Stories from Tuesday, October 6, 2009

According to my calculations, it's been a mighty long time, maybe three full years, since I've written a summary of the progress of that dynamic duo of Vernon County house builders, Stumble and Bumble. Readers used to ask, "Which of you is Stumble, and which is Bumble?" Well, it scarcely matters: each nickname denotes a degree of joyful amateurism and gleeful clumsiness that you don't expect from a sober-sided professional who does it mainly for the sake of his livelihood. ...

Robert L. "Bob" Bain, 83, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 10, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nevada. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Nevada. Rosary services will be held at 6:30 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 9, with visitation following from 7-8 p.m...

Blake and Amy Hertzberg and big sister Paige, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Parker Clay Hertzberg. Parker was born at Sept. 21, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches...

Gary Wayne Franklin, 68, was born to Earl B. and Mildred B. Spillman Franklin on Dec. 27, 1940, in rural Hume. Gary passed away on Oct. 2, 2009, at Meadowbrook Hospital, in Gardner, Kan., from complications due to lung cancer. He attended Hume schools all 12 years graduating in 1958. ...

Dr. Dan Thomas, age 67 of Nevada, died of renal failure on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, in St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin after a long illness. He was born on Sept. 10, 1942, to Roy and Lilas (Weber) Thomas. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1960...

Sept. 30 There were reports of a 911 hang up in the Nevada area, vandalism in the Rich Hill area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, a 911 hang up in the Nevada area, a suspicious person in the Nevada area, a juvenile in the Nevada area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, a controlled burn in the Horton area, theft in the Nevada area, an ex parte violation in the Richards area, and an abandoned vehicle in the Nevada area...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The Cottey College Comets volleyball team suffered their fourth and fifth losses at home this season in front of a near-capacity crowd at Hinkhouse Gymnasium Friday and Saturday. Despite the worst season head coach Marla Kannady Foreman said she has ever had coaching at Cottey, school spirit and team support were not in short supply as the Comets took on Ozark Christian and Stephens College during Family Weekend...

MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The district championship golf tournament at Marshfield Country Club featured a tough 12-team field, but Nevada Lady Tigers head coach Brian Leonard knew coming in that the only real competition would be between his Lady Tigers and the Mount Vernon Lady Mountaineers...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada High School varsity volleyball team was finally able to make their way back onto the winning track Monday night as they hosted the Seneca Lady Indians. The Lady Tigers got off to a strong start to the season with a 5-2 record early, but have fallen off as of late, sending their record into a downward spiral as they lost five of seven matches to fall to .500 on the year leading up to Monday's match against Seneca...

The Nevada City Council will be holding the final reading tonight of an ordinance setting the dates for the 2010 Municipal election and primary election, as well as setting the dates for the filing period for the one seat that will be available. The council will also be considering the first reading of four ordinances to update the city's electrical, plumbing, building and fire codes to the 2006 versions...

The friends and family of Tim Silver, Nevada, who is coping with liver disease, is set for Oct. 10, 9 a.m.-11 p.m., at the Hume, Mo., fairgrounds. Friends say they want to do the right thing to help Silver and his wife Tina and baby daughter Harley. Tim is a lifelong resident of the area. Events of the day include a motorcycle show, live music, motorcycle games and more...

The Nevada Fire Department kicked off National Fire Prevention Week with an open house on Saturday, attended by an estimated 400 residents, including several children, a group the department regularly reaches out to in its prevention education efforts...