Stories from Friday, November 21, 2008

Larry Lynn Schwartz, 69, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., following an illness of one month. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada...

Erika and Tracy Johnson, of Nevada, and siblings Garrett and Reagan, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Baylee Jo Johnson. Baylee was born at 10:34 a.m., on Oct. 8, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 18 1/2 inches long...

Nov. 18 There were reports of motorcycle damage in the Nevada area, a check well being in the Milo area, a check well being in the Rich Hill area, a 911 suspicious person in the Harwood area, a cow out in the Milo area, carbon monoxide detector alarm in the Nevada area, cows out in the Richards area, a domestic assault in the Nevada area, a 911 wrong number in the Milo area, and a traffic stop in the Nevada area...

Nov. 7 Michael E. Cash, Nevada, speeding 57/45. Jack Cotten, Nevada, expired license plates. Lillian M. Davis, Nevada, speeding 30/15. Rebecca K. Hartman, Fort Scott, petty theft. Wendy J. Johnson, Fort Scott, petty theft. Jamie L. Miller, El Dorado Springs, no proof of insurance...

The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade wrestling teams competed in a triangular meet against Carthage and Harrisonville Thursday night. "One of my managers said that we had 20 wins with nine losses, which is our best-ever showing at this particular meet," Nevada head coach Terry Hancock said. That was exactly what Nevada got, 20 wins that was started by six consecutive pinfall wins to start off the meet...

The Nevada Police Department is joining with other law enforcement agencies on Nov. 26 for an aggressive "Click It or Ticket" crack down on Missouri's safety belt law violations and to reduce highway fatalities. Police Chief Gary R. Herstein said regular safety belt use is the single most effective way to protect people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes...

Ken Parrett, retired U.S. Army veteran and chamber of commerce executive, will present a business coaching workshop at the Nevada TeleCenter, 2015 N. West St., Nevada, in two segments, Dec. 1 and 8, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Parrett will present ideas on how to establish a coaching relationship with employees, evaluate employee personality types, and detect morale-building motivators. ...

Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee has begun an audit of Vernon County and urges anyone with information or concerns to call the state auditor's toll-gree hotline at (800) 347-8597. The number is equipped for hearing-impaired persons, and all information will be kept confidential...

Storyteller Rik Reppe will be at Cottey College sharing "Staggering Toward America," his post-9/11 stories, with the audience on Friday, Nov. 21, in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. This one-man production is Rik Reppe's post-9/11 quest to find what it means to be an American. ...

The Great American Smokeout has been around for nearly a third of a century and the American Cancer Society is more active than ever in its efforts encouraging people to break their nicotine habit on that day. In 1971, a movie, "Cold Turkey," starring Dick Van Dyke premiered. ...

"Home fire season" starts now, and the U.S. Fire Administration, along with the Nevada Fire Department, is working to make this year's cold months safer than last years--when there was a dramatic increase in home fire deaths. According to the USFA, during the "home fire season" of October 2007 to March 2008, there was a 68 percent increase in the number of fatal home fires and a 67 percent increase in the number of people killed in home fires, compared to the warmer months...

The Nevada High School Thespian Society collected 260 non-perishable food items for the Nevada Community Outreach last week. Fifteen society members went door to door after school on Thursday, Oct. 30, as part of the Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat program...

You might think the title of this article could deal with romance or some other point of interest between the sexes. You would be wrong. It stands for an old axiom I learned from my high school football coach. He told us to "KISS" (keep it simple stupid)! I have decided that that is how I feel about all this economic mess in which we now find our country...

Dear Editor, I wanted to voice my opposition to the proposed fee increases for deer hunting as well as other types of hunting by the Missouri Department of Conservation. The following information was provided by State Representative Jason Smith from Salem about the issue. ...

A few weeks ago we had a neighborhood gathering that was held on a night it was trying to rain. We went ahead and moved it to the basement where we had a series of tables set up for food and dining. We even had a little table for the six children in attendance so they could enjoy one anothers company...

Larry Lynn Schwartz, 69, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, following an illness of one month. He was born May 27, 1939, in Haigler, Neb., to Norval Fredrik Schwartz and Gladys Goldie Gerdes Schwartz. He married Patricia Iline Houdeshell on Aug. 24, 1958, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Nov. 12 9:28 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. Nov. 13 12:30 a.m., transfer, St. John's, Joplin. 12:18 p.m., transfer, Freeman, Joplin. 4:33 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. 4:40 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. 6:35 p.m., medical, Fort Scott Mercy Hospital...