Stories from Friday, August 25, 2017

Gayle W. Handly, 66, Black River Falls, Wis., passed away Sunday, Aug. 20, at Mayo Health System-Rochester, Minn. He was born Dec. 20, 1950. in Moberly, Mo., to Thomas and Myrna (Bolser) Handly. Gayle was raised in Moberly and Metz, and was a graduate of Moberly High School...

Anyone who traveled west on Austin Boulevard this past weekend had to notice that one of Nevada’s oldest bastions, had returned in full swing. This mainstay of our community, Cottey College, greeted new students for the beginning of their 134th year. This institution’s new education season once again gives our community a sense of renewal and enrichment. For some of our community’s male population the opening of a new year brings back enjoyable past memories...

Editor’s note: The following column originally appeared in the Aug. 23, 2002 edition of the Daily Mail. With school starting this week, hundreds of children will be getting on the big yellow buses to take a ride to their school. In the Nevada school system the first school buses were used in 1931. ...

Producing a bounty of food, fiber for clothes and renewable fuels for cars is a vast agricultural undertaking and one that few consumers today know much about. That’s not surprising, considering that most Americans are three or more generations removed from farming...

The Cottey Comets volleyball team was defeated in its season opener on Thursday; a three-set road-match against Ottawa University’s junior varsity team. The Comets dropped the first set 25-18, and the second and third sets by identical scores of 25-21...

The Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights are off to a fantastic start, having defeated the Lakeland Lady Viking in a three-set thriller in Lakeland Tuesday night. NEVC was bested in the first set 26-24, but then bounced back to take sets two and three by scores of 26-24, 26-24...

The Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team was edged by Warrensburg, 5-4, in a Thursday night West Central Conference road matchup. At No. 1 singles, Nevada’s Emma Cheaney fell 8-4 to Hope Dalhoff; Nevada’s No. Erika Watanabe cruised to an 8-2 victory over Hannah Schaffer; No. ...

It was an exciting opening to the season for Nevada softball Thursday evening as the Lady Tigers topped the St. Pius X Lady Warriors, 7-4, at Bushwhacker Field. Veteran experience, a solid outing from sophomore ace Maggie Leisure, and an infusion of freshman talent made for a highly entertaining opening day...

Abigail Louise Lathrop, 19, died Sunday, Aug. 20. She was born March 11, 1998, in Springfield, Mo., to Darrell Lathrop and Laura (Fowler) Lathrop. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with Greg Brown officiating...

Sally Ann Alexander died Wednesday, Aug. 23. She was born Nov. 17, 1939, in Nevada, to the late Darrell and Lucille Estes. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home...

Most of us go about our day paying little attention to the world around us. Should we stop and look around, we just might find we have been invaded — not by some foreign army but rather an army of small, painted rocks. “We participated when Belles and Beaus started it,” Carla Raney said. ...

The Nevada Lady Tigers picked up a season opening road victory over Cassville on Thursday. Nevada clobbered Cassville 25-12 in the opening set, but then dropped the second set 25-14. Nevada then rebounded in the third set, nipping Cassville 28-26. The Lady Tigers were led by junior Hailey Jackson, who collected 25 assists and four aces. Sydney Ernsbarger added nine kills and a pair of blocks, while Stacy Pennington chipped in with 14 digs...