Stories from Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Betty JoAnn (Gire) Butler, 74, of Nevada, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born July 9, 1934, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Ernest L. Gire and Dorothy M. Patton Gire. She married Kenneth Nelson Butler on Oct. 21, 1951, in Wheatland, Mo., and he preceded her in death on May 6, 2008...

Sue Ellen Bice, 76, Nevada, died on Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Joseph Louis Leo, 52, of Milo, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born Aug. 14, 1956, in Oyster Bay, N.Y., to Joseph Carmen Leo and Anna Marie Miranda Leo. He married Neeta Fern Hardgrave on Oct. 5, 1974, in Aurora, Mo., and she survives of the home...

David L. Jones Sr., 61, Nevada, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a sudden illness. He was born on July 15, 1947, in Kansas City, Mo., to Lewis Joseph Jones and Ruth Ann Barker Jones. He married Yvonne Craig and to this union Davina and David Jr., were born. He later married Becky Joan Troyer on July 6, 1997, in Carthage, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Cleo Charlotte Hazlett, 90, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 18, 1918, in Polk County, Mo., to James Blaine Evans and Maude Peery Evans. She married Lee D. Hazlett and he preceded her in death in 1983...

"Third time's a charm." That old cliche held true for the Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team as they finally got their chance to play the Carl Junction Bulldogs at Lyons Stadium Monday afternoon. The Tigers came into the game at 7-5 on the season and 4-0 in district play and Monday's contest turned out to have very strong tournament implications as the winner would likely lock up the top seed for the Class 3 District 12 tournament. ...

Athletic physicals for boys and girls will be conducted on Monday, May 18. Physical forms must be completed prior to the physical exams and returned to the school nurse by Tuesday, May 12. Forms may be picked up in the nurse's office. Physicals for girls entering seventh or eighth grades are scheduled for 5:30 p.m., at the high school, while all physicals for high school girls will follow at 6:30 p.m., also at the high school...

Two people were injured in a one-vehicle wreck 3 miles east of Nevada on U.S. Highway 54 Friday shortly before 10 p.m. according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The driver Amy Rumfelt, 41, Nevada, was listed with moderate injuries and the occupant, Lois Daughrity, 21, El Dorado Springs, was listed with minor injuries. Both women were taken to the Nevada Regional Medical Center...

Renovating the City-County Community Center in Nevada will take center stage this week with the Nevada City Council holding the second readings of ordinance closing part of Hunter Street and approving the design build contract with Crossland Construction Company for the community center project, during a regular meeting set for 7 p.m., inside council chambers in the city's Public Safety building, 120 S. Ash...

On Saturday, April 18, the University of Missouri College of Education honored was Madge Fisher Harrah of Albuquerque, N.M., who received bachelor's degree in education from the MU College of Education in 1953. Harrah is the daughter of Lester and Blanche Fisher who taught school for many years in El Dorado Springs and also in Bronaugh. She also has done book signings in Nevada...

Joe Wilson of Nevada, Mo., and Missouri Northern Pecan Growers has been awarded a $14,900.42 grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program for the project "Defining our Production Region." This grant was awarded as part of NCR-SARE's Farmer Rancher Grant Program...

The Missouri House of Representatives is trying to move quickly on several bills before they adjourn May 15; but it could be a long two weeks, state representative Barney Fisher, R-125th District, said on Monday. "The focus this week is on the budget, we have to pass that by Friday," Fisher said. ...

The Springs Gallery in El Dorado Springs has rescheduled the first Regional Arts Exhibition. The event, hosted in conjunction with the Springfield Regional Arts Council, was originally slated to begin on May 1 and run through June 11, but "due to short notice, submissions were slow to come in and we've had to extend the submission deadline," said Ruth Cannady of The Springs Gallery. ...

April 22 There were reports of an alarm in the Schell City area, suspicious activity in the Bronaugh area, a road closed in the Nevada area, an agency assist in the Nevada area, a controlled burn in the Milo area, a domestic assault in the Richards area, an incorrigible juvenile in the Schell City area, a vehicle accident in the El Dorado Springs area, theats in the Bronaugh area, a civil matter in the Nevada area, a theft in the Nevada area, a stranded motorist in the Nevada area, and a careless and imprudent driver in the Sheldon area.. ...

Jina and Travis Potter, and big brothers Ethan and Blake, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Addison Marie Potter. Addison was born at 8:05 a.m., on April 10, 2009, at Mercy Hospital, in Independence, Kan. She weighed 8 pounds, 3.2 ounces, and measured 21 inches...