Stories from Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Raymond Eli Hiebert, 88, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. Raymond was born on July 21, 1930, in Hitchcock, Okla., to Henry James and Rachel (Nusz) Hiebert. He married Darline Potter on May 5, 1954, in Enid, Okla., and she survives of the home...

Despite temperatures dipping low in the early morning hours, Oktoberfest was well-attended on Saturday, Oct. 13. United Way of Vernon County hosted the event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and included live music, games for kids, business booths, a Chili Cook-off, and concessions...

The Hume R-8 School Board met in regular session on Oct. 10. Renda Armstrong, DSWA CPA, presented the audit to the board, stating it was a good year financially for the district with a positive $12,000 change in fund balance and a $197,000 increase in total assets. Armstrong reported that overall, it was a good, clean audit opinion with no significant findings...

For the first time ever, there is a class on drones at Nevada High School; it is part of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program. “Actually, as far as we know, this is the first such class being offered on drones in any of the 800 plus AFJROTC programs in the world,” said program leader Master Sergeant (U.S.A.F., retired), U.S. ...

Excelsior Springs — For the first time since 2012, the Nevada Lady Tigers are district softball champions. The lengthy drought came to an end with Saturday’s 2-0 Class 3 District 13 title game triumph over top-seeded Warrensburg. The contest, initially slated to be held in Pleasant Hill, was moved to Excelsior Springs due to weather concerns...

The Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball team has been in dominant form for much of the season, and remained that way at Saturday’s Clinton Tournament, sweeping six matches en route to the tourney championship. The half-dozen victories at the late-season tournament upped Nevada’s record to 24-6...

BALLARD — The top-seeded Hume Lady Hornets stung the competition at Saturday’s Golden Valley Vernon County Conference Volleyball Tournament, en route to a two-set title match victory over the fourth-seeded Sheldon Lady Panthers — securing their second GVVC tournament title in the past four seasons...

WALKER — The Sheldon Lady Panthers remarkable turnaround this season continued Monday in Walker, with a three-set road victory over reigning Golden Valley Vernon County Conference champion Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights. It was the second time in three days Sheldon bested NEVC, having previously done so in the semifinals of Saturday’s GVVC Conference Tournament — en route to a runner-up finish...