Stories from Friday, October 24, 2014

Leonard "Dutch" Oney Curry, 92, Nevada, Mo., passed away Oct. 23, 2014, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada, following an illness of several months. Leonard was born May 17, 1922, in Vernon County, Mo., near Bellamy, to Denver Oney and Bertha Ellen (Rapp) Curry. He was united in marriage to Nancy Ellen Brown on Oct. 19, 1946, in Kansas City, Kan., and she preceded him in death on July 27, 1981...

A week from today, we will celebrate Halloween again. In the past I have written stories about my memories of this holiday. It has always been one of my favorite festive galas. When I was 10 years old, my best friend and I displayed costumes that, by today's standards, would not be politically correct!!...

For years I have been telling my readers about all the good things about being Middle Age Plus. I have insisted that it wasn't being old, just becoming a little past middle age. Using middle as a synonym for half, I figured that if you were 50 or older you were past the middle. Not too many people survive past 100, so I felt safe in using that guideline...

Vernon County and Region M Solid Waste District will be collecting items to go to the landfill, as well as, electronics, such as computer monitors, televisions and printers on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Vernon County fairgrounds. Tires, paint, concrete and household hazardous waste will not be accepted...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a candidate forum Tuesday, Oct. 28, beginning at 7 p.m., for local, state and congressional candidates seeking election this November. The candidate forum will take place on the campus of Cottey College in the Center for the Arts, Missouri Recital Hall, at Austin and Tower streets. ...

Nevada Daily Mail For a Nevada High School student, raising awareness of and improving understanding of those with challenges, was a natural outgrowth of her work with Special Olympics. "I love all my kids," Emily Dunlap said. "I want to make the world perfect for them...

Nevada Daily Mail To act or not, that's the choice facing the city of Nevada, Vernon County, and their residents, with the results of the Camp Clark Joint Land Use Study. "You have a choice," said Tyson Smith, of White & Smith LLC, a planning consultant firm hired by the Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers volley ball season concluded in the semifinals of the Class 3 District 11 volleyball tournament, Wednesday in Clinton. The Tigers lost in three sets to Kansas City O'Hara. Pleasant Hill went on to defeat O'Hara in the championship match, in two sets...

Nevada Tigers swimmer Dalton Eador continued his phenomenal year with a first place finish in the 50 meter freestyle at the West Central Conference championship meet, Wednesday in Sedalia. Eador's time of 23.70 was good for the top spot. In addition to the conference championship finish, Eador placed in second in the 100 freestyle, with a time of 53.15...

The Cottey College Comets were dropped in four sets by Ozark Christian College 25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 25-15, Tuesday in Joplin. With the loss, Cottey falls to 6-9. The Comets hitting percentages for the matches were 15 percent, 26 percent, 18 percent, and 13 percent...

Nevada Daily Mail Despite the loss of his grandfather in early August, Chaden Brandt has flourished on the football field. Brandt, a junior tailback, kick returner, and outside linebacker for the Nevada Tigers, lost his grandfather two weeks prior to the start of the football season...