Stories from Saturday, September 6, 2014

Marjorie M. Biber, 95, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, at Christian Healthcare, in Nevada, after a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 10, 1919, in Benkelman, Neb., to Loyal Charles Baney and Mildred Pearl Hoover Baney. Marjorie was united in marriage to Omar Hardwick in 1938, and he preceded her in death in December 1953. She married again in 1955 to Ray Biber and he preceded her in death in 1993...

Glenyce I. Cullison, 75, Bronaugh, Mo., passed away Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, at Cox South, in Springfield, Mo., following a brief illness. Glenyce was born May 19, 1939, in Nevada, to Glendyn A. "Bog" Pettibon and Mary E. (Manley) Pettibon. She was united in marriage to Ralph Kenneth Cullison on June 28, 1958, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...

Brittany and Bobby West, of Richards, Mo., and older siblings, Daiton, Mercedes, Destiney, Katelyn, and Alyssa are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Alexus Isabella West. Alexus was born at 11:57 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail KCP&L awarded a grant to Cottey College and Students Against a Vanishing Environment as part of the KCP&L Energizing Our Environment Micro-Grant Program. This program is designed to help fund environmental projects in communities throughout KCP&L's service region. The grants range from $500 to $3,000 and will provide nonprofit organizations an opportunity to improve the environment in their communities in a meaningful way...

Nevada Daily Mail Schell City clerk Erin Lee expressed concern about the switch over date to connect to Consolidated Public Water Service District No. 1 of Vernon County to provide the town with water. "I haven't heard anything more about the water project," Lee told the Schell City Board of Aldermen at its meeting Wednesday. "We need to do this before winter so we can tell if there are leaks. I ordered chlorine because we had to use the chlorinator for another month."...

Nevada Daily Mail Bronaugh school district hired Emily Knapp as the high school history teacher and DeAnna Gossett as sixth grade teacher. Jessica Kuder serves as the high school secretary. Originally from Bonner Springs, Kans., Knapp, 21, graduated William-Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., with a double major in history and secondary education...

Special to the Daily Mail It was less than a month ago when I wrote about Joanna Abernethy, the Australian woman, who lost her life while riding her bicycle across America. I'm sad to report yet another cyclist, Rhonda Thompson of Pittsburg, Kan., was struck and killed last Sunday by a motorist while on her morning ride. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Circuit Judge Timothy Perigo, in an order filed in Vernon County Court, ruled that Dustin Dunfield be disqualified as a candidate for Vernon County Prosecuting Attorney. Perigo's ruling ordered Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach to remove Dunfield's name from the Nov. 4 ballot...

Nevada Daily Mail In a West Central Conference clash Friday night at Logan Field, the Nevada Tigers were roughed up by the St. Pius X Warriors, losing 48-13. With the loss, the Tigers fall to 0-3 on the season. On the Warriors opening drive, senior quarterback Marshall Mason play-faked and scrambled to the right, then found tight end Tommy Geisinger for a 38 yard pickup...

Sheldon may be young in experience and a bit thin in numbers but coach Lisha Lamb has high hopes for her volleyball charges this year. Lamb, entering her second year at the helm, greeted only four returning members of the team from a year ago. She does have four first-year players...

Nevada Daily Mail Missouri teal hunters should have plenty of targets when the early teal season opens next Saturday for a 16 day run. An early breeding survey showed 8.5 million blue-wing teal, so there will be a lot of teal heading south this month...