Stories from Tuesday, November 14, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The next time you see him, ask Dr. Ron Jones what time it is. He'll probably give you a dirty look and check his wrist to be sure his watch is still there. Jones was just one of the many victims of America's friendliest pickpocket, Gene Turner, Saturday evening at the Eagles Lodge where the Nevada Regional Medical Center Magic of Life Gala was held...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Sheriff's Office reported a possible hunting fatality in the southwest corner of Vernon County Saturday a little after 6 p.m. The Vernon County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation is investigating the shooting...

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail Joan Ostrander entered the war effort in 1943 as part of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. While she was in school to become a registered nurse, Joan developed rheumatic fever and after her recovery she was told to "not even think of joining the Army, considering my health problems," explained Joan in her published memoirs...

Students in Schell City, Bronaugh and Nevada conducted special ceremonies Friday in honor of local veterans on Friday. In Nevada, 11 bells sounded at the 11th hour in honor of veterans; and at events held throughout the county, local veterans had the opportunity to speak to audiences and to educate the community...

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail On Friday morning, Northeast Vernon County Elementary School hosted its annual veterans' memorial event, where area veterans were invited to attend a salute to their service. Veterans of foreign wars from World War II to the Gulf War were present. ...

Marilyn McQuitty, 76, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday morning, Nov.12, 2006, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born on July 3, 1930, in Fort Scott, the daughter of John E. and Helen McClain Lockwood. She attended Eugene Ware School and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1947. She was school president her senior year. She graduated from Fort Scott Community College and was editor of the school paper her sophomore year...

Betty Fern Koehn, 68, Walker, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Nov.11, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born on May 17, 1938, to Fred Redger and Ida Koehn Redger in Tampa, Marion County, Kan., where she spent her childhood. She married Vivan Koehn on November 4, 1989, in Winton, Calif., cheerfully accepting the role of mother and grandmother...

Emmett M. Hogan, 91, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a sudden illness. He was born Oct. 13, 1915. in Bates County, Mo., to George Washington Hogan and May Feeny Hogan. He was married to Louise Arrasmith on May 27, 1938, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Daniel P. VandeWynkel, 64, of Fort Scott, Kan., died at the Mercy Health Center Saturday morning, Nov. 11, 2006. He was born on May 19, 1942, in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of John A. and Betty Jane Phillips VandeWynkel. Dan grew up in Fort Scott, and graduated from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College. ...

The law of inertia Dear editor: In this letter, I want to recognize one special teacher who touched my life growing up here in Nevada. Here is a hint.  It was eighth grade accelerated science where I learned the law of inertia. If she was, or is, your teacher, you can sing it with me and do the claps. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Lacy Leonard scored 15 of her team-high 17 points in the first half and the Cottey Comets never trailed as they held off the Brown Mackie (Kan.) Lady Lions 65-52 in the final game of the Comet Shootout at the Hinkhouse Center Saturday...