Stories from Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Bill and Dorothy Pettibon will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 3, 2010. The Pettibons were married in Deerfield, Mo., on Sept. 3, 1950, and have lived their entire married lives in this community. The couple have one daughter, Penny Montee, and her family of Arcadia, Kan., and one son, Dennis Earl, who died in 1966...

August 20 William G. Hawkins, Nevada, speeding 29/15. Douglas E. Johnson, Milo, expired license plate. John W. Kasper, El Dorado Springs, expired operator's license. Jason D. Melloway, Hannibal, Mo., failure to transfer plates, no proof of insurance...

"Practice hard tomorrow and we'll be ready to win on Thursday night." Though head coach Becky Lowery's Nevada Lady Tigers varsity volleyball squad didn't get the start she and her coaching staff hoped for in the 2010 season, hopes remain high for some drastic and much-needed improvements to come quickly...

The Sheldon High School baseball team got its fall season under way with a run-rule victory over the Wildcats of Bronaugh Monday. Head coach Jason Irwin's Panthers used three pitchers on their way to a to a 21-9 victory in five innings. Eric Leavell picked up the win for Sheldon...

GOLDEN CITY, Mo. -- The Sheldon Lady Panthers volleyball team got its season under way Monday night with a JV/varsity doubleheader against the Golden City High School Lady Eagles Monday night. Head coach Tyler Judd's Lady Panthers won the varsity match in three sets, taking the first and last sets by the final scores of 25-11 and 25-17, while dropping the second set 25-13. The two squads played just one JV set and Golden City took a 25-17 victory...

WALKER, Mo. -- The Northeast Vernon County High School Knights got the 2010 baseball season under way Monday with a strong victory over the Vikings of Lakeland High School. Junior Grant Davis got the start on the mound for the Knights and went the distance, striking out 13 Vikings and walking four on his way to a 6-1 victory. ...

While I have been fortunate to have done some traveling, it has been somewhat limited. One of the places that I wanted to visit for several years was Yellowstone Park. We had the opportunity to go there three weeks ago and to enjoy the cool weather there compared to the extreme heat that was occurring in this area. The weather out there was comparable to the nice cool weather we experienced in this area last week...

The Northeast Vernon County R-1 School Board met and held a tax rate hearing Tuesday, setting the rate at $4.22 per $100 of assessed valuation, the same rate it was last year. After the hearing, a large crowd waited for the volleyball matches between Ballard, Sheldon and NEVC to end to hold a town hall meeting in the gymnasium. ...

The Vernon County Commission conducted an open hearing in its chambers on the second floor of the Vernon County Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to propose and set the property tax levy for the 2010 tax year at $0.1713 up just a little from the 2009 levy of $0.1617...

A Lamar man was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for robbing Great Southern Bank in Lamar, according to MIssouri Western District U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips' office. Daniel Louis Slotterback, 52, of Lamar, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield, replacing federal criminal complaint that was filed against Slotterback on Aug. 5, 2010...

A monthly baked potato luncheon benefitting the Nevada area chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be served on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the First Christian Church fellowship building at Cedar and Austin, Nevada. Lunch includes a baked potato with toppings, pie and a beverage for $6. Those attending are asked to use the south entrance...

Cape Girardeau, Mo. -- Rust Communications has elevated three of its veteran group publishers to roles as regional vice-presidents, working with Rust newspaper publishers in different regions of the country. Ron Kemp, based in Arkansas, has added the responsibilities of papers in southwest Missouri, central Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Idaho, Including the Nevada Daily Mail and Fort Scott Tribune -- also known as Rust MO/KS. ...

The Bushwhacker Quilt Guild and the Last Monday Quilt Guild have been busy making pillowcases for the Million Pillowcase Challenge. This is a challenge in 2010 for different groups all across the United States to make 1 million pillowcases and donate them to organizations that can use them. like Ronald McDonald Houses, children's homes, women's shelters, nursing homes, etc...

On Aug. 8, 1885, a town was laid out at the site of some mineral springs along the western line of Bacon Township in Vernon County, Mo., by the owner of the land, Mr. J. W. Connely. The town was named Connely Springs. The name was later changed to Fair Haven...