Stories from Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Martha "Marty" Jane Herren, 65, Bronaugh, Mo., passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013, at Truman Healthcare and Rehab in Lamar, Mo., following a lengthy illness. She was born Oct. 26, 1947, in Nevada, Mo. to Bonnie Perkey. She was married Dec. 2, 1982, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Dale Rex Herren and he survives of the home...

Opher Linn "Bill" Greer, 62, Richards, Mo., passed away on April 1, 2013, at his home in Richards, following a sudden illness. He was born June 18, 1950, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Opher Linn Greer and Lillian Durrossette Greer. He married Mary Elizabeth Koder on July 17, 1972, in Nevada, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Billy Allen Robinson, 60, Nevada, Mo., died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at his home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Nevada High School Show Choir Students will host the third annual Kids Show Choir Camp on from 3:30 to 6 p.m. April 18 at Nevada High School. This event is open to boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grade. Students will learn music and choreography to "We Are" from the movie Ice Age 4, according to a news release. The camp fee of $25 includes instruction, a T-shirt, a group photo and after school snacks. Also, button pictures will be taken by the NHS Band Boosters...

Missouri has always had a set of statewide standards that students were expected to meet and each district has been free to develop its own curriculum so its students would meet those standards, Dr. David Stephens, Nevada R-5 superintendent, said Wednesday...

Warren Rolando was presented the 2012 Volunteer of the Year award as part of the first Strong Kids Gala at the Osage Prairie YMCA on Friday night. Rolando and his fellow volunteers were publicly thanked by the YMCA staff for their efforts. "We're very dependent on our volunteers here," said Executive Director Jeff Snyder...

Blake Hertzburg is running unopposed for a vacant position on the Nevada City Council. Hertzburg, who is currently serving his second term on the Nevada Planning Commission is seeking the position formerly held by James McKenzie. McKenzie did not seek re-election...

Polls opened at 6 a.m. today and will close at 7 p.m. throughout Vernon County and Missouri with area voters deciding a large number of issues. In all, 47 different ballots will be handed out in the election. Voters in the Rich Hill school district will be voting on a proposition to build a community storm shelter and in the El Dorado Springs school district they will be deciding the fate of a new school...