Stories from Friday, February 27, 2009

Wanda Johnson, 82, of Rich Hill, died Thursday, Feb. 26, at Willow Lane Nursing Center, in Butler. Wanda is survived by her husband Charles Johnson, or Rich Hill; a son Dayton Johnson and wife Loretta; a daughter Charlotte Schulz and husband Glenn, all of Rich Hill; a son-in-law, Ernie Koehn, of Butler; four brothers, Gerald Dirks and wife Evelyn, Leland Dirks and wife Mary Lou, all of Butler, Chester Dirks and wife Carrol, and Wesley Dirks and wife Donna, all of Rich Hill; two sisters, Rowene Schmidt, of Jamesport, Mo., and Gloria Koehn, of Moundridge, Kan.; 20 grandchildren, and 27 great-grandchildren.. ...

Christina Hill and Greg Lovewell, of Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Lucas William Lovewell. Lucas was born at 10:13 p.m., on Feb. 21, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19 3/4 inches...

Ashley and Jason Blight, of Moundville, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Carter Wayne Blight. Carter was born at 9:45 a.m., on Feb. 21, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 4 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 18 1/4 inches...

An evening of playing games can bring your family closer and provide hours of entertainment. Family members will get to know one another on different levels and the family activity can even help build character. Game playing is a great way to teach children valuable life lessons. Different games focus on different skills:...

William Rogers was without a job for several years, then Experience Works, a national nonprofit organization that helps seniors get the training they need to find good jobs, helped Rogers get a job keying data into the computers at the Vernon County Senior Center. Now Rogers is ready to move on, he recently learned he got a job with the U.S. Census at a good wage...

Vernon County isn't experiencing the big dip in housing prices that other areas of the country are, but it is experiencing an increase in foreclosures. Other areas of the country experienced a housing boom that saw prices increase to very high levels and when the housing bubble burst those prices went down the most...

June will be a busy month in Nevada this year. The second week of June will have not only the annual Bushwhacker Days celebration, but also the Eagle Riders convention, the Neptunes annual two-day swim meet and a wood bat baseball tournament sponsored by the Nevada Red Sox American Legion team...

The Nevada Tigers ended their season Thursday night with a tough loss in the district semifinals to a very talented and physically massive Webb City Cardinals team. With four players at 6 feet 4 inches or taller, the Cardinals had an obvious height advantage in the contest and took advantage of that and their superior athleticism right from the outset. ...