Stories from Friday, June 6, 2014

Today, June 6, 2014, is the 70th anniversary of one of the most famous D-Days of World War II, when thousands of the bravest of the brave allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, that were named Silver, Gold, Juno, Utah and Omaha. As the years have passed, the remembrance of this and the other D-Days of World War II receive less and less attention as the surviving participants become fewer and fewer. ...

Dear Editor: In preparing these "discussion columns," a process is being developed that seeks to present ideas about important issues affecting us. My understanding is we each, Jerry Wadel and I, would present a column then move on to another issue...

Dear Editor: I want to thank Corey Johnson for donating $1,000 to the Farmers' Market. I'm really excited when we receive donations like this. This money will help with food demonstrations and entertainment. Kelly Ast Farmers' Market Manager...

Maurine Long, 92, of Nevada, formerly of Sedalia, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 3, 1921, in Rocheport, Mo., a daughter of the late William Thomas and Alta Pearl (Reynolds) Ridgeway. On Sept. 6, 1942, in Sedalia, she married Robert H. Long, who preceded her in death on Dec. 17, 2005...

Gary Lynn Frazier, 61, rural El Dorado Springs, Mo., in Vernon County, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, after a lengthy illness. Gary was born May 9, 1953, in Metropolis, Ill., to Robert Eugene Frazier and Winfred May (Parsons) Frazier. He was married on Nov. 29, 1985, to Cynthia Louise Steely, in Dederick, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Jim, Alana, and Travis Nolan are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Seth Patrick Nolan. Seth was born at 10:53 a.m., Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at Missouri Baptist Hospital, in St. Louis, Mo. He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 22 and 1/2 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail Every year, the Nevada Tigers varsity basketball team hosts a youth skills camp, featuring boys entering third through eighth grades and this week, new Tigers head coach has continued that tradition. Gray said before this year's camp started that his goal was to have 50 participants and not only did this year's total surpass that goal, it shattered it. When the camp started, the number of participants was around 75 and as the week progressed, that number simply grew...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Despite heavy rains moving through the area in the early hours of the day, the Nevada Griffons baseball team wasn't giving up and thanks to a multifaceted effort that was accomplished through the combined efforts of members of the team, as well as team officials and multiple volunteers, head coach Ryan Mansfield's squad was ultimately able to play Thursday night's scheduled MINK League South matchup against the Joplin Outlaws...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD --High school athletes from Southwest Missouri will be featured in two all-star events this weekend, at Parkview High School. Football all-stars will compete for the 13th year in the Sertoma Grin Iron Classic, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, at JFK Stadium. The following day, an all-star volleyball tournament is set to start at noon, in the Parkview gymnasium...

Nevada Daily Mail The $145,000 grant for the Schell City water improvement project will tentatively close out June 30, clerk Erin Lee announced at the Schell City Board of Aldermen meeting Wednesday. The grant, as well as a $266,000 loan, pays for construction of water lines, a 300,000-gallon water tower, well house, aerator and electronic controls that were necessary for connecting to Consolidated Public Water Service District No. 1 of Vernon County to provide the town with water...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Fire Captain Kevin Scott said Tuesday that the fire department responded to a house fire caused by a dryer Monday evening. Crews arrived at the home of Lauren Klinksick on South Elizabeth Street around 6:30 p.m. The first responding fire team found smoke pluming from a front door...

Nevada Daily Mail Traffic on Austin Boulevard was detoured around a two-car accident that shut down two lanes of eastbound traffic about noon on Wednesday. The collision, which included a Ford truck and Chevrolet sedan, happened on the overpass between Osage and Centennial Boulevards...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Rotary Club's Scholarship Lunch today has been moved to the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community due to the possibility of rain. The lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets for the lunch are available at the door for a hamburger, chips, dessert and a drink. All proceeds go to local scholarships...

Nevada Daily Mail For five and a half years, Chris Mosbrucker has helped build and lead programming for Vernon County's 4-H participants. But after next week, she'll be moving on to greener pastures in mid-Missouri. Mosbrucker, who has been the county's 4-H Youth Program Associate, has accepted a new position with the University of Missouri Extension as a Youth Specialist in Boone County...

Yancy Cody performs barback horse riding at the Vernon County Youth Fair Rodeo. Gloria Tucker/Daily Maily

Kim Ivy and David Hamilton Sr. were married on May 17, 2014, in a 2:30 p.m. outdoor ceremony. Given in marriage by her grandson, Justice McMath, the bride wore a red wedding dress with short black jacket. Harry Hamilton served as best man. Connie Hackor attended the bride as maid of honor. Miss Roberts, niece of the bride, served as flower girl...

The children of Joe and Marian Sunthimer announce the couple's upcoming 64th wedding anniversary. The Sunthimers were married on June 9, 1950, in Milford, Ind. The family will hold a celebratory dinner at a later date, when all the children and grandchildren can be present...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County commissioners and a Missouri Department of Transportation engineer are looking for additional background on the construction of a service road that appears to have been planned without much discussion. Engineer Darin Hamelink met with commissioners Neal Gerster and Everett Wolfe Wednesday afternoon, and told the pair about a MoDot project to construct a service road in Horton along Interstate 49. ...