Stories from Saturday, January 11, 2014

Kenneth Leroy Adams, 85, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at his home in Nevada, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born in Rockville, Mo., on March 13, 1928, to Benny Clarence Adams and Ivy Beatrice Richeson Adams. He married Violet McQuay on Aug. 4, 1969, in Miami, Okla., and she preceded him in death on Feb. 24, 2012...

Leta Bell Malcom, 95, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 22, 1918, in Appleton City, Mo., to David Dotson and Dorothy Ethel (Henderson) Dotson. She and Asa C. Malcom were married on Dec. 2, 1937, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. He preceded her in death on Feb. 17, 1996...

Thelma Roe, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at Community Springs Healthcare, in El Dorado Springs. No services are planned at this time.

Zachary and Lanette McInroy, of Nevada, Mo., and older sister, Molly Mae, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Eli Zane McInroy. Maternal grandparents are Randy and Sandy Wallace, of Nevada. Maternal great-grandparent is Maxine Wallace, of Nevada...

Jeff and Denise Horacek of Darwin, Minn., formerly of Nevada, Mo., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Emily Krystine Horacek, to Lakshman Rao Tavag, son of Satish and Nalini Tavag of Bangalore, India. Emily is a 2005 graduate of Nevada High School, a 2009 graduate of Case Western Reserve University, and a 2013 graduate of Emory University. ...

Announcement is made of the engagement of Colleen Maus to John Dawson. The bride is the daughter of Karen Vessey of El Dorado Springs, Mo., and the late John Vessey. The groom is the son of Charles and Barbara Dawson of Springfield, Mo. Colleen and John plan to be married in the fall of 2014...

Hi neighbors. We all lose someone dear to us in our life times. Most of us lose several people close to us by blood, marriage or deep friendship. Each of them was special to us, not simply for what they did, but for who they were. My son called me late Wednesday night to tell me his grandmother had died at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. ...

Throughout this last year we have held a lot of training, and every time we train I say the same thing: train for the worst and hope for the best. This week I was on my way to a meeting with the commissioners when I was notified that deputies were responding to a residence on the east side of the county where a suicidal subject had weapons and had barricaded himself inside the residence while the rest of the family was out in the cold, afraid to enter...

The new year brings with it the promise of change. Whether it's trying to stick to those new resolutions we made for personal improvement, or we're simply navigating our way through planning our finances, the new year also often marks a period of transition as new community leaders in government and civic organizations take over...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has extended to Feb. 7 the deadline for new enrollments in the Conservation Stewardship Program. CSP, now in its fifth year, emphasizes conservation performance by providing higher payments to agricultural producers who achieve high levels of conservation. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Taking Off Pounds Sensibly organization recently donated $250 to the Northeast Vernon County elementary school. "We're going to apply the donation toward technology," elementary principal Kendall Ogburn said. TOPS members make knickknacks for sale at Christmas and donate a portion of the proceeds to the school every year...

Nevada Daily Mail Animal control in Sheldon remains at status quo as decided by the Board of Aldermen at its meeting Thursday. Alderman Robert Moran suggested the aldermen reconsider the 2010 ordinance which places fines of $100 for the first time an animal is picked up and charges $200 subsequently...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Regional Medical Center hosted this month's Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce luncheon, with a presentation by Brigitte Brus, NRMC's director of home health and hospice, on the workings of the programs. The need for home health and hospice will continue to grow as the population ages, Brus told those in attendance...

As a young man entered the classroom for a hunter-safety class, he was overheard to say, "I really don't need this, I already know about guns and hunting." Attitude is very important in firearm safety, as the instructor said, "Someone with a poor attitude about firearm safety is asking for trouble. A person might think that they know about guns and hunting, but even with all this knowledge, can't prevent an accident."...

By Greg Kepler Special to the Daily Mail The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats celebrated the 2014 Homecoming with a decisive victory over the Montrose Lady Blue Jays in a Golden Valley Vernon County Conference matchup Friday night. A nearly-packed gym cheered both teams...

By Greg Kepler Special to the Daily Mail The Montrose Blue Jays came to Bronaugh looking to avenge a loss to the Wildcats earlier in the year. As the two athletic teams got their legs underneath them, Montrose drew first blood, taking a 5-0 lead. With 2 1/2 minutes gone in the game, Thomas Kerbs put Bronaugh on the board with a deuce...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor "This is the second night in a row where we've done everything but win the basketball game." Though the Nevada Tigers basketball team came up on the short end of the final score of another game, head coach John McNeley came out of Friday night's double overtime war against the Tigers of Warrensburg High School with nothing but positive words to say about his team, with good reason. ...

The Nevada Tigers junior varsity basketball team got back into action Friday night, hoping to erase the bad memories from a tough, lopsided loss at Carthage Thursday. Head coach Kyle Talley's squad entered Friday's home contest against Warrensburg at a decided disadvantage, in terms of experience on the floor and overall talent, but the Tigers held their own throughout the majority of the contest. ...

EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade boys' basketball team opened the 2014 season in the El Dorado Springs Tournament Thursday night. Head coach Robert Miner's squad found itself in a tightly-contested game that came right down to the wire against Warsaw. By the time all was said and done, the seventh-grade Tigers pulled out the victory by the slimmest of margins, 31-30...

Bronaugh picked up a pair of victories Thursday night on the road, with the girls winning handily, 70-33, and the boys pulling out a squeaker, 48-46. For both teams, it was the sixth win of the season. The Lady Wildcats had little difficulty with Miami, opening up a 23-14 first-quarter lead...