Stories from Friday, July 24, 2009

Glenness Anne Cays, 82, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a brief illness. She was born Nov. 30, 1926, in Manitowoc, Wis., to George Michael Altmann and Hilda Anne Hummelmann Atlmann She married Adam Grosskopf in 1944 in Manitowoc, Wis. She later married L.W. Allison in 1972 in Phoenix, Ariz., and he preceded her in death in 1996. She then married Kenneth Cays in 2000 in Phoenix and he died in 2001...

Jeanne Bain, 85, of Fayetteville, Ark., formerly of Kansas City, Mo., and a former owner and operator of the Stage Coach Restaurant and Bus Terminal, in Rich Hill, passed aways on July 22, 2009, in Fayettevlle, Ark. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 26, at 2 p.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home, in Rich Hill, with burial in the Greenlawn cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, from 6-8 p.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home...

Wayne Wilson Sumner, of Lake Tapawingo, Mo., passed away on July 23, 2009, at the age of 73. Mr. Sumner was born June 30, 1936 in Metz, Mo. After high school he served in the Army and was stationed in Germany. Wayne later married his high school sweetheart, Dixie Brooks, however, they later divorced in 1971. Wayne worked several years at Ford Motor Company and later owned several businesses...

July 22 There were reports of a medical call in the Milo area, a vandalism in the Nevada area, a careless and imprudent driver in the El Dorado Springs area, trespassing in the Hume area, an animal in the El Dorado Springs area, a cattle theft in the Schell City area, a civil matter in the Schell City area, a juvenile in the El Dorado Sprins area, a check well being in the Sheldon area, harassment in the Walker area, and a suspicious vehicle in the Nevada area...

As the district gears up for another school year, to begin in August, the Nevada R-5 Board of Education meeting Wednesday evening was perhaps the shortest on record. After a brief superintendent's report from Dr. David Stephens, the board quickly took care of the five items on the agenda and one last-minute addition...

The Balance of State Continuum of Care will conduct a street count of homeless individuals in Vernon County on July 29 as part of Vernon County's 2008 Continuum of Care planning process. How the community can help: Volunteers are needed to perform the count throughout different areas in the county. Cash donations and food vouchers are also needed so that when homeless families are found and counted, they can be provided a meal and alternative lodging...

On Tuesday, July 21, emergency responders from Vernon and Barton County rushed to the Sheldon School to encounter the chaos and multiple victim rescue scenario presented by a simulated gas explosion within the school. The training exercise was an emergency preparedness drill designed to measure the effectiveness of the participating agencies' response to a large scale disaster such as a chemical spill, tornado or building collapse...

The Carol and Tony Urner home and surrounding three acres at 16800 S. 1413 Rd., is the Garden Club's final choice for this year's Yard of the Week. Their home, which they built 28 years ago, has several large evergreen shrubs that provide privacy from the busy street in front of their house. ...

Like most of you, I mourned the death last week of the American journalism legend, Walter Cronkite. Countless shows and articles are paying tribute to this wonderful public figure. His life was a microcosm of what the American Dream was all about. As I mentioned in another article a few weeks back, I was not a regular nightly news viewer of Walter. ...