Stories from Thursday, September 14, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada R-5 school board met with B.G. Wolfe of Daniel and Associates, auditors for the school district, at their regular meeting Wednesday. Wolfe told the board the district had a clean bill of health and stated the only thing that needed to be mentioned was the lack of adequate separation of duties in handling funds...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County's annual disaster drill was conducted yesterday evening, with a dramatic scenario to which area emergency crews were to respond. This year's scenario was complex. In it, shortly after 1 p.m., Wednesday, responders were to behave as though the north side of the Vernon County Courthouse was severely damaged, and about 30 people pretended to be killed and injured in the mock disaster, when a pickup truck driven by the fictitious James Burnbomb, of rural Nevada, exploded near the north courthouse door killing the fictitious driver instantly.. ...

By Charles C. Nash Special to the Daily Mail Sponsored by Dr. Ron and Linda Showengerdt and most ably directed by current CCPA president Kim Bessey, David Auburn's splendidly realistic psychological puzzler and Pulitzer prizewinning "Proof," playing at the Fox Playhouse Sept. 14,15 and 16, at 8 p.m., and Sept.17, at 2 p.m., marks a welcome advance in Nevada theater fare's sophistication...

Donald Eugene Ragan, age 29, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006, as the result of a motorcycle accident. Donnie was born July 2, 1977, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., the son of Ralph Ragan and Deborah Keys Allen. He married Angela Stuart on June 23, 2001, in Fort Scott. They later divorced, but remained good friends...

James Austin Gooden, age 77, of Montevallo, Mo., passed away on Sept. 5, 2006, at his home. He is survived by five sons, Louis Pennington of Compton Junction, Mo., Sam Gooden of Walker, Mo., Homer Gooden of Milo, Mo., Larry Gooden of El Dorado Springs and Paul Gooden, Lamar, Mo.; six daughters, Linda Dedrick of Bolivar, Mo., Rose Chastain of Nevada, Rebecca Long of Milo, Ruth Woods of Nevada, Laura Cook of Milo, and Pam Meister of Nevada; four sisters; three brothers; 21 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren.. ...

Funeral services for Zoey Ann Ipock, 7 weeks old, Walnut Shade, Mo., will be Saturday, Sept. 16, at 3 p.m., in the Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home, Branson. Burial will follow in the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery, Branson. Zoey passed away Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo...

Steve and Karen Marquardt, Nevada, and Brock and Logan, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Gannon Robert Marquardt. Gannon was born at 3:20 p.m., Sept. 5, 2006, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin. He weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 21.25 inches...

I am getting so tired of hearing "so" used so many ways that I am so tempted to do something so unlike me that you will know that I am so out of it that you should be concerned about me. I have mentioned this to a certain teenager so many times but I always get the same response. So? It bothers me so much that so many people can't even be bothered to put the what on the end of it. They mean "so what." But they just say, "So."...

100 years ago Acted in self defense It developed at the examining trial of Dr. Jeff Williams, charged with killing Vaughan Moore on the night of Sept. 10, that Moore was in morbid conditions from excessive drinking and was brooding over imaginary grievance against Williams...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School quarterback Ronnie Herda was named MoSports.com football player of the week for Class 3 after his performance against El Dorado Springs Friday. The 6-1 junior accounted for five touchdowns during Nevada's 52-27 victory over the Bulldogs. Herda had three scores on the ground and two more in the air, accounting for almost 250 yards of total offense...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets lost their second volleyball match of the season Monday when they fell to Ozark Christian College in Joplin, 19-30, 30-25, 28-30, 28-30. "Ozark is a tough team," Cottey head coach Marla Kannady said in a press release...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Middle School students who are attending the Homecoming football game Friday at Logan Field are being asked by school officials to sit in new bleachers located at the east end of the football field. During the first game, the middle school students sat in the visitor's section. Officials are hoping that the change will provide a more enjoyable experience for middle school students and all fans...

Nevada Daily Mail The Hume Hornets baseball team has won their first two games of the season, beating Lakeland on Sept. 7, and Northeast Vernon County Tuesday. Hume beat Lakeland 22-8, as all nine starters collected at least one hit each. Ryan Austin pitched the final five innings of the game for the victory, as they scored in every inning, including eight in the fourth and six in the seventh...

Recently the Hardin Farms softball team won first place and the gold medal in recreational softball at the Missouri Senior Games in Columbia. Some of the players came out of retirement to compete in the 50- to 54-year-old division of the Senior Games, which are a part of the Missouri Show-Me games held each summer. ...

By Gail Agee Track Reporter Outlaw Night had regular race cars, some with wings and some with billboards, all racing together. The cars with billboards really sailed around the track. All drivers drew for their starting positions with finishes in the heats determining their starting positions in the Features. ...