. Joseph, Mo...

Helen Marie Kennedy, 94, Walker, Mo., passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 8, 1918, in Walker, Mo., to Elijah Clifton Newland and Emma Lorene Preston Newland. She married Raymond Kennedy on Jan. 6, 1938, in Nevada. He preceded her in death on June 10, 1983...

Michael Felix Buchanan was born Jan. 6, 1944, in St. Louis, Mo., and departed this life Dec. 31, 2012, in Richland, Mo. He was the son of Robert Roy and Jun E. Cave Buchanan who preceded him in death. Michael attended school in Springfield, Mo., and Kansas City, Mo., graduating from Paseo High School in 1962. ...

Donna Marlene Breiner, 78, Gladstone, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at KC Hospice House. She was born Nov. 19, 1934, in Rich Hill, Mo., to Elijah Butler and Wilma Smith. She was married to her high school sweetheart, Roy O. Breiner, of Butler, who preceded her in death in 2007...

Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The freshman boys traveled Thursday night to Carthage and suffered a 55-25 setback. "We got into some foul trouble very early and had to make some adjustments," reflected Coach Kyle Talley. "The kids did a good job of playing through it. I was very encouraged by the way we competed."...

Nevada Daily Mail ANDERSON, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers varsity boys' basketball team got back into action Friday night after a three-day layoff and came home with their sixth victory of the season. The Tigers entered Friday night's game at McDonald County High School at an even .500 on the season after a strong performance against the Panthers of St. ...

Nevada Daily Mail GOLDEN CITY, Mo. -- Host Golden City handed Bronaugh's boys their second loss in the Golden City Tournament in a 73-54 setback Thursday night. The Wildcats started strong and led 15-5 after the first quarter. They held a seven-point lead at halftime, at 26-19...

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The hunting seasons are running out now that quail, squirrel, pheasant, archery for deer and turkey, as well as duck hunting are nearly over. The dead of winter finds many Missourians with cabin fever, but one activity during the next month peaks and offers a way to fight that cabin fever. That activity is shed antler hunting...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball squad got back into action Thursday against McDonald County Middle School and came home with less than favorable results. Head coach Robert Miner's A team dropped to 2-3 on the year with a 21-20 overtime loss. Braeden Hinton led the offensive effort for Nevada with 10 points...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon High School's boys' basketball team improved to 10-2 on the season by beating Appleton City, 56-48, Thursday night. Reed Worsley paced us with a 17-point effort and Corey Baney added 14. The Panthers are scheduled to play Rich Hill in the championship game of the Appleton City tournament on Saturday night, at 7:30 p.m...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's eighth-grade boys' basketball team split with McDonald County, with the A team winning, 34-27, and the B team getting edged, 27-22, Thursday night. In the A game, Matt Sommer and Patrick Ferry led the team with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Tyler Ketterman led the team defensively while Ferry and Jacob Johnson both had four blocked shots each...

Bruce and Beth Pettibon of Moundville announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany, to Russell Dintaman, son of Ben and Dianna Probert, of Jasper, Mo., and Victor and Kathleen Dintaman, Reeds, Mo. Brittany received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Pittsburg State University in 2010. She is currently employed by Truman Elementary in Nevada...

Doug Harper and Ashlee Hochstedler announce their engagement and plans to be married on June 26, 2013, in Nevada. Ashlee, the daughter of Paul and Cyndi Hochstedler of El Dorado Springs, Mo., is currently employed by Southwest Community Services. Doug, the son of Shelia Harper of Nevada, is a promoter/musician/entertainer...

Games are great to play with other people. They help you get to know each other. You have fun. You learn things about each other when you are having fun together and laughing. Some games don't cause laughter. Lester can play a game of chess and not even crack a smile. That is, he won't smile until he can triumphantly say, "Check mate!" But he was still having fun. When I am his opponent I probably am not having as much fun. But it is fun to keep trying to win sometimes...

Hi neighbors. Other than the weather, the big talk in my neighborhood is on gun control. Flossie was over the other day for coffee and cake, and she had -- as usual -- her own opinions about gun control. "First and last word on gun control," Flossie took a bite of cake, munched a while and took a sip of coffee. "is NO."...

By Sheriff Jason Mosher Augustine Washington (1694 -- April 12, 1743) was the father of our first president, George Washington. What a lot of people do not know is that Gorge Washington's father was a sheriff in Virginia and took the oath as justice of the peace for the county court in July 1716. ...

By Sen. Ed Emery Missouri 31 Senatorial District The 97th General Assembly of the Missouri Senate began on Wednesday, Jan. 9. I was honored to be sworn in to serve the 31st Senatorial District for the next four years, and was pleased to have a number of constituents and friends travel to Jefferson City to witness the ceremony and offer words of congratulations and encouragement...

The killing of 20 students and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012, put every school district in the country on notice that they needed to look at how secure their facilities are. The Nevada R-5 School District is no exception and since that incident, R-5 assistant superintendent Dr. Tyson Beshore and Vernon County Deputy Dan Miller, the district's school resource officer, have taken a look at the district's crisis plan...

Name of club: Nevada Rotary Club Meeting day, time and location: Thursdays, noon, Nevada Country Club Local club founded: April 2, 1926 Historical point of interest: We don't own any property. Current membership: 76 Current officers and board: President Steve Reed, President-elect Jeff Feuquay, President-nominee Jennifer Gundy, Treasurer Ralph Shumaker, Secretary Larry Bradley, Past President Bob Beaver, International Service Michael Brown, Vocational Service Mary Ireland, Membership Brian Bloom, Community Service Jeremy Fast, Benevolence Candice Moore, Carol Branham Member -- Chair of Citizen of the Year, Paul Harris Fellow. ...

The deadline for filing for the Nevada R-5 Board of Education or any other board of education in the state is rapidly approaching. Prospective candidates have until 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15, to throw their hats into the arena. Currently the two incumbent members of the R-5 board, Joy Hawks and Amanda Fisher, are the only ones to file for the two, three-year terms...

A 47-year-old Nevada woman's class action lawsuit against eBay Inc. for allegedly failing to provide her a means, as a deaf person, to become an eBay seller is being appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and might eventually end up being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court...

Melissa Earll, of Nevada, says a California federal judge's dismissal of her lawsuit against eBay Inc. late last year was ill-founded because he had already been contradicted by a judge of equal authority in Massachusetts. Earll said the December ruling by U.S. ...