Stories from Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Editor's note: This is a reprint of a column from 2005. July 25, next month, would be my Grandmother's 113th birthday. She was a unique and memorable lady. She passed away just weeks before her 98th birthday in 1990. I always associate her birthday with her favorite summertime delight, watermelon...

When July Fourth is nearing, most children watch the weather reports daily. They do not want it to rain the night of July 4th. I used to spend hours reading about ways to prevent a light rain, or any rain for that matter. But I also didn't mind if there was some rain on the days leading up to the Fourth. ...

Dear Editor: The recent Supreme Court decision that same gender marriages must be allowed in all states is wrong. Here is one man's view. All of God's creation has a God-given drive to reproduce the next generation: plants, animals, fish, birds, and insects have God-given ways within them to bring forth the next generation...

Nevada Daily Mail Beginning Sunday, June 25, 122 high school girls from 27 different states participated in Cottey College's summer program, with the Women Who are Going Places. While the summer workshops Cottey offers have been going on for years, in the past couple years changes were made so that the program focused on developing leadership skills as well as getting the students acquainted with Cottey...

Nevada Daily Mail Residents of Osage Township met with the Vernon County Commissioners Tuesday to discuss the issue of a road in need of repairs. Carla Luther and Lisa Proctor both live along a half-mile of 1575 Road near the south end of the township, where the residents of seven homes have to deal with the significant potholes stretching along the entire length of the dead-end road...

Nevada Daily Mail With the end of the fiscal year Tuesday, the finance committee of the Nevada Regional Medical Center board of directors discussed the May financials as well as the estimated bottom line for the year's budget during their monthly meeting Monday...

Lola Maxine Flemming, 84, of St. Louis, Mo., passed away June 15, 2015, of heart failure at Bethesda Dilworth Health, in St. Louis. Lola was born April 28, 1931, in Loup City, Neb., the daughter of Hubert Lawrence and Abbie Lulu (Conger) Hardesty. At an early age she moved to the northwest area of the U.S. Lola attended and graduated from Nevada High School in 1948, and was married to William David Flemming for 62 years before he preceded her in death...

Donald Lee Steuck, 81, passed away June 25, 2015. Don was born June 4, 1934, in Rich Hill, Mo., raised in Papinsville, son of the late Fritz and Katie (Doepel) Steuck. He married Kessie Joan Shelton in the state of Washington on July 13, 1957. Don was a veteran of the United States Navy. After the service, he drove a truck over the road. Later in life, he became City Marshal of Rich Hill for 13 years...

John and Megan Murphy, of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings, Jeremiah and Madison, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Jamin Lee Murphy. Jamin was born at 6:55 a.m., Thursday, June 18, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 22 and 1/2 inches...

A fundraiser for the Nevada High School golf programs is being held Sunday, July 26 at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course in Nevada. The format is a two-person scramble, nine hole, par three tournament ---- with a 4 p.m. shotgun start. The tournament is limited to 27 teams and three flights...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons 30th anniversary celebration didn't go quite as planned Tuesday evening as they had to settle for a twinbill split with the last place Ozark Generals at Lyons Stadium. The Griffons lost the first game 3-2, while prevailing in extra innings in the nightcap, 2-1. Both contests were scheduled for seven innings...

The Vernon County bridge crew has opened Katy Allen Road between 400 and 500 Road, Richland Township, section 15/22 July 1. The bridge has been completed.