Stories from Saturday, September 26, 2015

Last week deputies responded to a call of an injured person in a field near a vehicle. Initially it was thought it may be some type of vehicle accident. After deputies arrived on scene, they called for a detective and it was reported the injured person had a missing finger and severe cuts to the left arm and leg. ...

My friend Flossie is usually a reasonable woman. However, with all the new "end of the world" scenario movies and zombie Apocalypse television shows around these days; she has become a little paranoid. She had an electronic alarm device installed in her home. For the first month she turned the alarm on just before she got into bed. By the time she settled down and started dozing off, a voice rang out in her living room "The alarm is now armed!"...

Phyllis Arlene Liles, 80, of Horton, Mo., went to be with Jesus on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Phyllis passed at Nevada Nursing & Rehabilitation following a year of declining health. Phyllis was born Dec. 19, 1934, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., the daughter of Wilbur and Mae (Ogle) Pray. She was united in marriage to George Emmett Liles on June 25, 1955, in Dederick, and he survives in their home...

Betty Jean Shumaker Reis, 83, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, in Lawrence, Kan. She was born on June 23, 1932, in Duquesne, Mo., to George and Maude Shumaker. Betty attended school in Carl Junction where she met Ray Edwin Reis, who became her childhood sweetheart...

Dear Editor: Some of our readers may not be aware of the fact that we have lost a great genealogist for this area. Wilma Lathrop of Sheldon died this week. She has researched and compiled many books from their original records. She did this before the time of computers and of many things that we take for granted today that make researching and compiling much easier...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Office of Emergency Management, Nevada Regional Medical Center and the Nevada R-5 school system will be hosting the annual emergency preparedness exercise. "This exercise is intended to test our emergency operations plans and the school's Active Shooter plan, and to give the different entities the opportunity to work together to enhance their skills and knowledge," said Dennis Kimrey, director of the Vernon County Office of Emergency Management...

Nevada Daily Mail The date was Sept. 22, 1915. President Woodrow Wilson was in his third year in office; the average price for a gallon of gas was 15 cents; Babe Ruth hit his first career home run; and a group of women met for the first time to start a club for rural women. One hundred years, 16 presidents, and countless gas hikes later, one thing still remains the same -- the Ellis Domestic Science Club continues to meet every first Wednesday of the month...

Nevada Daily Mail During his youth football days and through middle school Jacob Hammontree was often told he wasn't quarterback material. The main reasons usually included his size and strength. Hammontree, a 17-year old Nevada High School junior, has officially proven the doubters wrong as he opened the 2015 season as the Nevada Tigers starting quarterback...