Stories from Friday, August 2, 2013

Alice Ida Roeder, 103, passed away on Aug. 1, 2013, at Christian Health Care, Nevada. She was born on Feb. 28, 1909, in Mercier, Kan., to Conrad and Helena (Winterscheidt)Schuetz. She was educated by the Benedictine Sisters of Atchison, Kan., at St. Peter's Elementary and High School in Mercier. Alice managed the family grocery business when needed and worked in the U.S. Post Office at Mercier...

A lengthy pursuit ends in the arrest of a Nevada resident early Thursday morning. Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher and Lt. Jacob Crahan were working a late night extra patrol detail focused on patrolling the areas in the county that have had a rash of burglaries...

Even though it is almost five months until Christmas, Nevada's Parks and Recreation board spent about 30 minutes during its monthly meeting Wednesday discussing the need to have a fundraising event to raise money to improve the city's Lights at the Lake drive through Christmas light display...

What started as a few photos hanging in the bingo hall turned into a Wall of Heroes featuring 89 veterans. Steve Brooks and Jim Overton, Nevada Elks members, started the wall more than two years ago by bringing the old photos into the Elks lodge center room and sending out a call for more pictures...

Unfortunately I have gone to quite a few funerals lately. Quite often when I have heard the obituary read, or seen it printed, I will say, "I didn't know that about her or him." Often I learned of an interest the deceased had enjoyed that I would have liked to share. Sometimes I discovered a relative that I didn't realize was in that family. Maybe it was the age the person had reached, or the number of years married that surprised me...

Dear Editor: Thanks to all who recently helped Nevada put on a great bike race and quite the spectacle. It was thoroughly enjoyed and I certainly hope this can become an annual event. Ted Moore, M.D. Nevada

The children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchild of the Rev. William and Mrs. Patricia Bell wish to announce the 65th wedding anniversary of their parents and grandparents, Aug. 8, 2013. The Rev. Bill and Mrs. Pat Bell, were married Aug. 8, 1948, at the Monroe Street Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo...

Fifty years ago on Feb. 9, 1963, Airman Gary B. Piper and Airman Reba F. Phillips were married at Selfridge AFB, Michigan. Gary and Reba noted that they met while pulling KP. The Pipers celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 9, 2013. Today Master Sergeant Gary Piper and Reba Piper are "happily retired in rural Bronaugh."...