Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Robert E. "Yogi" Siegler, 75, of Nevada, Mo., formerly of Meriden, Conn., went to his eternal rest on April 7, 2013, with his loving wife Phoebe by his side, after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born Nov. 13, 1937, son of the late Robert H. Siegler and Viola Newcomb Siegler. Robert served with the United States Air Force, for 8 years after high school. During this time, he met and married the love of his life, Phoebe Montgomery Siegler...

Brett and Brittany Clark of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Avery Louise Clark. Avery was born at 4:22 p.m., Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 22 inches...

Mitchell and Audrey Underwood of Adrian, Mo., and big sister, Ava, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Lane Myron Underwood. Lane was born at 2:38 a.m., Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kan. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

John Stanfell, a victim of the house fire that occurred at 219 S. Adams St. in Nevada on March 29, has been listed by the Mercy Burn Center in Springfield as being "in good condition," according to Mercy representative Sonya Kullmann. Kullmann said the other victim, Charles Horn, was not listed at all, which could mean several things. Kullmann said that often times when a patient is not listed, it is because the family does not want information released...

Residents of Vernon County have been busy assessing the damage to their vehicles, homes and outbuildings that were damaged when a severe thunderstorm with high winds and large hail moved through Vernon County and into Cedar County late Sunday afternoon...

Nevada City Manager JD Kehrman told the planning commission Tuesday afternoon that all of the property surrounding the old Golden Corral building, 500 E. Austin Boulevard, should have been zoned as a commercial district. "I'm not sure why it was zoned R-3," Kehrman said, before the commission voted 7-0 to change the zoning from R-3 to C-3, commercial on an 80-foot-wide strip of property, behind the Golden Corral lot, stretching from Elm Street on the west to Pine Street on the east...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor "If you just read the box score, it would look deceiving." Those words from Nevada Tigers head baseball coach Danny Penn could have been called a substantial understatement following Tuesday's game against the Tigers of Fort Scott. Outhitting Nevada 10-6 and putting a small army of runners on base should have made for a dominant day for Fort Scott, but that was simply not the case as Nevada took the victory by a final score of 4-0...

The Bronaugh High School track and field team opened its season in the Midway Invitational on April 2. The Wildcats were unable to get any medals in that meet, but did have a few athletes who set personal bests. Bronaugh was scheduled to attend the El Dorado Springs Relays Tuesday, but those results were not available at press time...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School defeated the Nevada Tigers tennis team by a final score of 9-0, Monday afternoon. Monday's match was originally scheduled for April 2, but was rescheduled due to weather. Once the two squads were finally able to meet on Monday, the closest the Tigers came to winning a match was in the No. 2 singles match, when Sam McCoy suffered an 8-6 setback to Preston Carpenter...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Another local high school senior has made official her intent to continue her athletic career in college. Emily Brooks will graduate from Hume High School with the Class of 2013 and was a significant portion of the offense for head coach Delanya Thompson's Lady Hornets throughout her high school career. She finished her high school playing career with 1,035 points, despite devastating injuries to both knees, one of which cut her senior season short...

Player evaluations for girls' softball are Saturday, April 13. Those in grades seven through nine are at 9 a.m., for fifth and sixth grades at 10:30 a.m., and for third and fourth grades at noon. This is hosted by the Nevada Parks and Recreation Department at the Twin Lakes Sports Complex...

The Nevada Neptunes swim team is having an information/registration night and ice cream social Tuesday, April 16, at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center. The information session begins at 5:30 p.m., with registration for the 2013 season from 6 to 8 p.m. Preseason practices are at the Osage Prairie YMCA April 23 to May 23, every Tuesday and Thursday...

BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The Nevada Tiger golf team finished eighth in the Bolivar Invitational Monday with a team score of 363. "Not bad, considering we only had two 80s and the other two scores we had to use were close to or over 100," Leonard said The same storm that moved through Vernon County Sunday evening left the course wet and that eliminated any roll on the fairways, but head coach Brian Leonard said the greens were "quick and smooth."...

PARSONS, Kan. -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team improved to 6-2 on the season by sweeping the Parsons Vikings, 12-5 and 14-4, Monday at Parsons High School. In the opener, the Tigers scored their 12 runs on eight hits, putting up single runs in each of the first three innings before ending the game with three-run rallies in the fourth, fifth and seventh. Lane Ketterman led Nevada's offense in the first game with two hits and four RBIs...

JOPLIN, Mo. --Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers freshman and sophomore track and field athletes competed Tuesday on the road and brought home a number of strong performances. Brooklyn Vincent was second in the discus with a distance of 99 feet, 11 inches and the shot put with a distance of 30-7, while Mindy Hendren was third in the long jump at 14-10 and Lauren Watts placed fourth in the high jump at 4-4. ...

Head coach Dave Ketterman's Cottey College basketball team has added a pair of names to its 2013-14 roster. Linsey Denney is a 5-foot-10-inch guard/forward, from Everton, Mo. She will graduate from Everton High School with the Class of 2013 and is the daughter of Kim -- who was also her coach at Everton High School -- and Monte Gladden. ...

Special to the Daily Mail In honor of Founder's Day last weekend, Debbie Garten, Cottey Library supervisor of public service, brought from the archives three dimensional needlepoint building replicas of each structure on the Cottey Campus for the visitors to enjoy...