Stories from Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Elsie M. Ellis, 100, of Pittsburg, Kan., died at 6 a.m. Monday, June 14, 2010, at Sunset Manor. She was born Jan. 11, 1910, in Jasper County, Mo., the daughter of Will and Darthula Heisten. Elsie attended Centennial rural grade school, and graduated from Carthage, Mo., High School in 1926. She later earned her bachelor and master's degrees from Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, Kan., now Pittsburg State University...

Lillian Ione Newman Sunderwirth was born near El Dorado Springs on Sept. 21, 1910, the oldest daughter of Leland and Pearl Scott Newman and departed this life, June 11, 2010. She received her education in Vernon County schools and received her cosmetology license from Mariwood Beauty College in 1935. She established a beauty shop in El Dorado Springs in 1937. She practiced 73 years, always helping the needy because she knew everyone liked to look nice even if they couldn't afford it...

Virgie Thompson, 91, Bronaugh, Mo., beloved by all, passed away Friday evening, June 11, 2010, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, having suffered a stroke a few days earlier. She had been in declining health for the past three and one-half years. ...

Tony W. Fleeman, age 51, Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 11, 2010, at the Barton County Memorial Hospital emergency room following an apparent heart attack while working in Nevada. He was born June 27, 1958, in Fort Scott, the son of John T. Fleeman and Dorothy Faye (Coulter) Fleeman. ...

Carl Richard Worthington, age 84, resident of Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. He was born Nov. 23, 1925, in Xenia, Kan., the son of Lester Coy Worthington and Zula Walker Worthington. He was a 1942 graduate of Moran High School. ...

James Stoner, 73, Carl Junction, Mo., formerly of Nevada, died Monday June 14, 2010, at Freeman Health System West. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

By Richard Carpenter Special to the Daily Mail The longest running golf tournament in Nevada history resumed last weekend at the Nevada Country Club and golf course. The Invitational held its 41st annual tournament and festivities from Friday through Sunday afternoon...

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Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons have spent the last six games of the 2010 season out on the road and were finally poised to make their return to Lyons Stadium Tuesday evening, but Mother Nature had other ideas. The recent rainfall that has soaked the ground all over Nevada and the surrounding areas forced the Griffons (5-5) to call off their league contest against the Outlaws of Joplin, General Manager Jeff Post said. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Lamar City Park is set to host the Southwest Tigers Youth Baseball Tournament, July 10 and 11. The tournament comes with a four-game guarantee and is open to all interested 9-and-under teams. All 8-and-under teams will play machine pitch while 9-and-under squads will play regular baseball rules...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Comets and head coach Marla Kannady Foreman have added another new signee for the 2010 volleyball season. Rebecca "Blaik" Holland comes from Fort Scott High School and will have the potential of specializing in the outside hitter and setter positions. She is scheduled to sign a letter of intent to join the team this week. Holland's sister, Katelyn, played at Nevada High school and then played at Fort Scott Community College after high school...

The first annual Lions District 26-M5 All-Star basketball games were played on Saturday, June 12, on the campus of Missouri Valley College, in Marshall, Mo. Three area athletes were members of the girls' South team. They included former Bronaugh Lady Wildcat Katlyn Douglas (far right) and former Hume Lady Hornets Katie Orear (middle) and Carlee Campbell (far left). ...

Jeremy and Courtney Henderson, Nevada, and big sisters Lexi Swink, Skye Henderson, CeAirra Penniston, Madison Young and Emma Young, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Laylee Dawn Henderson. Laylee was born at 9:29 a.m., June 11, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada. She weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce; and measured 19.5 inches...

Cheryl Ann Fuller, age 58, of Joplin, Mo., passed away June 9, 2010, at Freeman Heart Institute, Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Cheryl was born Jan. 19, 1952, at McCook, Neb., to Kenneth and Myrtle (Ritz) Fuller. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Beaver Valley High School, Lebanon, Neb. ...

Wesley "Wes" Anderson, age 50, died Friday, June 11, 2010. He was the minister of the First Christian Church in Baldwyn, Miss. He was formerly of Memphis, Tenn. He was an Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow and a graduate of Ozark Christian College. He was the past chaplain of the Vernon County Sheriff's Office in Nevada, Mo...

Nevada Daily Mail An accident occurred at 12:10 p.m., June 10, on Sixth Street in Bronaugh, involving a 1999 Ford Ranger driven by Seth R. Cox, 16, of Bronaugh. Daniel W. Armstrong, 16, of Nevada, was transported by ambulance to Nevada Regional Medical Center with what Missouri State Highway Patrol reports called moderate injuries after he was thrown from the bed of the pickup Cox was driving when a stack of books he was sitting on shifted...

Nevada Daily Mail More summer fun for area youth is in the works in Nevada. The city of Nevada is planning its first youth safety fair on June 26, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center in Nevada. The city hopes to continue the event in the future as an annual presentation. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Thirteen men and women from Vernon County are prepared to step into leadership roles for their communities. West Central Missouri Community Action Agency's third class of leaders graduated on June 10 from the Step Up to Leadership program...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The snow and cold weather this past winter, followed by a wet spring has slowed the progress on the construction of the city's new wastewater treatment plant. At this point, the city does not know when the new plant will be completed and in operation; so Tuesday night, the Nevada City Council voted 4-0, with James McKenzie absent, to give final approval to a change order to the city's contract with G & G Construction for the wastewater treatment plant. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Missouri State Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood held its 117th annual convention recently. More than 330 representatives of P.E.O. chapters across Missouri attended the convention, held June 4-6, in St. Louis. Tricia Bobbett, president of Chapter DW; Carol Urner, vice president of Chapter ND, and Anna Seewoester, president of Chapter KK, served as delegates. ...

A group of travelers from the Nevada Middle School recently returned from a Smithsonian Student Travel educational trip to Washington D.C. and area Civil War battlefields. Students pictured in front of the White House are, front row, left to right: Austin Gayman, Daxtyn Osburn, Monica Gerken, Taylor Dockery, Brett Snead, Shayna Meisenheimer, and Abbie Landoll. ...

Residents, at the far right, watch as firefighters work the scene of a fire reported in apartment B7, in a complex in the 2500 block of east Johnson, Nevada, Tuesday, just before 5:30 p.m. Residents evacuated, and the fire was under control in a short time. No further information was available Tuesday evening...