Stories from Sunday, July 24, 2005

Aquila, the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce and the city of Nevada will host a special going-away party for neighborhood crime and drugs on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Nevada area residents are invited to attend the National Night Out celebration from 7 to 10 p.m. on the Nevada Square...

An excessive heat warning has been extended by the National Weather Service through Monday, when afternoon temperatures are expected to once again reach or top 100 degrees. The Neal Center, 301 N. Main is open for senior adults needing to escape the extreme weather conditions as a result of the heat advisory that has been issued...

Eli Householder, 5, plays on a makeshift slide and sprinkler in a yard near Milo, to escape the heat.

On Friday, Prairie Pride Inc. announced the results of a positive feasibility study to build a combination 21 million-bushel per year soybean oil extraction and 30 million-gallon per year biodiesel production facility. This facility is currently proposed to be located somewhere in Bates, Vernon or Cass County...

ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon on Friday threatened to file suit against the U.S. Department of Defense unless it drops plans to transfer 15 F-15 Eagle fighter jets from a base at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. In a letter to Gov. Matt Blunt, Nixon said he is prepared to file a lawsuit to halt the transfer of the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Fighter Wing. Under a Pentagon recommendation announced in May, the jets would move to bases in Nevada and New Jersey...

Elveta Hawes, 75, Nevada, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, following a brief illness. She was born June 3, 1930, in Womeeka, Okla., to Bonnie Clayton Roberts and Dessie Lucinda Pearson Roberts. On April 17, 1945, she and Alvin D. Hawes were married in Kilgor, Texas. He preceded her in death on Jan. 1, 2005...

Neena Lynn Fithian, 44, Nevada, died Friday July 22, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a sudden illness. She was born May 2, 1961, in Mt. Carmel, Ill., to William Arthur Fithian and Fanny Rosetta Miskell Fithian. She was reared in Illinois, but spent most of her life in Nevada...

Sue E. Beeson, 89, of Sun City, Ariz., died Monday, June 20, 2005. Services were held at Newton Burial Park on July 23, at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Donald F. Sears officiating. Interment was in Newton Burial Park in Nevada. Arrangements are by Ferry Funeral Home...

Erik Eugene Brown, 57, Nevada, died Friday, July 22, 2005, at his home. He was born June 25, 1948, in Nevada, the son of Wayne K. and Ina Arlene Brown. Except for a brief period, he lived his entire life with his parents in their home, until this year when he moved to live with his sister. The family moved from state to state and also lived in Japan and Newfoundland. He visited Indonesia with his father several years ago. He gave his heart to Jesus at a young age...

Darren Eugene Wallace, 33, Nevada, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada. He was born Dec. 1, 1971, in Nevada, to Rollin Leroy Wallace and Karen Kay Bohannon Wallace. He was reared in Nevada and spent the majority of his life here. He made his living as a roofer and was in construction...

Nevada Herald The Nevada Neptunes Swim Team participated in the Carthage Invitational Swim Meet on July 15 and 16. In the boys 10 and under 100 yard medley relay, Morgan Hold, Nick Conner, Lucas Denman and Andrew Messick took first. In the boys 8 and under 25 freestyle, Dalton Eador took 11th, Andrew Messick 12th, Zach Cullison 13th...

Recently, shortly before my father's death, I came across a very old photograph of a hotel in Cherry Grove, the tiny northern suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he had grown up. Since I remember the same suburb as it appeared, first, in its post-World War II simplicity, and, later, in its Vietnam era-growth spurt, this photograph must have been taken by my father himself (he was an early amateur photographer) in the late 1920's or early 1930's...

Pictured, left to right: front row: Brett Norton, Zachary Denton, Jacob Durossette, Cole Sanderson, Lane Ketterman, and Easton Mitchell. Second row: Mason Knopp, Grant Wolfe, Alex Payne, and Clayton Hixon. Back row: Coaches Matt Ketterman, B.G. Wolfe, and Doug Sanderson...

Dan and Joy Smith of Nevada announce the engagement of their daughter, Jana Smith, to Elias Bichara, of Jos, Nigeria, son of Hawa Bichara, of Jos, Nigeria, and the late Paul Bichara. Bride-elect Smith received her Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Missouri Southern State University in December 2004. She is a case worker for Ozark Center in Joplin, Mo...

Kortney Christene Kurtz and John Thomas Post wish to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005, at the Community Christian Church in Nevada, Mo. Kortney is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gary Kurtz of Nevada. She is a 2004 graduate of Nevada High School, and is pursuing a degree in interior design...

Charity Lynn Fowler, daughter of Kerry and Robyn Fowler, Sheldon, became the bride of Justin Heath Ogle, son of Randy and Bobbi Ogle, on Saturday, March 12, 2005, at the Sheldon Christian Church. Grandparents of the bride are George and Earlene Ewing and Mildred Fowler, all of Sheldon, and the late Floyd Fowler. The groom is the grandson of the late Ona Mae Beck and Robert and Donna Beck of Worthington, Minn., and the late Duane Ogle and Mildred Ogle, Odessa, Mo...

Brian and Heather Daugherty, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Emma Faith Daugherty. Emma was born at 4:27 p.m., on July 28, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches. Paternal grandparents are John and Susan Daugherty, Edmond, Okla. Maternal grandparents are David and Melody Moser, Claremore, Okla...

Hi neighbors. It is already near the end of July and it won't be long before school starts again. If you have a son or daughter going off to college, here are some tips for dealing with that anxiety and how to have your son or daughter remain on speaking terms with you...