Stories from Friday, May 27, 2016

Kent Edwin Gardner, 62, Walker, Mo., passed away peacefully and went to be with his heavenly father on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin. Kent was born Aug. 22, 1953, in Tucson, Ariz., to Edwin Reagan and Marie Louise (McKeeby) Gardner. He was united in marriage to "The Love of His Life," Julie Clinton on July 26, 2011, in Lamar, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Loyce Thompson, 92, passed away Feb. 29, 2016. She taught fifth grade in Nevada from 1974 to 1981 and lived in El Dorado Springs before retiring to Chino Valley, Ariz. Ashes will be interred June 3 at Newton Burial Park.

A few days ago, I received a graduation announcement, from a very good friend's graduating senior daughter. When I looked at the front of the envelope, there was an obvious error on the address line that had been corrected. In my address, a lower case error printed 'e' had been replaced with a lower case 'i.' That seemingly insignificant miscue, would lead me to a startling discovery. It appears we no longer teach cursive writing in our public schools!...

Editor's Note: This column was originally published in the Nov.4, 1999 edition of the Daily Mail. I recently attended a meeting where Dr. Terry Loney talked to the group about stress and how to deal with it. A little questionnaire was distributed which gave symptoms you might show if you are dealing with stress. Scores of seven or below showed you either had very little stress in your life or you were handling it well...

Nevada Daily Mail Elizabeth Van Winkle, Executive Director of Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission, addressed the Walker board of alderman during its May 18 to garner support for the creation of an economic development coordinator for the county...

Nevada Daily Mail The American Legion Auxilliary will be holding a ham dinner in honor of area veterans on Memorial Day. The meal is set for 1 p.m. Monday at the American Legion hall, 402 E. Cherry St. There is no charge.

Nevada Daily Mail "For a number of months now, both the [Moore-Few] care center and Barone have been struggling to maintain census," said Steve Branstetter, long term care administrator. "The care center needs the average daily number of residents to be at least 72 and in April it was 71.5. Barone needs an average of 35 but had 33.8. This translated into a monthly loss of $9,337 and a year-to-date loss of $59,144."...

Nevada Daily Mail A group of concerned citizens met at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center Monday evening to discuss a petition audit put forth by Dan Dilly of Deerfield. The petition must be signed by 863 registered voters that reside in Vernon County before it can be submitted to the Missouri State Auditor, Nicole Galloway, to request a petition audit of the Vernon County Ambulance District be conducted...

Nevada Daily Mail A suspect in the Tuesday night murder of a Nevada man is currently being held on a Department of Corrections parole violation in the Vernon County Jail. Nevada Police officers responded to the 800 block of East Ashland about 10:30 Tuesday night on a report of shots fired. ...

Fort Scott, Kan. ---- According to a press release from Fort Scott Community College, the FSCC men's basketball team will host its annual youth summer basketball camp June 6-10 at Arnold Arena on the campus of FSCC. "The day camp is open to students grades third through ninth. The first session, for children in grades third through fifth, will be held each day from 9 a.m. to noon. The second session, for grades sixth through ninth, will be held each day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m...

The Nevada Tigers basketball summer youth camp will take place June 13-17 at Wynn Gymnasium for third through sixth-grades. The camp will emphasize the fundamentals of basketball and skill improvement. "This is a great chance for the area youth to not only improve their skills, but to also have a fun and exciting basketball experience throughout the week," Nevada varsity head basketball coach Shaun Gray said...

Brent Bartlett has been named as the Nevada Lady Tigers head basketball coach, replacing Jenny Allard who recently resigned from Nevada R-5. Bartlett, who took over the program in 1997, stepped away from coaching in March of 2015, retiring with a career record of 301-179. Bartlett's 301 victories over 18 seasons with the Lady Tigers is by far the most in school history...