Stories from Tuesday, November 8, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A Vernon County prisoner escaped custody Friday night from the New Beginnings/Behavioral Health Unit on the third floor of Nevada Regional Medical Center. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman said this morning he wasn't sure exactly when the escape occurred...

Nevada Daily Mail Reservations are now being taken for a meeting for all of the human services providers in Vernon County, and those outside the county which serve people in Vernon County. The Vernon County Resource Share luncheon is set for 11:30-1:30 p.m., in the Eagles Lodge, Nevada. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Parks and Recreation Board will meet at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9, in city council chambers, located inside the Nevada public safety building at Ash and Austin. Since this is a special meeting, the only item on the agenda will be consideration of scope of work and scheduling for parks master planning for the nine-year recreation sales tax...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon voters will head to the polls today to cast their votes, to decide the fate of a city sales tax. If passed, it will be the first sales tax enacted in the city in years. Sheldon Mayor Troy Denney has been actively promoting the tax, which will be used for a variety of infrastructure improvements, if voters give their approval today...

Special to the Daily Mail There have certainly been some good discussions regarding proposed deer regulation changes in Missouri over the last couple of years, and this year has been no exception. While it's difficult to get everyone to agree on how Missouri's deer season regulations should be set, one thing is for certain: deer season in Missouri is a big deal. ...

Prairie Pride to locate biodiesel production facility in Vernon County.

Jordan Lee Snyder, 18, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, at the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., due to a truck accident on Oct 30, 2005. He was born on Feb. 23, 1987, the son of Kenny and Beth Snyder of Fulton, Kan. Jordan graduated from Fort Scott high school in May of 2005. ...

Denzial Legan passed to her Lord on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005, at Christian Health Care, Nevada. Denzial Coreen Gordon was born Oct. 26, 1911, at Stockton, Mo., to Charles B. and Myrtle Hill Gordon. She married Otto C. Legan on Aug. 4, 1944, in Kansas City, Mo. Otto preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 1973...

Roger Michael Abernathy, 53, Nevada, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada. He was born Feb. 3, 1952, in Marshalltown, Iowa. He married Martha Sue "Marti" Hill on Aug. 31, 1991, in Miami, Okla. She survives of the home...

Mary Borgardt Stolz, 91, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at Mill Run Care Center, Hilliard, Ohio. She was born Feb. 15, 1914, in Barton County, Mo., the daughter of the late Edd and Myrtle (Walker) Borghardt. She was a teacher for many years and a member of the Springfield Adventist Church. She helped many children though out Champaign County as a foster mother...

Claude A. Bradley, 90, of Rich Rill, Mo., died Nov. 7, 2005, at Willow Lane Care Center, Butler, Mo. He was born Dec. 6, 1914, in Papanville, Mo., the first child of Scott and Mary Bradley. He attended school in Prairie City, Mo., and in 1940 he married Pauline Bell of Foster, Mo. who survives...

Lonnie Lee Lentz, 67, Nevada, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, following a short illness. He was born Sept. 3, 1938, in Nevada, to Leland Lentz and Alberta Lee Diddle Lentz. He married Rita Gayle Ephland on May 7, 1983, in Bronaugh, Mo., who survives of the home...

Kimberly Carpenter, 47, died Nov. 2, 2005. Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Nov. 7, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with Pastor Robert Fox officiating. Musical selections were "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Peace in the Valley." Pallbearers were Steve Lewis, James Stevens and J.B. Woolverton...

Everett Mikel Wehrly, 51, Lamar, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, at Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar. Memorial services wil be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, at First Assembly of God Church, Lamar. Arrangements made by Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar, Mo...

Benjamin and Diana Ball, Sheldon, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Levi Wayne Ball. He was born at 8:12 a.m., Nov. 4, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 20 inches. Paternal grandparents are Michael and Susan Ball, Lamar, Mo. Paternal great-grandparents are Floyd and Velda Moore, Lamar, and Charles and Edna Ball, Dora, Mo...

Daniel Robert Righter Jr. and Angela Dale Righter, of Camdenton, and Morgan announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Sydney Bernice Righter. She was born at 8:55 a.m., Nov. 2, 2005, at St. John's Hospital, Lebanon, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19.75 inches...

Anyone else out there a little, um, underwhelmed about President Bush's announcement that we're going back to the moon? In 2018? That would be just one year shy of a half-century after the first moon landing. What's next -- a multi-billion dollar program to see if air travel is possible?...

Here's what newspapers across the country are saying about world events taking place in recent news. Oct. 28 Denver Rocky Mountain News, on attempts to regulate the Internet: The Internet was devised by U.S. military researchers in the 1960s, and under U.S. auspices it has flourished...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Saturday's season finale between the Nevada Tigers and the O'Hara Celtics had little meaning in the statewide football picture. The Harrisonville Wildcats had already clinched the Class 3, District 12 title, leaving Nevada and O'Hara to battle for second place and a winning end to the 2005 season...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Tiger cross country runners Trevor Hinkle and Mason Benn competed in the state cross country championships in Jefferson City, Saturday. Hinkle, a sophomore, was the top runner for Nevada, finishing the 5,000-meter course in 17 minutes, 54.26 seconds. That was good enough for 51st place overall...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Needing only a field goal to tie and with time to run only one play, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Dick Vermeil went for the touchdown, and the win, from inside the 1-yard line against the Oakland Raiders Sunday. Get one yard and you win. Get stopped and you lose. That was at stake with the one decision Vermeil took it upon himself to make...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Before he could celebrate Kansas City's dramatic victory over Oakland on Sunday, Carl Peterson had to remove slivers of glass from his face, hair and clothing. When Larry Johnson went vaulting into the end zone on the final play, the Chiefs' president and general manager punched the window in his private suite so hard it shattered...