Stories from Saturday, February 6, 2016

Edna Mae Shutters, 95, of Independence, Mo., passed from this life on Feb. 4, 2016, at The Groves, in Independence. She was born May 27, 1920, in Walker, Mo., the daughter of Charles Ezra and Minnie Julianna (Yenter) Eslinger. On Dec. 24, 1941, she was united in marriage to Marion Robert (Bud) Shutters and he preceded her in death on June 22, 1976...

I was speaking to a group of people recently and noticed that I have developed a habit of saying "this is supposed to be common sense" after explaining a law. I realized that over time, I have more and more begun to assume that "common sense" does not exist. ...

Hi neighbors. next Sunday is the big day for people in love! I hope you are prepared with cards, candy, wine, flowers, a night out on the town and a nice dinner. During my years as a reporter for the Nevada Daily Mail, each year I would do one or two articles about how various couples defined "love" and how they expressed it to their beloved. I have interviewed starry eyed teenaged couples and couples who had been married and deeply in love for more than 60 years...

By Dr. Ron Jones At the time of this writing, there is a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a gathering of millionaires, trillionaires, and probably even quadrillionaires by now, who are committed to helping find ways to lift the lower and middle classes out of their economic woes. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Most of the time, the nondescript metal-sided building that sits on the corner of Anderson and 4th streets in Sheldon sits empty and quiet. Much like the Missouri weather though, this can change in an instant. A car slides to a stop in front of the building, its occupant runs inside and throws open the doors. Minutes later other cars and trucks arrive, and the first siren blares. The building belongs to the Sheldon Fire Department and someone's house is burning...

The high and dingy water in area lakes has slowed winter fishing down, but some anglers have found fishing good especially for bass and crappie. One Kansas fisherman who has been pulling out crappie and bass from Missouri waters is Phil Schmidt Overland Park, Kan., who spent several days last week catching both species...

The Nevada Tiger Pit wrestling team competed in four January tournaments, walking away with excellent results. Carthage Tournament, Jan. 16 Brady Hargrove, first place; Isaac Hargrove, second place; Daeten Raney, second place; Kennedy D'Elia, second place; Brayden Wilson, second place; Cohen Longobard, second place; Michael Culpeper, second place; Isaac Campbell, third place; Kenneth Johnson, third place; Skylur Mashek, third place; Gauge Boyd, fourth place...

The Osage Prairie YMCA Tridents swim team took three of its swimmers to the Polar Plunge Invitational, Jan. 30 at the Seymour YMCA. Hosted by the Seymour Sharks Swim team, the one day, two session meet featured six YMCA teams, and 140 swimmers. Tridents results...

Richards-native Austin Forkner's second career professional race will be televised on Fox Sports 1, Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. The Amsoil AX Arenacross race recently took place at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.

Nevada Tigers catcher and baseball captain Brett Mitchell will be continuing his baseball career with the Red Ravens of Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College. In front of a packed audience comprised of peers, teachers, and school administrators, Mitchell made it official Tuesday inside the Nevada High School Media Center...

History nearly repeated itself for the Nevada Lady Tigers basketball team. This time however, Nevada held on for its first conference victory of the season. On Feb. 2, the Lady Tigers relinquished a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter as they fell 67-64 to the Clinton Lady Cardinals...

Friday night against the West Central Conference's top team Archbishop O'Hara, the Nevada Tigers couldn't have scripted the first half much better. The second half however, was a different story, as dynamic senior point guard Dezmond McDaniel fueled O'Hara's high-octane offense. McDaniel, who finished with 29 points, 10 assists and five rebounds, sparked the Celtics to a 79-63 victory, putting his team in sole possession of first place in the West Central conference at 7-0 (18-5 overall)...