Stories from Saturday, September 28, 2013

Neva Bunn-Hite, 92, resident of rural Deerfield, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at her home. She was born Feb. 22, 1921, in Montevalleo, Mo. She graduated from Nevada High School in 1939 and attended Fort Scott Junior College until 1940. At the age of 19 she began teaching at Moore School in Moundville School District in a one-room school with 29 students. ...

Mabel G. Kennedy, 93, of Fleming Island, Fla., passed away the morning of Sept. 25, 2013, at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, Fla. She was predeceased by infant son, Maurice Kennedy; her parents, Crawford and Marie Graham; her husband, Vernon Kennedy; her two brothers, Buford and Marvin Graham; her sisters, Wilma Phalen and Ila Rose Mouradian; her grandson, Alexander Trane; and niece, Phyllis Phalen...

Aaliyah and Kimberly Meredith and Kim Gean announce the engagement of their mother and daughter, Katherine Lauren Darnell, to Shane Oneal Wright. The groom, Shane Oneal Wright, is the son of Dee Wright of Post Falls, Idaho, and the late Richard Wright...

Hi neighbors. It is beautiful weather outdoors -- in case all of you folks are like me and are stuck five days a week indoors at a desk. I love the misty, almost foggy mornings where the grass is as wet as if it had rained. When I first moved back to Missouri from dry weather Kansas I was amazed at the dew and mist covered mornings in the fall. ...

Before the advent of mass marketing, mass distribution, mass production, and shiny packaging, neighbors relied on neighborhood farms and mom and pop-type operations or their own backyard or garden to get their produce and grocery goods. Over the years, the direct to consumer approach disappeared, replaced for convenience, time and cost efficiencies...

This week, deputies from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office took part in active shooter training at the Nevada Regional Technical Center building in Nevada. This was the third time deputies have attended this type of training this year. Active shooter training is often overlooked because it is not something we deal with every day, and something we hope never to deal with. ...

I believe in karma ... To the Editor: To the person or person(s) that stole the shepherds hook and decorations from my grave. My parents had just put the beautiful blinking butterfly lights up two days before. You see butterflies were one of my favorites! You see I passed away two years ago at a rather young age after having thrown at me about every illness you can think of. ...

Cottey College president Dr. Judy Rogers, announced Friday A Defining Moment: The Campaign for Cottey College, has topped the five-year, $35 million goal, four years after it began in September 2009. According to a press release Rogers told those attending the Convention of International Chapter of the P.E.O. ...

When the Nevada City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St., it will be tackling the problem of attendance of board and commission members at meetings, as well as several other issues. The council relies on recommendations from the parks and recreation board, the planning commission and the street and infrastructure board to make informed decisions affecting all of the city's residents. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Pat Langford, licensed practical nurse, is the day charge nurse at Barone Care Center in Nevada. She was born in the Cedar County Memorial Hospital, She grew up in El Dorado Springs and graduated from high school there. She decided to attend the LPN school in Nevada. "Lots of my friends were becoming nurses and I knew that was a goal I could afford to attempt."...