Stories from Thursday, May 23, 2013

Ophel Eadeth Moorman, 85, Nevada, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at the Barone Alzheimer's Care Center, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Ophel was born Nov. 4, 1927, in Blanchard, Okla., to Warren Kellogg and Vena Maynard Kellogg. There are no services planned at this time. Local arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada...

Lt. Colonial Mark C. Carrier has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force. His promotion became effective in February. Carrier currently serves as chief of combat operations at the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida...

May is National Employee Health and Fitness Month, which is designated to promote and encourage health and fitness in the workplace. As part of 3M Nevada's wellness program employees were offered many fitness opportunties while at work the week of May 13. Each day different programs were offered like stretching at work, fitness day offered by the YMCA and walking at lunch...

Editor's note: Partic-ipants in the Adult Recovery Court are granted anonymity under conditions of the program. Nevada Daily Mail grants the request for anonymity by those who do not want their name or photograph published. The Vernon County Adult Recovery Court program held its 30th graduation ceremony Tuesday night, honoring one young man -- the 70th graduate of the program...

A second man accused of the July 2009 murder of Belinda Beisly waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in exchange for special prosecutor Tim Anderson's promise the state will not seek the death penalty. Associate Judge Neal Quitno accepted Jeremy Maples waiver after going over the implications of such a waiver with Maples and defense attorneys Rebecca Ellison and Patricia Green. ...

Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley announced via email Tuesday afternoon that the Nevada High School Wall of Fame will have three more inductees in its 2013 class. Those new inductees come from the Class of 1977 and 1990 in Bill Jones, Kevin Williams and Matt Ketterman...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Baseball fans in Nevada and the surrounding areas will have a second option this summer if they want to watch a local collegiate-level team. Jim Rayburn recently announced that he and Danny Pennington will be sponsoring and coaching the Southwest Missouri Elite baseball team, with most of its home games being played at Champion Diamonds. The team will play a couple of home games at Neosho High School, where Pennington coaches...

STOCKTON -- Two Nevada men enjoyed significant success Sunday in the Reeves Brothers Outdoors bass fishing tournament at Stockton Lake. Nevada Lady Tigers head basketball coach Brent Bartlett and assistant coach Jack Tudor took second in the 10-team tournament with a total weight of 13 pounds, 1 1/2 ounces for five fish. Bartlett caught the biggest fish of the day at 4 pounds, 15 1/12 ounces...