Stories from Saturday, June 24, 2017

It can be a scary thing to have someone screaming for help over the phone to a dispatcher and not being able to get their location because the line disconnects or the person becomes unable to finish telling the dispatcher where they are. We once had multiple deputies driving up and down several county roads trying to locate a residence because the dispatchers were not able to get the entire address before the phone was ripped away from the person who was trying to place the 911 call. ...

On May 31, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed June 2017 as Great Outdoors Month. Most of us recognize Missouri is the perfect place to enjoy the great outdoors. Between hundreds of lakes offering boating, fishing and water sport fun, camping areas with scenic and historic sites, state and county fairs with much to see and do, rodeos, singing and dancing performances, Civil War reenactments and hundreds of local museums and points of interest: Missouri has it all! And most of it is always within a days drive.. ...

Dear Editor: To the large group that was having a dinner/drunken party at a local restaurant in Nevada, the night of June 18. Who were seated in the East room of the restaurant on that Friday night. Your behavior was appalling and very rude, and to think you and your group thought you were so privileged that you never noticed what problems you all created and the people you disrespected by your rude behavior and out of control actions. ...

Fern Elizabeth Watts, 93, Nevada, passed from this life on June 23, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Fern was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Rushmore, Minn., to Daniel I. and Jeanetta Rose (Druger) VanHorsen. On Nov. 7, 1942, she married Cletus Gale Watts in Worthington, Minn., and he preceded her in death in March of 2000...

Susanne Martin Burks, a 1948 Nevada High School graduate, died on June 15, at age 87, in Parkland, Fla. Her son, Dr. Randy Burks of Parkland, Fla.; daughter, Julie Forbes of Tucson, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild survive her. She was preceded in death by her mother, Madalyn Ewing Martin; and step-father, Dr. Forrest L. Martin, of Nevada; and by her husband of 56 years, William F. “Bill” Burks, also a 1948 graduate...

In spite of the heat and heavy cover since the season opened May 27, there are hunters going after those cagey squirrels. Don Clark is one of those dedicated hunters that doesn’t let the heat, heavy cover or bugs keep him from going after the bushytails...

An error-filled eight-run ninth inning broke open a close game as the Nevada Griffons fell to the Clarinda (Iowa) A’s, 11-3 at Lyons Stadium. The Friday night MINK League loss drops the Griffons to 7-13 overall (7-11 MINK). Currently, Nevada resides three and a half games back of South division leader, Ozark, as the Generals fell to the Jefferson City Renegades, 9-8 on Friday...

Note: This is part two of a two-part story on area baseball prospect Kaleb DeLaTorre Former Fort Scott High School three-sport star, Kaleb DeLaTorre, is coming off a splendid freshman baseball campaign with Neosho (Kan.) Community College. DeLaTorre has kept the momentum going with the Joplin Outlaws of the MINK League, hitting .351 on the season...