Stories from Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Nevada Daily Mail SHELDON -- The Hume High School volleyball team secured the GVVC conference title last weekend with wins over Sheldon and Bronaugh. Hume got past Bronaugh 25-16, 25-20 and then topped Sheldon 25-4, 25-9. The win over Sheldon gave the Hornets the conference title...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA--The Nevada High School volleyball team ended the regular season on a high note by cruising past Lamar in two-straight sets, 25-10, 25-15, on Monday night at Nevada Middle School. The team's seniors were recognized before the match...

Norse top Comets on Tuesday night

Nevada had its chances in Friday's district loss

Local contractors are looking forward to doing their part beginning Wednesday, Oct. 19, when a national television reality show takes on a massive project in Joplin. The Emmy-award-winning reality program, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is conducting a "blitz build" of seven homes in seven days in Joplin, as part of the effort to rebuild in that community, and Buildet will be there...

HUME -- The unexpected Sept. 24 death of their popular 46-year-old president led Hume School Board members to reorganize and decide to wait until the April 3 election for voters to choose a successor. Ralph Earl Franklin's passing from a brain aneurysm "was a shock to the whole community," Principal Kenny Otto said Tuesday...

After a slow summer, a number of new programs are starting at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center. Dana Redburn, the city's new parks and recreation director, told the city council during its regular meeting Tuesday that there will be a youth dance program starting on Oct. 25 that will be taught by Cottey College dance students under the direction of their instructor at Cottey. This program is for pre-school through sixth grade students, and focuses on creative movement...

The first two candidates for the 2012 city council election filed early Tuesday morning. Myron Damon, 220 E. Hunter, was the first to file at 8:04 a.m. Eleven minutes later incumbent council member Seth Barrett, 804 Timberbrook, became the second to file...

The dark orange pumpkin is a mainstay in American culture. Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" gave us chills as the headless horseman hurled pumpkins at his hapless victims. Thanks to the genius of the late Charles Schulz, we shared Linus' anticipation while he awaited the arrival of the Great Pumpkin...

Lewis Joe Rayburn, 57, Nevada, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 17, 2011, at his home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born Jan. 25, 1954, in Humansville, Mo., to Billy Joe Rayburn and Doris June Wooldridge Rayburn. He married Kathy L. Wilson on July 10, 1971, in Horton, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Tailer Lee Manos, 17, Bronaugh, Mo., passed away Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo. He was born Aug. 9, 1994, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Roy Lee Anderson and Julie Dawn Holt Anderson. Tailer was a member of the FFA and Science Club at Bronaugh High School where he was a junior. ...

Mildred Beatrice McNeece, 89, of Nevada, passed away Oct. 17, 2011. She was born Aug. 18, 1922, to William and Sadie (Crain) Fleener in Virgil City, Mo. On Feb. 28, 1942, she married Earl McNeece. To this union six children were born: three sons, Richard, Lonnie and Rocky, and three daughters, Nancy, Donna and Sharon...