Stories from Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Bonnie D. Pope, 85, Moundville, Mo., passed away Friday, July 13, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada. She was born March 26, 1927, in Cherokee, Iowa, to Richard Peterson and Hazel Swanson Peterson. She was married March 18, 1946, in Cherokee, Iowa, to Leonard P. Pope and he survives of the home...

Carol Lanser, 51, former resident of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died July 12, 2012, at her home in Knoxville, Iowa. Carol was born June 26, 1961, in Elmhurst, Ill., to Alice Fifield and Richard Jonason. As she grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., she often compared herself to the Coppertone girl because she spent most of her time swimming at the pool with her siblings. ...

Mildred E. (Moore) Wales, 87, Nevada, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. She was born June 11, 1925, in Passaic, Mo., to Grover and Bessie Mae (Durbin) Moore. Mildred attended school in Foster, Mo. She worked many jobs before her 25 year career at Nevada State Hospital, retiring in 1990. ...

Jessie Irene Luther, 89, Richards, Mo., passed away on her birthday, July 11, 2012, at her home in Richards, Mo. She was born July 11, 1923, in St. Louis, Mo., to Jesse DeTienne and Irene Parsley DeTienne. She married Wesley Raymond Luther on Aug. 2, 1941, in Rich Hill, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1976...

Hilda Smith, 83, of Harwood, Mo., died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 19, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, Schell City, Mo. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m., just prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Green Mound Cemetery, Harwood, Mo. Friends may call after 1 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will be holding a public hearing about a utility easement from the Nevada R-5 School District to install a fiber optic cable to the water treatment plant, during tonight's regular meeting, at 7 p.m., in council chambers, inside the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash, Nevada; to be followed by the first reading of a special ordinance on the same matter...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department and Parks Department will host National Night Out, an event aimed at combating crime and drugs, on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 7-9 p.m., at the Walton Aquatic Center, located at the intersection of Atlantic Street and Ash Street...

This year marks the inception of the "Hearts and Hands" program, a new version of the Special Kids, Special Animals program that, according to one of its organizers. Sarah Byers, "died out a couple of years ago." Byers, 12, 2012 Vernon County Youth Fair Princess, and Morgan Ernsbarger, 14, 2011 Vernon County Youth Fair Princess, decided to give the program another try this year and did all of the legwork themselves including getting sponsors, giveaways and recruiting enough volunteers to make the project a success.. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail When, for a multitude of reasons, children are not able to live with their parents, the foster care system steps in; and social worker Loretta Rapp-Percy says there are just not enough foster homes to fill the need in Vernon County...

The Vernon County Youth Fair Pet Show was held Saturday morning, at the fairgrounds.

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail "Its nice to have success early, but I almost wish we'd lost a few games early, so we'd know what it feels like to lose," Griffons coach Ryan Mansfield said after Sunday night's 6-5 win over the Omaha Diamondbacks. The Griffons lost both games Saturday to the Diamondbacks, 7-5 and 5-3...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Red Sox AAA Legion team will be hosting a district tournament today through Thursday or Friday at the El Dorado Springs High School baseball field. The district tournament has four teams, and will be conducted in a double elimination format, with two games each day...