Stories from Friday, December 18, 2015

Glenna Kay Wright, 53, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Dec. 15, 2015, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin. She was born Oct. 27, 1962, in Nevada, the daughter of Louis Glenn and Sharon Kay (Mulkins) Wright. Glenna attended school in Nevada, and then graduated with a bachelor's degree from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin. ...

Dorothy Louise Christensen, 89, Nevada, Mo., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at Joe Clark Residential Care Home, in Nevada. Dorothy was born on Oct. 10, 1926, in De Queen, Ark., to Herschel Van Buren and Ethel (Williamson) Hendrix. She was united in marriage to Donald Carl Christensen in Carter, Okla., in 1942, and he preceded her in death...

Most of my adult life, I have diligently practiced self-control when it came to shedding tears. I can remember crying and sobbing as a child, but at some point, I no longer felt comfortable boohooing as a method to display feelings of remorse, anger, sadness, pain, or even happiness. ...

I have been slightly home bound lately. I can go somewhere if someone else drives me and will walk with me, but unless it is for medical reasons I hate to ask anyone. That doesn't matter usually because I am so busy with my newspaper work, Facebook, reading, playing Scrabble and maybe just a bit of housework, that I don't have much time for going places. But recently, I think it was a Sunday, I don't always know, I decided to watch television for a while...

Nevada Daily Mail The Community Council on Performing Arts is raising funds for a "much needed roof update" on the historic Fox Theater Playhouse. Michael Pommier, president, and Anne Bunton, treasurer of CCPA, were notified the CCPA had been awarded a matching grant from the Moss Trust Fund...

Nevada Daily Mail The first day to file for office in the April 5, 2016, General Municipal Election was Dec. 15. The last day for filing is Jan. 19, with the exception of the City of Nevada whose filing opened Oct. 14, and closed Nov. 18. Those offices open for filing are School Board, Cities, Township Road Levys, Ambulance District, Health Department and Water District...

Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh school board met to discuss its annual audit, discuss a change in math credits for students' graduating after 2016 and finalize old business. B.G. Wolfe of DSWA Certified Public Accountants told the board that no major issues were found, however he warned against high credit card limits and its potential for fraudulent spending...

Nevada Daily Mail Ninety-one year old Gene Lowe is a real hero to the people who heard him speak at Camp Clark Thursday morning. As a World War II veteran, drafted in 1942 and assigned to the 163rd Infantry Regiment with the 41st Infantry Division, Lowe was deployed to New Guinea, the Philippines and he was in Hiroshima, Japan, when the United States dropped a uranium gun-type atomic bomb, nicknamed "Little Boy" on the city...

Dan Hope Jr. with Nevada Auto Mall made contributions to local schools for the Your School is Cool campaign. Nevada Auto Mall donated $100 for every car sold during the month of October to their school of choice. Hope presented a check to St. Mary's School and Father Matthew Benjamin for the campaign. Hope presented a check to Assistant Superintendent Jodie McNeley for Nevada R-V.