Stories from Sunday, April 18, 2004

submitted photo The Nevada Lady Tigers basketball team recently held their end of season banquet and awards night. Left to right are Afton Baldwin, Defensive Player of the Year; Hillary Adams, Most Valuable Player; Lacy Leonard, Offensive Player of the Year; Chanelle Braun, Most Improved Player; and Lisa Pendrak received the Hustle award...

Ralph Pokorny/Herald Alex Hardin returns service during his 8-2 win over Joey LeMaster during a meet with Ft Scott High School tennis team. Nevada swept the meet winning all nine matches for a season record of 3-2. Nevada will take on the Webb City Cardinals Tuesday afternoon in Nevada. ...

When the rain started falling just prior to the start of the 2004 Youth Only Turkey Hunt, George Spencer, Kansas City, felt better about not getting his son a permit. "I heard the weather report and knew we couldn't go Easter Sunday, so I told my son, Jack, that we would go during the regular season. ...

There was a time in my life, and I bet in the lives of a lot of guys my age, that just about the most important pecuniary denomination was the now lowly nickel. Yep, five cents. The 20th part of a dollar. Heck, there was a time when Bill Quarton had the local Double Cola Bottling Co. They kept the refrigerator at school stocked with 12 oz. bottles and sold them at 5 cents a pop...

Theda Fraley, 85, Nevada, MO, passed away April 16, 2004 at Christian Health Care in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born August 2, 1918 in Bates County to George W. Starr and Golda Scifers Starr. She married Emmons Philbrick in 1938 in Nevada, MO, and he preceded her in death in 1963. She later married Clarence Fraley in January 1970 in Nevada and he preceded her in death on May 5, 1989...

Edward M. Kibler Jr., 85, Nevada, died Friday, April 16, 2004, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born November 6, 1918, in Nevada, to Edward M. Kibler Sr. and Mattie Opal Dennis Kibler. He was married July 10, 1937, in Nevada, to Velma Treat Kibler. She preceded him in death August 6,1998...

Hi, neighbors. Take time to enjoy a good cup of hot coffee and celebrate the passing of April 15 for another year. I hope everyone who owes money gets it paid in as our mutual uncle tends to get a bit testy when he doesn't get his greens on a regular basis...

Brian Johnson On Friday everyone that had to do with business in Nevada packed the Country Club for the annual luncheon to honor those who have helped this community the most. The people who were honored were J.C. and Barbara Wiseman, Phil's Furniture Mart and Marie Wessley...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Herald Monday the first group of eggs and incubators left the Extension office for schools, child care centers, head start programs and nursing homes throughout Vernon and Cedar Counties. "We have 20 incubators," Carol Parmenter, 4-H Youth Specialist, said. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Elks are holding a gun show, an event they hope to become an annual event. Individuals and vendors from all over the area converged on the Elks Bingo Hall to show off their wares. Some had rifles and shotguns, some had accessories like scopes and decoys, some specialized in certain types of weapons, but they were all there to buy, sell and trade...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald The first fifth grade class to graduate from the new Vernon County D.A.R.E. celebrated Friday in the Bronaugh school gym. While it isn't the first class in Bronaugh it is the first since Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman, with the help of the Vernon County Commissioners, provided a school resource officer, Deputy Dan Miller...