Stories from Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Annalese Anselmo went to be with the Lord on June 25, 2009. She was born in Walker, Mo., on May 13, 1920 to Golvan and Mary Francis Cherry Shearer and had two siblings, Robert Cherry Shearer of Nevada, and Mary Louise Shearer Smith of Long Beach, Calif...

Robert L. "Bob" Wilson, 74, Croweburg, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Aug. 17, 2009, at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan., after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 29, 1934, in Foxtown, Kan., to John W. Wilson and Anna C. Goodman Wilson. He married his wife of 55 years, Mary Burnick on Feb. 22, 1954, and she survives of the home...

Ruby Sammons, 93, departed this life Aug. 14, 2009, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was born Dec. 20, 1915 in Carbondale, Kan., to J.W. and Linnie Jean Simmons Brewer. She was the sixth child of 11. She moved to Winslow, Ariz., in 1937 and there she met Lawrence E. Sammons and they married Nov. 16, 1937 in Flagstaff, Ariz. To this union two daughters and one son were born. Ruby moved to Colorado Springs in 2003 to be near her family...

The filing period for the two open seats on the Nevada City Council closed at 5 p.m., Tuesday, but not before Sonya Tumm became the sixth candidate to file. Tumm joins Joe Kraft, Brian Leonard, Amyl Bishop, Rick David and Sherry Steward in the Sept. 8 primary, which will narrow the field to four candidates. The two winners will be selected in the Nov. 3 general election...

The annual rite of fall begins as new students move to Cottey College and Nevada. First-year students begin arriving Friday, Aug. 21, followed shortly thereafter by the arrival of the second-year students on Sunday, Aug. 23. The citizens of Nevada and surrounding communities are to be advised of the forthcoming increase in pedestrian traffic on Austin Boulevard and are asked to exercise caution...

A federally funded program known as the Conservation Security Program that was authorized by the 2002 Farm Bill to provide financial and technical assistance to farmers practicing sound conservation techniques on their land has been revamped. Given new life and funding under the 2008 Farm Bill, the program has also been given a new name. ...

The Friday before school begins is a busy one for Cliff Pettibon, the supervisor of the Transportation department of the Nevada R-5 School District. Pettibon and his crew put the bus drivers through their paces each year to be sure new drivers and veterans alike are ready for the important task of hauling the district's students from home to school and back again...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds drivers that schools throughout the state are starting their 2009-'10 school year. Young people will be on the move -- walking, biking, and driving to school. It is critical for drivers to be alert, especially near school zones, playgrounds, and bicycle paths. ...

"The audit went a lot smoother than in the last couple of years," Cyndee Byous, DSWA Certified Public Accountants, told the Nevada City Council during Tuesday night's regularly scheduled meeting. Byous said that the city staff provided any information that was requested and that the audit field work was done on time...

Eunice Pearl Scotten, 97, Nevada, passed away on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 5, 1912, in Louisburg, Mo., to Jesse Hartline and Stella Dorman Hartline. She married James Scotten on June 26, 1932, in Walker, Mo., and he preceded her in death in 1995...