Stories from Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Garland Leroy Adkins, loving husband, proud father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and son, died on Sept. 23, 2013, at 2:10 p.m., from complications due to throat cancer. Leroy was a man of action dedicated to getting things changed and making a difference to all those he has known and loved...

Marjorie Lou Rogers, 88, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born on Aug. 16, 1925, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to Fred Albert Josepeit and Ruth Arvilla Marriott Josepeit. She married Earl L. "Buster" Rogers on Jan. 24, 1945, in Goodland, Kan., and he survives of the home...

Gregory Allen Hardy was born July 17, 1961, in Kansas City, Kan., to Harry and Linda (Wallace) Hardy. He died Sept. 23, 2013, at his home in El Dorado Springs, Mo. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Final disposition and cremation under the direction of the Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs, Mo...

Rachelle Allen and Ethan Orr are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Khloe ReNae Orr. Khloe was born Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches.

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor "We wanted to beat them bad and we know we're going to have to, eventually, to keep going on with our season. So I don't know if that pressure kind of psyched us up and psyched us out." Though the Nevada Lady Tigers and head coach Ashley Thoreson have had their share of successes through the early portions of this season, things were very different in Tuesday night's return to Wynn Gymnasium. ...

FORT SCOTT -- The Fort Scott Community College Lady Greyhounds swept the Cottey College Comets in a volleyball match Monday night at Fort Scott Community College's Arnold Arena, by the final scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-18. "We played really well the first game and a half, despite the loss in game one," Comets head coach Marla Kannady Foreman said. ...

PLEASANT HILL -- The Nevada High School freshman football team got back into action for the fourth time this season Monday night, at Pleasant Hill High School. Head coach Josh Smith's freshman Tigers were able to keep pace with the Roosters, but ultimately fell just short in the end. By the time all was said and done, Pleasant Hill took the victory by a final score of 36-28...

The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball teams got back into action Monday night and came out of their contests against Joplin South with mixed results. Head coach Marsha Hooper's seventh graders had little trouble getting past South as both the A and B teams earned two-set victories. Hooper's A team defeated South by the final scores of 25-17 and 25-18, while the B team won by a considerably larger margin, 25-9 and 25-10...

HARRISONVILLE -- The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team suffered another tough loss on the road Monday, at Harrisonville High School. Head coach Samantha Short's squad was unable to get much going against the Lady Wildcats, ultimately leading to a 7-2 victory for Harrisonville. ...

Nevada High School's softball team finished fourth in the El Dorado Springs tournament over the weekend, with a 1-2 record, and fell to Carthage Monday afternoon, 10-4. Nevada was in pool 1 with Lamar and Miller. The host school was in pool 2 with Archie and Stockton...

The Cottey College Department of Theatre will present William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5, in the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Performances will begin at 8 each evening. This show is part of Family Weekend festivities...

The musical group Darry Miller and The Veil will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in Raney Dining Room. This pop/soul band has been blowing away audiences around the country with their relentlessly catchy songs, rooted in soul, R&B, blues, and the "purest form of pop" (Fly Magazine). Their stage presence is captivating, and their songs uniquely timeless...

Northeast Vernon County FFA finished a busy summer, which included serving ice cream at Wilbur's Fireworks display on June 24, attending an officer training workshop and conference in Carl Junction and Springfield, hosting an ice cream social at the Agriculture Education Building on Aug. 13, traveling to Bennett Springs State Park on Aug. 17 for a chapter float trip, and setting up a booth for Chicken Bingo at the Schell City Fall Festival...

Relay For Life teams of Vernon County were just short $67 of raising $33,000 in their fundraising campaign for the American Cancer Society. "Our fundraising year ends Aug. 31 and after all the team money is turned in, matching funds are received and corporate sponsors are added, we have our final total. We knew we were close and are thrilled with the final total," stated Julie Kemper, committee chair...

Nearly a dozen US Bank Mortgage Office volunteers distributed food to more than 120 Vernon County seniors on Friday as part of a shipment received from Ozark Food Harvest at the Vernon County Senior Center. The volunteers assisted the Senior Center in the set-up, execution, delivery to home-bound clients, and clean-up of the seven tons of food and hygiene products. ...

Thanks to a U.S. Department of Education Teach America History Grant program Nevada Middle School teachers Kim Greer and Erin Townsend spent several weeks touring Civil War battlefields. The grant was facilitated by the Southwest Center for Educational Excellence in Webb City and focused on the Civil War...

Nevada Daily Mail In another step to prepare for the vision project, Sheldon Community Betterment Committee developed a wish list at its meeting Monday. Drury architecture students will spend the spring semester in Sheldon studying the community in order to help the city consider and implement ideas, a vision project, for as long as 15 to 20 years. The wish list will provide the students with an idea of what Sheldon values...

Two people were injured during an accident that occurred Monday on Interstate-49 at Milo. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Jim Wilde, Loretta F. Crews, 77, of Sheldon, and Kyle F. Bradley, 33, of Broken Arrow, Okla., received minor injuries during the two-vehicle crash...