Stories from Friday, June 15, 2018

After having completed a successful air mission earlier on Aug. 28, 1944, Flight Officer Russel Keith Jennings thought he might have time for other work but the call came into the air base at Frejus-Saint-Raphaël for a second mission; Jennings would not return from that one...

Curtis Lee Weber, 96, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Lee was born Jan. 5, 1922, in Deerfield, to Frank Curtis and Opal Irene (Klontz) Weber. On Dec. 21, 1941, he was united in marriage to Maxine E. Davis in the home of Judge McCaffree in Nevada...

Douglas Duane Bower, 47, of Deerfield, died May 26, at KU Medical Center. He was the son of John Henry Bower and Amelia Elizabeth Jones Bower, of Deerfield. Cremation has taken place and burial will be at a later date.

Charles Eugene Franklin, 79, Hume, died Wednesday, June 13. Funeral service will be held 11 am Saturday, June 16, at the Hume Christian Church. Burial will be in the Hume Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the church. The family suggests contributions to Waves of Mercy or Northwest Haiti Christian Mission. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements are by Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

There are many reasons seniors like myself, recall with fondness those proverbial “Good Old Days,” but for me it was the variety of choices which were available to kids back then. Unlike today’s world where seemingly every youthful activity or sport is planned and regulated to the N-th degree by parents, organizations, coaches, and traveling teams, my boomer generation was more often than not, left to our own devices when it came to summer fun...

A little wicker baby buggy took me around the house and even short shopping trips when I was quite young. This baby buggy had a top on it that covered just half of the buggy but could be turned to cover the half that needed shelter at any given time. This buggy had four wheels, two in front and two at the back. I believe that it was my first means of transportation...

The Nevada Griffons recent tailspin continued Wednesday night at Lyons Stadium. Despite a furious late-inning rally the Griffons were dealt their fifth loss in the past six games, falling to the Clarinda (Iowa) A’s, 8-5 and dropping to 4-7 overall. In what has become an alarming trend through the first 11 games of the season, the Griffons pitching staff tallied more walks and hit-batters than total strike outs. Wild pitches have also been a major concern, as evidenced in Wednesday loss...

Ryan Watts’ dream of following in his father’s footsteps as the head coach of the Nevada High School track-and-field team has come to fruition. Watts, the school’s current cross country head coach, was formerly an assistant on the track-and-field team. Watts replaces Kirk Miller, who stepped down on June 5, shortly after concluding his second season as head coach...