Stories from Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Anna Maye Cole, 81, Nevada, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 22, 1929, in Verse, Wyo., to Fred A. Martin and Nina Anna Faulkner Martin. She married Lawrence D. Cole on Dec. 12, 1946, in Pittsburg, Kan., and he survives of the home...

Maxine Marie Skillman, 89, went to be with her Heavenly Father, Sunday morning, April 3, 2011. She was born in Zeandale, Kan., Oct. 23, 1921, to Walter Emanuel Miller and Beatrice McCormick Miller. Maxine was married Oct. 20, 1942, to Burtis Franklin Skillman who preceded her in death Feb. ...

Henry Dean Ford, 85, Golden City, Mo., passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar, Mo. Dean was born Dec. 22, 1925, to George Henry and Sylvia Ida (Hoover) Ford in Sheldon, Mo. He made his home for many years in Golden City. He had a love for antique model cars...

Dustin and Mandy Thomas of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their baby son, Colton Jon Thomas. Colton was born at 5:45 a.m., Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

March 27 Aaron Dahmer was arrested for tampering with a motor vehicle. Bond is $100,000. Nina Shallenberger was arrested for passing bad checks. Bond is $400. Charlene Houts was arrested for hold. Bond is $250. Danny Pages was released for time served...

On March 31, officers from the Nevada Police Department conducted an investigation into illegal drug activity in the 600 block of S. Oak resulting in the arrest of Randy Northrup, age 29, of Nevada and Georgia Morrison, age 34, of Nevada. A third suspect in the investigation remains at large...

Sussex County, N.J. -- Three of the five Vernon County men charged in a strange 2010 kidnapping case were in court again yesterday. Lonnie Swarnes, Douglas Stangeland and William Barger all made an appearance in a Sussex County, N.J., Superior Court room on Monday, in connection with the bungled kidnapping case of New Jersey pet food dealer Jeffrey Muller...

Local school board, township and city races top voter interest in today's elections. A big field of candidates has lined up for the three seats up for election in the Nevada R-5 Board of Education. Vying for the seats are Adam Dean, Rick Baker, Michael Freeze, Chris Hendren, Nora Quitno, Steve Cubbage, Nathan Forkner, Denise Jenkins and Jeremy Fast...

The Nevada City Council will have a lengthy agenda to deal with when they meet at 7 tonight in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St. Among the items on the agenda is the first reading of an ordinance declaring the Nevada Fire Department's 1982 Ford C8000 Smeal pumper truck surplus property so it can be disposed of, and a related item, Resolution No. 1314 soliciting grant applications from Vernon County volunteer fire departments for the award of the 1982 pumper...

Ten Cottey College students placed in the 52nd Annual Missouri Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference and Business Competition held in Jefferson City, March 25-26, 2011, five Cottey students qualified for the National Competition. The conference featured leadership workshops, competitive business events, and election of state officers for the next school year...

Students from the Nevada Regional Technical Center attended the 2011 Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Leadership Conference, March 27-29 at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center, Columbia. Mariah Jones, senior, Nevada; Jordan Kavalesky, junior, Butler; and Nick Hulse, junior, Butler, competed in the Culinary STAR Event. ...

Cole Diggins represented Bronaugh R-7 in the Junior Division of the 22nd Annual Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair held on March 29-31, and received a first-place trophy and a $25 prize in the Chemistry and Biochemistry category with his entry titled, "Hedging Against the Bugs Naturally: A Study of Hedge Apples as a Effective Natural Bug Repellant."...

Dr. Judy R. Rogers, president of Cottey College, was honored on March 17, in New York City, when she was decorated Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. The honor was in recognition of Dr. Rogers' commitment to women's education and the special ties between Cottey College and the Maisons d'Éducation de la Légion d'Honneur. This award is presented by the French government on the advice of the president of France...

A small group of Nevada High School's track athletes went to Friday's track meet in Carthage and came away with three first place finishes and three third place. The meet, originally scheduled for last Thursday was postponed for 24-hours because of the weather...

Sheldon athletes competed in a weekend track and field meet at Archie Results Girls 4 x 800 relay -- third place, 13:04.13 Boys 4 x 200 relay -- third place, 1:44.53 Boys 1,600 meter Run -- Kasey Jones -- third place, 5:18.95 Boys 200 meter dash -- Tra Hart -- 24.68...

The Nevada High School golf team placed seventh in a field of 13 teams today in the Bird-Dog Invitational Golf Tournament hosted by Webb City and Carl Junction at the Briarbrook Country Club. Nevada head coach Brian Leonard said that temperatures in the mid-40 and wind gusts up to 30 m.p.h., plus the early season course conditions made it a challenging day on the links...