Stories from Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Jan. 13 There were reports of 10 paper services, an animal neglect in the Milo area, a check well being in the Nevada area, a funeral escort in the Nevada area, a burglary in the Stotesbury area, a child custody dispute in the Richards area, harassment in the Nevada area, a stranded motorist in the Deerfield area, suspicious activity in the Nevada area, and a careless and imprudent driver in the Nevada area...

Annunciata Philamenia Michelle Cecilia "Nancy" Beaumont Brundige, 51, of Irwin, Mo., died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at her home. Funeral services will be held today, at 2 p.m., at Daniel Funeral Home, 1201 Broadway, Lamar, Mo. Burial will be in the Howell Cemetery, south of Milford, Mo. Visitation was Monday, Jan. 18, from 6-7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lamar Animal Shelter...

Edith Dirks, 85, Moundville, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born May 15, 1924, in Deerfield, Mo., to Elmer Wolf and Blanch Schriebral Wolf. She married Richard C. Dirks on Nov. 8, 1943, in Richmond, Va. He preceded her in death in October 1985...

Patty P. Greer, age 74 of Wyandotte, Okla., passed away Thursday Jan. 14, 2010, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Patty was born on Feb. 17, 1935, in Irwin, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Cinnie (Wiseman) McNary. She has been a lifetime area resident, she worked as a cashier for Thriftway for several years as well as Motorola as an inspector before retiring in 1986. ...

George Thomas Carreiro Jr., 72, Nevada, passed away on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at Nevada Medicalodge following a lengthy illness. He was born May 26, 1937, in Newport, R.I., to George Thomas Carreiro Sr. and Emily Cabral Carreiro. He married Claudia Bunker in 1984 in Wichita, Kan., and she survives of El Dorado, Kan...

The Seventh Annual Local Ear Reader Choice Awards were held at Shooters in Nevada, Mo., and hosted by Jennifer Herdliska vocalist/guitarist and co-owner of Herdliska & Sons Plumbing Inc.). This years awards were selected by the 101 votes sent in from the web site www.localear.info...

During the winter, people rush to the car wash to rid their vehicle of accumulating salts. Just as salts cause vehicles to corrode, it can also create problems for landscape plants according to Patrick Byers, a horticulture specialist with University of Missouri Extension...

The Nevada City Council will have a short agenda for their meeting at 7 tonight in the Council Chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St. Among the items they will be considering is a recommendation to reject all the bids for the demolition of the old Baptist Church building, 114 W. Hunter St. The council also will be considering bids for portable generator to allow one of the city's water wells to continue to operate during a power outage...

The Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce honored three area businesses for outstanding contributions to the community in its annual Pacesetter Award presentation, held Friday, Jan. 15, during a luncheon at the Service Edge Cafe inside the Bowman Building, Nevada. This year, the number of awards was reduced and the categories changed, resulting in three categories...

The Cookie Bandits are officially retiring from crunching. As of Sunday night, the team took home the plaque as the fastest cookie-eating quintet in the county, three years' running, in the annual Girl Scout Cookie Crunch-Off, held Sunday in the home economics building at the Vernon County fairgrounds. The team must retire from competition, in accordance with Crunch-Off regulations, but vowed after their three-peat they still will eat Girl Scout cookies, just not in an official capacity...

Dear Editor: I'm writing this after reading that the old First Baptist Church might be demolished. What a mistake this would be. This is a beautiful, old, one of a kind, brick building standing at Hunter and Main. Nearly in the center of our town. It holds many memories, many happy, many sad, but precious one that touch many people in Nevada and surrounding counties...