Stories from Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The El Dorado Springs third and fourth-grade boys basketball team took three out of four games at the Lakeland Youth Basketball Invitational, March 13-14, wrapping up their season with an exciting third-place finish. El Dorado Springs High School senior Richard Lyness, founded the team a year ago, and also serves as the head coach. Lyness was assisted by EHS sophomore Shane Trowbridge, parents Kevin and Brandi McCullough, and Nathan Murry...

Nevada Daily Mail After dropping four games during a recent road trip, the Cottey Comets are off to an 0-9 start. Due to weather, the Comets were forced to move their scheduled March 18 home game against Kansas City Kansas Community College, to Kansas City. The Comets were able to get in one game, a 19-1 loss. Cottey trailed 3-2 after one inning of the second game, but the contest was called due to rain...

Ashley Renee' Schnedler, 36, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015. Ashley was born March 9, 1979, in Nevada, Mo., to Richard Lane and Deborah Sue (Moore) Schnedler. Ashley was raised in Bronaugh and graduated from Bronaugh High School Class of 1997. ...

Robert Allen Kimzey, 48, of Oak Grove, Mo., passed from this life suddenly on Friday, March 20, 2015, at his home. He was born March 24, 1966, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Robert Samuel and Judy Ann (Thomas) Kimzey, whom survive of Nevada. On Oct. 12, 1991, he was united in marriage to Dianne Lyn (Ashley) Kimzey and she survives of the home. Together the couple became the parents of two sons...

Ryan Anthony Schlup, Schell City, Mo., age 14 years, 8 months, and 27 days, beloved son, grandson, cousin, nephew, and friend passed from this life into Heaven and the arms of our Lord Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Children's Mercy Hospital, in Kansas City, Mo. He was born June 23, 2000, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Eloy Antonio Vega and Denise Autumn Schlup...

Richard R. Hargrove, 82, of Queen Creek, Ariz., passed away March 15, 2015. He was born in Dederick, Mo., on Feb. 24, 1933, to Charley and Bertha Hawkins Hargrove. Richard was a star player for the 1952 Nevada High School Basketball Big 8 Champs. He served in the army during the Korean War. He had a successful career as an architect. On Dec. 7, 1958, he married Sharron E Brewer with whom he had his dear daughter, Sandra, before divorcing in 1972...

Nevada Daily Mail The bad news is that one in five people over the age of 65 suffer from clinical depression in America. The good news, it is very treatable, Faith Trussell, who is a registered nurse and the director of Senior Life Solutions in Cedar County, told the Nevada Rotary Club at its March 12 meeting...

Dr. Beth Wheaton is the final speaker in the 2014-15 Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Cottey College's Serenbetz Institute for Women's Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness. The title of her speech is "Guiders: Leading the Way by Closing the Gaps." She will speak Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m., in the Missouri Recital Hall. A reception will follow her address...

Nevada Daily Mail Bryan Elementary held its annual PINK night Monday evening, encouraging parents to bring their "kindergartner-to-be" children to the elementary school to get a taste of what school life will be like. "It's a fun night," elementary principal Debbie Spaur said of the event, adding sometimes they hear from parents that their young children were disappointed the next day when they realized they do not start school until the fall...

Nevada Daily Mail After a series of good reports at recent meetings of the Nevada Regional Medical Center finance committee, the financial state of the hospital seemed to take a wrong turn in the month of February when they experienced a loss of more than $1 million...