Stories from Friday, August 30, 2013

Frances Eleanor Olson, 92, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born May 19, 1921, in Richards, Mo., to Oscar Swan and Nina Alice McCoy Swan. She married Ludwig Franklin Olson on Sept. 25, 1939, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on May 15, 2008...

Angelia Dawn Reese, 39, of Lamar, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, at her home. Memorial services are 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 1, at the First Baptist Church in Schell City, Mo., with Frankie Davis officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to a fund for the family...

Erma Lavonne Layher, 86, Nevada, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at Newton Burial Park, Nevada. The family will receive friends at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., Saturday, prior to the service...

Greg and Suzanne Prough are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Baelynn Mae Prough. Baelynn was born at 2:48 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/4 inches. Maternal grandparents are Darla and Alan Arlint of Walker, Mo., and Greg Hardy of El Dorado Springs, Mo. ...

Most of us have many days that don't turnout like we had planned. For example, I started to write this column about four hours ago on an entirely different subject, but things began happening and now I have changed to write about CHANGE. That shouldn't be a surprise to other Middle Age Plus readers, because our lives are constantly changing because of physical, economic, family and emotional situations. But then, what time of our lives was that not the case?...

Dear Editor: It's a shame Ramey's had to close. People walk there and we traded there every week. Business was good. I hope another grocery store opens soon. Lorna Mistler Walker

Dear Editor: Another school year is underway! On Thursday, Aug. 22, approximately 2,500 young people reported to class. It's been a great opening. Class-rooms were ready for the students and each of them was met by an enthusiastic faculty and staff...

Dear Editor: Recently, I was delighted to view a final exam that was administered to eighth graders at a school in Salina, Kan., in 1895. This exam would stump even the most learned college graduate in the U.S. today. Most of us are aware that a bare minimum amount of money was invested into education back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. ...

Dear Editor: Regardless of our age or position in life, our values and principles have been formed by our teachings and life experiences. These things form wisdom, if we take the time to observe and discern things happening around us. If you are scratching your head and confused about what is happening with our way of life, the answer is fairly easy. We have become afraid of our government and are too cowardly to speak up for fear of being punished...

A Kansas City woman was injured in a single vehicle crash that happened on Route E about two miles west of Montevallo around 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper Justin Leemasters. According to the trooper's report, passenger Allison N. ...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail The Western Missouri 911 Dispatch Center board of directors met in the conference room of the Vernon County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Board chairman JD Kehrman, Sheriff Jason Mosher, Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley and chief deputy Shayne Simmons, acting as proxy for Vernon County Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord, were present as was Executive Director Tonia Davis. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Children in Bronaugh will have a safe place to learn and play after school thanks to the 21st Century Community Learning Center $86,000 grant. In its second year under the grant, Bronaugh's after- school program runs an hour before the school day starts and until 5 p.m. after school. Cost is $10 per month, $5 per month for children receiving reduced price lunches, and free for children receiving free lunches...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Sheriff's Office personnel and Nevada police officers worked in close cooperation on Wednesday to conduct a countywide operation targeting registered sexual offenders and people with outstanding warrants. In some cases the two categories overlap, but the sweep was conducted with the intention of making sure the 63 registered sex offenders living in Vernon County are compliant with the conditions of their registration as sex offenders...