Stories from Thursday, April 22, 2010

"It seems like we're getting it in clumps." That has been the story of the year for head coach Kellan Foster's Nevada Tigers baseball team and Tuesday afternoon was no exception as they suffered a 10-9 loss at home at the hands of the Clinton Cardinals on the heels of a six-run fifth inning...

Each year the Mary A. McGennis Agricultural Park and Youth Center board holds its annual meeting. Recently, Virginia Habjan asked me if I wanted a copy of the annual report. I told her that I had one, but I wanted to give a copy to another person, so she me left a copy at the University Extension Center. ...

The Nevada boys' and girls' track teams fared well in the freshman and sophomore track meet on Tuesday -- both coming in first place overall. In the girls 100 meter hurdles, Caitlin Johnson placed first and Ashley Shumaker came in third. Johnson also snagged the gold in the girl's 300 meter hurdles, with Baily Harbit placing third. ...

Gordon Henry Kranz, 80, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., following an illness of several weeks. He was born June 29, 1929, in Holton, Kan., to Henry Ferdinand Kranz and Sarah Roxie Jennings Kranz. He married Lulu Somers on Nov. 22, 1953, in Salina, Kan., and she survives of the home...

John Newton Harlow III, 87, Nevada, died on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Richard D. DeSpain, 78, of Nevada, died on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, in Joplin. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

As the Greater Ozarks Chapter of the American Red Cross office moves into their summer Disaster Relief operation, they would like the public to know they are in need of new shorts and T-shirts (no used clothing please) to replace their clothing packs that are given out to victims of disasters in the 29 counties the chapter serves...

Today is the 40th celebration of Earth Day and one of the things everyone can do to get in on the act of keeping the earth livable is recycle. Those in Vernon County who already recycle or are wanting to begin, are fortunate to have a recycling center in Nevada...

Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. once said "Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love."...

In a ceremony on April 20, Anita J. (Janie) Dunning, state director, USDA Rural Development, presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the Public Water Supply District No. 7 of Vernon County. The certificate was presented in recognition of PWSD No. ...