Stories from Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Virginia "Lucille" Shumaker, 91, died on Oct. 11, 2015, after a lengthy illness. Lucille was born on Dec. 14, 1923, to Leslie Emmett and Myrtle Isabelle (Humbert) Gowin, in Nevada, Mo. She married Harold Leon Shumaker on Jan. 1, 1941, in a double ceremony with her brother, Glenn Franklin Gowin and Mildred Shumaker, in Nevada, Mo. ...

John Wilber Smith, 75, of Nevada, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. He was born March 23, 1940, in Butler, Mo., the son of Everett Thomas Sr. and Fauneeta Ruth (Thomas) Smith. A graveside memorial service for John Wilber Smith will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Oak Hill Cemetery, in Butler, Mo. Friends may call now and until Saturday at 9 a.m., at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada...

Gladys Gertrude Dimartino, 83, Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at Mercy Hospital, in Joplin, Mo., following a brief illness. Gladys was born Sept. 21, 1932, in Marion, N.C., to Leonard Hayes and Addie (Lee) Pearson. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. Friends may call from now and until the hour of service...

Candice J. Stallings and Mac McCaslin, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Daffnie Jo McCaslin. Daffnie was born at 3:08 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 11 pounds and measured 21 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Gordon Parks Celebration announces the winners of the 2015 Gordon Parks High School Poetry/Essay/Photo Contest. Of 82 entries received from high schools in Girard, Pittsburg, Nevada, Prairie View, and Fort Scott Middle School, 15 works were chosen as winners. The winners will be honored at a luncheon during the Gordon Parks Celebration on Friday, Oct. 23 at noon in the FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center...

Nevada Daily Mail A new year-to-year traveling trophy to increase participation of Missouri University Extension councils was discussed at the University Extension Council meeting, Monday night at the Nevada Senior Center. Wayne Prewitt, west central region director of Missouri Extension, sent a letter to Leslie Carroll-Bartlett about Extension's striving to "better understand the value of the 4-H Youth Development Program and the impact it has on its youth."...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Commissioners gave members of the Nevada Lions an update on various infrastructure projects at the most recent club meeting. Commissioners took time to visit with the group on an individual basis for those with questions...

Nevada Daily Mail Volume is up and members of the Vernon County Ambulance District continue to stay at the ready. During Friday's Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon, Vernon County Ambulance District Director James McKenzie told those in attendance that his five ambulances, 12 employees and another dozen volunteers average between 10 and 14 calls a day. The volunteers alone put in about 1,000 hours of time...

Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail/ Nevada High School senior volleyball players and their parents are recognized prior to the varsity game Tuesday night in Wynn Gym. Nevada's seniors from left to right: Mindy Hendren, Lexie Overton, Lauren Radspinner, and Jansen Miller...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers four-member senior class went out in style with an easy two-set win against the overmatched Kansas City Center Yellowjackers Tuesday night in Wynn Gym. The 25-7, 25-13 Senior Night victory extended Nevada's winning streak to 11 matches as they improved to 20-10 overall and 8-3 in West Central Conference play...