Stories from Saturday, December 8, 2012

Cleo Vista Frederick, 96, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born July 12, 1916, in a farmhouse north of Girard, Kan., the daughter of Perry Melvin Campbell and Letha Xavina (Hewett) Campbell. The family lived on a farm on Highway 7, just two miles north of Girard. ...

Robert Eugene Whitworth, 66, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Mo., following a brief illness. He was born June 7, 1946, in Weaubleau, Mo., to Omer C. Whitworth and Roberta E. Streiner Whitworth. Robert was raised in Moundville and graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1965. ...

Zola Mae Mayfield, 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Community Springs Healthcare, El Dorado Springs, Mo. She was born June 2, 1933, in Nevada, Mo., to George Irl Weber and Stella Holmes Weber. She married Wendell W. Mayfield on April 14, 1951, in Ceres, Calif., and he survives of the home...

Amanda Louise Jagels and Shawn David Stuckey, both of Kansas City, Mo., were married in Cozumel, Mexico, at 5 p.m., on June 10, 2012. The bride is the daughter of Ricky and Linda Jagels, Rich Hill, Mo., and granddaughter of Ruth Campbell, Rich Hill, and Marvin and Velda Jagels, Rockville, Mo. The groom's parents are Linda and Steve Smith, Greenwood, Mo., and Ron Stuckey, Unionville, Mo...

Robert and Janie Watts of Nevada announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Emily Watts, to Trevor Hinkle, son of Kenny and Janyce Hinkle of Nevada. Emily and Trevor plan to be married on Jan. 5, 2013, at First Presbyterian Church of Nevada...

Special to the Herald-Tribune Army Pvt. Lauren E. Crawford has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Mercy Home Health and Hospice has announced the selection of registered nurse Brenda Bailey as 2012 "Mercy Home Health Employee of the Year." In celebration of Mercy's 34th anniversary offering home health services and in conjunction with last month's National Home Health Month, patients, co-workers and community members were invited to nominate and vote for staff members deserving of the employee of the year award. ...

Vernon County will have a new state senator and representative when the 97th Missouri General Assembly convenes Jan. 9, and Ed Emery of Lamar and Randy Pike of Adrian are taking steps to ensure their freshman status does not scuttle their goals. Much has changed in the Show-Me State, including political redistricting and Republicans' achievement of a "super majority" in both houses to render their legislation immune to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's vetoes...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- For the last four years, Nancy Crumpacker has given of her own time around the holiday season to help organize an annual fundraiser at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Crumpacker, a medical staff coordinator, is one of the key people behind Mercy's Red Stocking Silent Auction, an annual event that benefits Mercy employees who are having financial difficulties during the holiday season. This year's event was held Thursday in the Mercy Cafe...

More than 100 years ago, an old Osage Indian trail led from the Osage villages in northeast and north central Vernon County to Fort Osage, located on the Missouri River east of Kansas City, according an article penned by the late Pat Brophy, to a Vernon County Historical Society reference called "Past Perfect."...

A few weeks ago, Marzanna Pogorzelska was in Fort Scott, Kan., collaborating with staff at the Lowell Milken Center on projects that celebrate unsung heroes. This week, Pogorzelska was in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, and this time, she was the one being celebrated...

Hi neighbors. I have had the pleasure of reading Ellen Gray Massey's latest book and I am very impressed! The book, "Our Robin is Read -- Voices from the Wayside" is a collection of letters sent as a round robin between the Gray family's eight siblings, children of Chester and Pearl Gray. The letters span the time period from July 1944 through July 1970...

On May 3, 1947, Korczak Ziolkowski came to the Black Hills to create a monument of Crazy Horse at the invitation of Chief Henry Standing Bear. The idea was to create the world's largest mountain carving located in the Black Hills of South Dakota to honor the Dakota warrior, Crazy Horse. Work on this monument still continues today and I know what the workers on this project might think, are we ever going to get this finished?...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail editor It's the season of giving; people are opening their hearts and opening their wallets all over the country -- especially in Vernon County. There are several charities in town collecting donations of all sorts for the holidays, or even just to fill a general need. Most of them are bona fide efforts that provide genuine, thoughtful gifts to those facing hardship, and they're great efforts well worth the support of their patrons...

With more than 200,000 deer harvested so far this year, it should be another big year for the Share the Harvest program. For successful hunters that would like to share their harvest this season, an effective program appropriately called, "Share the Harvest" allows hunters to donate deer meat to families in need. This charitable program that started in 1992, allows hunters to legally donate venison to people in need of food...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune NEVADA -- "It was a tale of two halves, wasn't it?" A tale of two halves was just about the only way Nevada Lady Tigers head basketball coach Brent Bartlett could describe Friday's contest at Wynn Gymnasium against the Lady Tigers of Warrensburg...