Stories from Tuesday, April 20, 2010

G. Steven Jadlot passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2010. He was a member of the Kansas State University Alumni, West Point Parents Club and Concord Baptist Church. He was the beloved husband of Kathryn Jadlot (nee Smith); dear father of Travis (Jennifer) Jadlot; dear grandfather of Lily and Owen Jadlot; dear son of the late Gerald and Lucile Jadlot; dear brother of Terry (Sandra), Dennis, Charles (the late Nancy) and Randy (Jane) Jadlot and Barbara (Butch) Renwick; dear brother-in-law of Debby Smith; our dear nephew, uncle, great-uncle, cousin and friend.. ...

Betty Jean Fisher, 78, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Monday, April 19, 2010, at Carthage Health and Rehab Center, Carthage Mo., following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 20, 1931, in Los Animos, Colo., to Luther Grant and Sylvia Irene Atkinson. She was married to Earl Lee Fisher on May 1, 1954, in New Mexico and he survives of the home...

Leland Dalton, age 87, of Nevada, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at his home in Nevada. Lee retired from the Prudential Insurance Company after 33 years of service in the Nevada area. Lee served in the Army Air Corps during World War II while stationed in Halesworth, England...

Lee Roy Sparks, 84, Nevada, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. He was born Nov. 11, 1925, in Shawnee, Okla., to Roy Francis Sparks and Mary Verna Banion Sparks. He was married for 63 years to the love of his life, Eva Mahurin, and she survives of the home...

John W. Chadd Sr., 86, Milo, Mo., passed away at his home on Saturday, April 17, 2010. John was born on March 5, 1924, in Milo, to Glen Jeremiah Chadd and Eva Blanche Slates Chadd. He married Margaret J. Baker on Feb. 14, 1947, in Fort Scott, and she preceded him in death in 2005...

The Nevada City Council will be holding the first reading of a special ordinance approving a contract with Snyder Construction, Joplin, for the 2010 street sales tax improvement projects during tonight's council meeting, at 7, in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash Street...

The Scottish Rite of Fort Scott is excited to announce it will conduct its 223rd Reunion in Fort Scott, Kansas on Saturday, April 24. This is an outstanding time for the Scottish Rite Masons as they bring in new members to the organization. When a person becomes a Mason, they can choose to achieve a greater degree of proficiency in the Craft and the Scottish Rite is the next step. ...

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has issued an emergency rule banning the transport of walnut products from nine Western states. The quarantine, issued by the Department of Agriculture's Plant Industries Division, became effective April 12 to protect the state's black walnut trees from the spread of thousand cankers disease. ...

April is Cancer Control Month and who better to talk about cancer than someone who has survived it -- twice. Marilyn Edmonds has had two bouts with cancer and came away more than a mere survivor, she has achieved a victory of sorts. In addition to the advice all cancer organizations give; stop smoking, eat right, exercise, and so on; Edmonds adds advice from some hard-earned lessons...

After hearing St. Louis-based public defender Scott Thompson argue for his client's exoneration during a motion to release hearing conducted in the Vernon County courthouse on Monday, April 19, a Barton County judge set aside the 16-year-old conviction of a Belton, Mo., man convicted of raping an elderly woman in Nevada on June 4, 1993...

Dear Editor, I have no doubt that there are many things to be said for keeping trash and debris to a minimum. Not merely does it cut down on the proliferation of certain kinds of pests, it probably contributes, overall, to healthier property values, the boosting of community morale, and even the suppression of some sorts of crime. Along these lines, it makes sense to encourage some appropriate levels of tidiness and responsible action...