Stories from Friday, May 2, 2014

I used to like to shop when Papa was paying the bill. I would have permission to buy maybe one dress, or one pair of shoes for example. I couldn't buy shoes in Nevada because my feet were too big for the styles I wanted. This was when I was a little girl. Little girl shoes didn't come in my long narrow sizes here, so I had to wait until we returned to Washington, D.C., for the school year to get what I liked...

The title of this article is perhaps the most appropriate synonym for the word I really intended to use: scab. An encrustation or scab is what forms over a sore or wound during healing. Unfortunately, humans all too often tear away the scab before the mending is complete...

Dear Editor: On Saturday, March 29, Vernon County Cancer Relief Fund partnered with Nevada High School Relay for Life team and held a fundraising event, Dancing With Our Stars and Lasagna Dinner. The total funds raised exceeded $22,000 (including monies raised for other local charities by the dancers). Net proceeds from ticket sales for the dance and dinner were split equally between VCCR and NHS RFL...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada Tigers baseball team found itself in a bit of a unique position Wednesday, taking on a Lakeland Vikings team that despite being a Class 1 program, featured more than enough talent to give head coach Danny Penn's squad trouble...

JOPLIN -- The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys' and girls' track and field teams got back into action Tuesday, competing in the Joplin Relays meet. The meet featured a total of 10 schools, from Carl Junction, Joplin, Pittsburg, Kan., Neosho, Seneca, Webb City and McDonald County...

Thirteen area children, with the help of coach Jodi Long, competed at the state level April 12, on the campus of Missouri Southern State University, in Joplin, with the Hi-Flyers Tumbling Trampoline team. "All of the children have worked really hard to get where they are today," Long said. "Our team did a great job."...

The NRMC Foundation Golf Classic is set for May 10, at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, in Nevada. The 9 a.m. shotgun start is a three-person scramble, with special hole events and drawings. Registration deadline is Friday.

BOLIVAR -- The Nevada Tigers tennis team competed in the Bolivar Tournament Wednesday, and brought home a number of strong performances. Nevada's No. 6 singles player, Myles Coffer, posted a second-place finish and Tigers Skyler Laning, Anthony Do, Luat Vu, Gabriel Garcia, Nathan McCall and Austin Jenkins finished third. Nevada's three doubles teams -- Laning and Do, Garcia and Coffer, and McCall and Jenkins -- also posted third-place finishes...

Dorothy Lavella Hovey, 90, of Nevada, Mo., died at her home May 1, 2014. She was born Aug. 12, 1923, in Lucas, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard Augusta and Dolly Jane (Marker) Pottorff. She married Preston "Pete" Barr in 1941, and he preceded her in death in 1966. She married Claude Emrick in 1970 and he preceded her in death in 1989. She married Harlan Ray Hovey Aug. 24, 1994, in Benton County, Ark., and he survives of the home...

Phyllis Jean Baucom, 87, formerly of Nevada, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Lee's Summit, Mo., after a lengthy illness. Phyllis was born April 18, 1927, in Great Bend, Kan., to Asa L. Wood and May Dunn Wood. She was united in marriage to Winston Lee Baucom on May 17, 1947, in Nevada, Mo., and he survives of the home...

Judy A. Hood, 66, of Rich Hill, Mo., died Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at the Bates County Memorial Hospital, Butler, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 3, at the Heuser Funeral Home, with burial in the Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill...

Patsy Mahloch (Titus) died Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m., Saturday, May 3, at Bible Baptist Church, 18770 East Highway 54, Nevada, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 3, at Bible Baptist Church, with Jerry Pyle officiating. Interment will be in Click Cemetery...

Krista Polk and Malcolm Johnson, of Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Maddyx Eugene Johnson-Grant. Maddyx was born at 2:25 p.m., Monday, April 14, 2014, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kan. He weighed 7 pound, 8 ounces, and measured 21 and 1/2 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police officers will be lacing up their running shoes for the 31st annual Missouri Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. Law enforcement agencies statewide participate in the Torch Run, which raises money to sponsor Special Olympics programs and cover year-round participation costs for athletes...

Special to the Daily Mail "We are all God's fillin' stations," Edith says to Luby in Act I of "First Baptist of Ivy Gap," a dramatic comedy showing this weekend at The Fox Playhouse in Nevada. How six good Baptist women in the fictional town of Ivy Gap, Tenn., find redemption in becoming God's filling station for each other over a 25-year period is the subject of this two-act play written by Ron Osborne and directed by Linda Davidson...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County deputies are working to identify owners of stolen items after a county fugitive was captured -- and with thousands of dollars of purloined property in his possession. Sheriff Jason Mosher said his office had been searching for Nevada resident Joshua Schnedler, 33. ...

Nevada Daily Mail "I can't sit by and watch people burn." Jeff Bloom, a KCP &L employee, was on his way to work 8 a.m. Wednesday morning when he saw smoke west of Osage. He followed the smoke to Hickory and then Elm. "The smoke kept getting thicker and thicker," he said. "I thought people might be burning brush, then I saw the rooftop of a house in flames."...

Hi neighbors. Thursday night my friend Flossie called me to see if I was home. Now, Flossie never calls ahead of time. She usually just walks into the kitchen demanding coffee and cake. Thursday though, she explained she did not want to venture out into the frigid air unless she knew ahead of time that I would be there to offer coffee and some hot air to defrost her nose and toes...

My first wife died this past Saturday. While not unexpected, as she had been battling cancer, it was still a blow for the family. Margaret had rarely been ill during the years I'd known her, but she was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. She went through two operations and a round of chemotherapy to eradicate the cancer, only to discover that, while the treatment had eliminated the original cancer, a second, more invasive and quicker growing sarcoma had developed...

A few weeks ago I talked about the "cop attitude" that we often find in law enforcement and the difference in what the law enforcement officer is trying to accomplish by being cop. There is no shortage of stories of rude, bossy, overly suspicious, and arrogant cops, so what is the image a cop should have? When a deputy puts on a uniform every day, what causes them to have the attitude they have?...

Kim Ivy and David Hamilton are engaged to be married on May 17, 2014, in Nevada. The wedding ceremony is open to friends and family.