Stories from Saturday, August 24, 2013

Harold W. Phillips, 78, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born Aug. 9, 1935, in Walker, Mo., to Albert Wayne Phillips and Emma Fern Tuttle Phillips. He married Kathryn Irene Dutton on June 23, 1957, in Walker, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Willard Thomas Tucker, 88, passed away Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. Willard rose from a humble beginning on a southeast Missouri farm, located at Tucker, Mo., to lofty heights as a highly valued senior official at the Department of Defense. ...

Donald C. Woods passed away Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at his home in Buffalo, Mo. He was born Nov. 23, 1918, in Ozark, Mo., the son of Elmer and Shrilda Woods. He was preceded in death by his wife Bertha; parents; and one older sister, Helen. He is survived by his son, Don Woods Jr. ...

Announcement is made of the Aug. 2, 2013, engagement of M. Jolene Sworde to Shannon W. Stone. The couple plans to be married in Branson, Mo. The bride (proudly age 43) is the daughter of David D. Davis of Nevada, and Mianna C. Forrester of Hooker, Okla. She has two beautiful children...

Nevada Daily Mail More than 70 corn, soybean and wheat producers from Vernon County and as far away as Ohio met in a cornfield in southeastern Vernon County on Friday to attend a field day dedicated to increasing crop yields and profits through better soil management...

The Council on Families in Crisis is raising money for Moss House, a domestic and sexual violence shelter, located in Nevada, with an all-day series of events on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The agency is having its annual "Mile of Money" campaign to raise one mile of money for Moss House, at $2 per foot. The goal is to raise $10,560...

Nevada Daily Mail Northeast Vernon County School district tax levy will remain the same as last year, $4.22 per $100 assessed valuation, as approved by the NEVC Board of Education at their meeting Thursday. The board also unanimously voted to hire a part-time Spanish teacher and a part-time junior high math teacher...

The Missouri attorney general's office will help prosecute a man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl whose body was found Wednesday in southwest Missouri. Barton County Prosecutor Steven Kaderly said at a news conference Friday that Attorney General Chris Koster's office will assist in prosecuting 34-year-old Bobby D. Bourne Jr., of Lockwood. Bourne is being held on $1 million bond on a charge of kidnapping. It's unclear if he has a lawyer...

Nevada Daily Mail Walker tax levy will remain the same as last year, 84 cents per $100 assessed valuation, as approved by the Walker Board of Aldermen at their tax levy hearing Thursday. The aldermen also unanimously passed two ordinance amendments...

Hi neighbors. It's that time of year already when you always carry a bathing suit and a sweater in the car. You never know what the weather will be. I do not know how people survive without air conditioning. I do not think I would fare very well if I didn't have air conditioning in my home, my car and where I work. Like most people, I'm spoiled...

"We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." -- Ronald Reagan The death penalty has always been a disputed issue, and people have many reasons why they are either for or against it. ...

Having an opinion is healthy. We all have them. We would all agree, no doubt, that some are more founded on rational thoughts and are better informed than others. After all, it depends on your point of view. One person's truth is often another's fiction...

Bob and Linda Burns, along with their children and grandchildren, will celebrate the couple's 40th wedding anniversary from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at the Donaldson Community Center in Sheldon. The occasion is open to all family and friends...