Stories from Friday, August 7, 2015

Doris Ann Delana, 79, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. She was born July 26, 1936, in Lexington, Mo., the daughter of Austin Charles and Rhoda Jane (Rose) Russell. Doris lived in Lexington during her early life, and then relocated several times before settling in Nevada about 40 years ago. ...

Deborah Ann (Willson) Wheatley, 53, of Tijeras, N.M., died on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at the University of NM Hospital, in Albuquerque, N.M. She was born on April 16, 1962, in Nevada, Mo., to Gilbert and Eleanor (McDermott) Willson. A family service was held Saturday, Aug. 1, at the French Funeral Home, in Albuquerque, N.M...

August, like any month of the year, has many distinct, identifiable properties. Common weather patterns appear during this second full month of summer, the most obvious being extreme heat. The atmosphere often takes on a particular set of qualities, that have been associated with the nickname, "Dog Days." August also has many activities and memories that are unique mostly to this month...

Do you remember the old movies, like the ones where Jeannette McDonald sang into the face of Nelson Eddy? These movies tried to let the audience know that time had passed by changing the blossoms on the apple tree into the apples themselves. If that did not tell how much time had passed in the plot, perhaps the apple tree would be covered with snow in another shot and possibly back to blossoms again, if Nelson Eddy had gone to war...

Nevada Daily Mail After working in Kenya in 1999 helping with eco-tourism, Wendy Engeman knew she wanted to go back to Africa, if she ever had the time. Last month, she returned from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, after a 21-day stay where she helped repair broken vulture wings, tended to donkeys that had been attacked by hyenas, and surveyed cattle for tuberculosis with the Victoria Falls Trust. She also worked to preserve rhinoceros...

Ryan Smith, 11, goes down the yellow slide at the Isaac Walton Swimming Pool during the National Night Out. Photos by Noah Jones/Daily Mail

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Neptunes swim team had a successful finish to its season at the Monett Tri-State A-Finals, Aug. 1-2 at the Monett Area YMCA, Ginny and Chris Fuldner Family Aquatic Center. The championship event featured 379 swimmers from 12 Tri-State teams and one associate team, including 37 Neptunes. The Neptunes place sixth...