Stories from Saturday, August 10, 2013

Page L. Fletchall, 91, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. He was born Feb. 3, 1922, in Sabetha, Kan., to Floyd Leander Fletchall and Mildred Pearl Zug Fletchall. He married Virginia E. Saathoff on May 6, 1944, in Norman, Okla., and she survives of the home...

Carol J. Steward, 82, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at University Hospital, Columbia, Mo., following a brief illness. She was born Dec. 28, 1930, to Frank French and Cora B. Pulley French. She married Clifford D. "Dan" Steward Jr. on Nov. 2, 1950, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death in 1985...

Announcement is made of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Kristen JaLyn Caldwell and Rogelio Cota on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in a 4 p.m. ceremony at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lockwood, Mo. Kristen is the daughter of Rocky and Jackie Caldwell of Walker. Rogelio is the son of Manuel and Blanca Cota, of El Centro, Calif...

James and Sheri (Gillette) Lewman of Weimar, Texas, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Elizabeth Ann Lewman, to Kyle Aaron Koncaba, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koncaba of Flatonia, Texas. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Art and Joann Gillette of Nevada, Mo., and the late Jack and Liz Lewman of Kansas City, Mo. She is employed as a registered dental assistant by Leo D. Gordon DDS in Weimar...

Mandy Stark and Steven Mattingly of Exeter were married June 29, 2013, in Nevada. Mandy is the daughter of Mike and Julie Forkner, Richards; Dave Stark, Moundville; and Amy Leonard, Milo. She is the granddaughter of LJ and Judy Austin, the late Don and Maxine Stark, Pat Stark, Everett and Ruby Forkner, and John and Jan Cannon. ...

The car went whizzing past, not slowing down to notice the children lined up on the sidewalk waiting for the school bus. It didn't seem to matter it was a residential district -- a neighborhood -- where children congregate each morning waiting for their ride to school and arrive back at the same point in the afternoon after a full day of school...

We are getting close to school time again. Many parents will be sending their child off to school for the first time, and many will be getting just a little closer to that day when they will graduate and move on. This is the world that will take a large part in molding and shaping those children...

Hi neighbors. A couple of weeks ago I sent out a challenge for readers to keep track of a single day and expand it to make it interesting reading for their descendants. Flossie announced that she had met and even exceeded the challenge when she came over for coffee the other morning...

During the Civil War, finding and "tracking" or following the trail of a band of guerrillas was one of the most difficult and frustrating missions of the "Blue Belly Billy Yanks" (Union Troops) in Missouri. The Confederate Guerrillas or "Bushwhackers," if you are of the northern persuasion, were excellent at creating false trails, leading the Yanks" into an ambush, or making a "fresh trail" completely disappear! The following is a brief Union "after action" report that describes the successful pursuit on a fresh Bushwhacker trail. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada still plans on moving ahead with street work, the county is up for consideration as a certified work ready community, and Cottey College is working on its community picnic and partner fair. Those were among the announcements at Friday's Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon at the 3M Clubhouse...

Nevada Daily Mail Robert Moran lay aside his status as alderman and addressed the Sheldon board of aldermen as a citizen in the meeting Thursday. After his motion to modify the agenda to include discussion on Sheldon's new abatement ordinance failed for lack of a second, Moran chose to speak during the public's miscellaneous hearing and left the board table...

Nevada Daily Mail Rainy and sometimes severe weather during the past week has caused some problems for the residents of Nevada as well as those living in the outlying areas of the county. According to the National Weather Service office in Springfield, the entire region is well ahead of rainfall totals for the year...

The city of Nevada announced that its composte site at 501 S. Jefferson St. will be open all weekend for residents to take limbs and debris from the recent storms for disposal.