Stories from Friday, October 10, 2014

Mrs. Rosa Bunker, 85, of Homosassa, Fla., died Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in Lecanto, Fla., after a long battle with health issues. She finally resided and passed away at the the Hospice House of Nature Coast, in Citrus County, Fla., with her daughter by her side. She was born Nov. 28, 1928, in Alkofen, Germany, daughter of the late Josef and Anna (Gmeinwieser) Kargl...

The varsity and junior varsity Tiger volleyball teams captured victories at Warrensburg for their Dig for a Cure night. The C team suffered a loss but overall, the night left Nevada Coach Ashley Thoreson pleased with her team. The varsity went three sets, winning the first 25-18 and then rebounding from a 25-23 middle setback to squeeze out the finale, 28-26. The junior varsity won in straight sets, 25-15, 25-21. The C fell 25-14, 25-20...

Nevada's seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams split four matches with visiting Fort Scott Tuesday. Nevada won the seventh grade A contest 25-11, 25-19. Fort Scott won the seventh grade B match 25-15, 25-23. Fort Scott won the eighth grade A 25-17, 26-24...

The happenings of the past few days have certainly brought out all the sports fans in our area. From the diehards like me, who have made our involvements in sports, games, and recreational events, our main hobbies in life, to the infrequent followers of these physical diversions, we have come together in celebration of the feats of our beloved teams...

If you look in any modern gift catalog and see a heading similar to my headline, you will find opportunities to buy many types of handheld devices where children or adults can become immersed in a game or puzzle all by themselves. The scenery passes by quickly as the miles pass and there are no disruptive noises in the car to bother the driver. In fact, the driver may well have on earphones and be listening to his special station or tapes playing in the car...

Nevada Daily Mail Tonya R. St. John Agriculture Education/FFA Advisor What inspired you to become a teacher? The thing that inspired me to become a teacher the most would be so that students had a positive educational experience, unlike some of mine. ...

Nevada Daily Mail When the Nevada R-5 School District implemented its Lights on After School program in 2009 there were 219 students taking part in it, Debbie Spaur, Bryan Elementary School principal, told the Nevada R-5 Board of Education during its Wednesday night board meeting. That number has dwindled to around 50 this year...

Nevada Daily Mail The NRTC-DECA chapter and Nevada Stand Up to Cancer Club are busy planning the Third Annual Fun Color Run. The 5K run/walk is Saturday, Oct. 18, starting at the Nevada R-5 Central Office Parking lot, located at 811 W. Hickory. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with the event starting at 9. Entry fee includes a T-shirt to be worn during the race...

Nevada Daily Mail When the city's infrastructure board adjourned its Oct. 1 meeting, it had voted to recommend the city council spend $428,120 of the $500,000 available for street construction in 2015. On Wednesday the board met for the last time to finalize the 2015 project list and voted unanimously to recommend that the city council approve an additional four blocks of street construction at a cost of $70,313, for a total estimated cost of $498,433, leaving $1,567 for unanticipated costs...

The Osage Prairie YMCA Tridents competed in their first meet of the season, coming at the Springfield Pentathlon YMCA Swim Meet Oct. 4 at Foster Natatorium. Hosted by the Springfield Pat Jones YMCA, the 8 a.m. Saturday meet was five hours and featured six YMCA teams and 101 swimmers. Nevada sent three swimmers, led by assistant coach Jesse Claypool. The Tridents head coach is Abel Hagan...

The South Vernon County Cougars will host teams from Appleton City and El Dorado Springs Saturday at the city park. The third and fourth grade Cougars will face Appleton at 10 a.m., with the fifth and sixth grade Cougars playing Eldo following. The third and fourth grade Cougars will play El Dorado Springs Thursday at 6 p.m...

The Golden Valley Vernon County Conference volleyball tournament will take place Saturday in Walker. In pool A, No. 1 seed Hume faces No. 5 seed Ballard at 9: 30 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., No. 4 Northeast Vernon County plays Ballard. At 2 p.m., Hume squares off against NEVC...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers eighth-grade football team was roughed up by the Webb City Cardinals Tuesday night at Logan Field, losing 44-6. Nevada is 1-3 on the season. During the game, a number of Nevada players were banged up, and either left the game or had to be helped off the field...

Nevada's softball team opened with a 3-0 victory over host Warrensburg in the opening round of the Class 3, District 13 Tournament Wednesday. Momentum shifted Nevada's direction in the bottom of the third, when the Warrensburg catcher lost track of a ball in the dirt and allowed a runner to cross the plate...