Stories from Friday, January 27, 2017

Dawna Day Haynes, 76, Belton, Mo., passed away on Monday, Jan. 23, at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. Dawna was born on Sept. 28, 1940, in Bronaugh, to Merle Hobert and Norma Day (Bright) Shearburn. She was united in marriage to David Eugene Haynes for 16 years and to this union two children were born...

Linda Joyce Habedank, 72, died surrounded by family and friends on Jan. 24, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. Linda was born on Sept. 11, 1944, in Seattle, Wash., the daughter of Martin and Joyce St. Nicholas. Survivors include her husband of 50 years Keith; and four children, Rebecka Ann Pritchett, Jeremy Alan Habedank and wife, Leea, Amber Lynn Sanchez and husband, Benjamin, and Jason Andrew Habedank...

Jack Edward Winter, 54, Richards, passed away on Jan. 24, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Jack was born Feb. 4, 1962, in Nevada, the son of Joe Edward and Shirley Irene (Goddard) Winter. Jack grew up in Richards. He attended school in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1980. ...

Jackie Hammer, 81, of Altamonte, Fla., formerly of Nevada, died on Aug. 1, 2016. He was the son of James Allen and Florence Jenna Hammer who lived in Nevada from 1935 to 1957. Jackie graduated from Nevada High School. He joined the Air Force in 1954. Later he worked for the Department of Justice in Seattle then in Arlington, Va., where he retired...

Robert Thomas Hacker, 48, Olathe, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Menorah Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. Robert was born Feb. 10, 1968, in Fort Scott, to Robert Lee and Carol Ann (Thomas) Hacker. Robert attended Nevada High School graduating with the Class of 1986. ...

Evelyn J. Armstrong, 73, of Overland Park, Kan., died Jan. 25, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. She was born on Nov. 12, 1943, to Henry L. and Lola L. Sully of Kansas City, Kan. Evelyn is survived by her oldest son, Charles W. Armstrong Jr., of Big Sandy, Tenn; grandchildren; a sister, Irene Collins, of El Dorado Springs; and nieces and nephews...

Zachary and Cristin Greenlee and their son, Harper, of St. Louis, Mo., announce the birth of their child and sister, Hazel Mae Greenlee. She was born Thursday, Dec. 29, weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces and measured 22 inches. Maternal grandparents are Jay and Susan Hungerford, Ballwin, Mo. ...

There are some weeks where nothing seems to "strike my fancy" in selecting a theme for my column. When all else fails, I turn to my "clutter bin." This location contains past ideas that have failed to measure up to a full story line, or some new thoughts that only require a few passing sentences. This is one of those weeks...

Editor's note: This column originally ran in the Aug. 19, 1999 edition of the Daily Mail. I am really enjoying the melons and tomatoes fresh from the garden at this time of year. Or course, they are fresh from someone else's garden since we didn't get a garden put out this year. But with generous offerings on the sharing table at church, the Farmer's Market and good neighbors, we usually get many good tastes of my favorites...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com The Walker board of aldermen discussed the latest inspection of the water system conducted by Missouri Department of Natural Resources in Oct. 2016. The city received the results of that inspection on Jan. 4. "These are the violations that were on the inspection that need attention," city employee and water system operator William Jeffrey said...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Currently, Vernon County contains 20 townships as well as part or all of seven school, five water and one ambulance districts. For the April 4 election, eight townships, seven municipalities, four school and two water districts will be on the ballot...

Special to the Daily Mail During the summer months more than 24 women from the First Baptist Church work diligently helping to assist young girls during their menstrual cycle all over the world, Becky Chandler told the Nevada Lions Club during a recent meeting. ...

In a rematch of last year's El Dorado Springs Junior Varsity Basketball Tournament championship game, the top-seeded Nevada Tigers defeated third-seeded Fort Scott 45-40 to secure back-to-back titles. A season ago, fourth-seeded Nevada knocked off second-seeded Fort Scott 49-32 in the El Do JV title tilt...

The Hume Lady Hornets suffered a pair of losses this week at the 87th annual Archie Basketball Tournament. In Monday's opening-round contest the seventh-seeded Lady Hornets were defeated 61-30 by second-seeded Metro Academy. Matching up against sixth-seeded Holden in the consolation semifinals Wedesnday night, Hume was topped 53-41. The Lady Hornets are now 8-8 overall (3-3 GVVC-play)...

With Thursday night's 73-42 thrashing of Versailles in the semifinals of the 92nd Annual Clinton Basketball Tournament, the Nevada Tigers picked up their eighth straight victory en route to punching its ticket to the tournament championship game. Nevada (13-3) was slow out of the gate as the top-seeded Tigers held a 14-12 first quarter lead over fifth-seeded Versailles...

The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth-grade boys' basketball teams wrapped up an action-packed week in Nevada, having played three games each. Eighth-grade scores The Tiger eighth-grade A team opened the week Monday night with a 40-15 home victory over Fort Scott (See Tuesday's edition for story)...