Stories from Friday, May 11, 2012

Tigers beat Panthers in district semifinal

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail The annual Schowe and Shine car show has been held in Nevada for the past five years; and Dr. Ron Schowengerdt said he is excited to bring the 6th Annual Schowe and Shine Car Show to town on May 19. "It's always the third Saturday in May," Schowengerdt said; and the show is free and open to the public...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Republican Party officials in Vernon and Bates counties say State Rep. Barney Fisher's endorsement of Bates County Northern Commissioner Randy Pike in the race to pick Fisher's successor by no means negates the chances of Vernon County candidates Barbara "Barb" York or Bill Yarberry...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail As the spring semester draws to an end at Cottey College, so does Katherine Kerbs' directed study course, which was to research and write a history of the Nevada Police Department. Kerbs was intimidated in the beginning, but spent about 3 1/2 working on the project which "went really well" before she finished...

By Neoma Foreman Special to the Daily Mail "I enlisted in the National Guard in May of 1967 and was called to serve in October. I wanted to go because I had two cousins and my two best friends killed in Vietnam," said Frank Arnold, of his years of service...

On April 18, Nevada High School Freshmen Action students traveled to Jefferson City to testify on behalf of two bills. Students researched and followed the bills as part of their civics class. The bills, SB599 and HB1062, both require school districts to include in their school accountability report cards whether they have a gifted education program and the percentage and number of students enrolled. ...

Alberta Beatrice Bates, 80, Independence, Mo., died Monday, May 7, 2012, at her home. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Jack Curtis Yeazle, 60, died on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

David Leroy Franz, 89, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2012, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center. He was born Oct. 5, 1922, in Nevada, to Robert Phillip Franz and Edith Mae Culler Franz. He married Margaret Hazel Lamb on Nov. 5, 1945, in Salinas, Calif., and she preceded him in death on June 4, 1992...

Linda D. Edwards, 63, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at her home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Oct. 11, 1948, in Hamburg, Iowa. She was married to Phill E. Edwards on Aug. 17, 1983, in the Sulphur Springs Baptist Church, Dederick, Mo., and he survives of the home...

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