Stories from Thursday, July 30, 2009

Danny Ray Dickey, 48, Moundville, passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at his home in Moundville following an illness of several months. He was born July 30, 1960, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Daniel Blue Dickey and Zella Jane Crowe Dickey. He married Donna Murray on March 16, 1996, in Moundville, and she survives of the home...

Anthony Wayne Payton Jr., infant son of Anthony Wayne Payton Sr. and Angela Dawn (Webb) Payton was born and passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Anthony is survived by his parents Anthony and Angie Payton, Nevada; one sister, Skylar Webb, Nevada; paternal grandparents, David and Margaret Payton, Milo, Mo.; maternal grandmother, Eileen Webb, Nevada; great-grandparents, Clyde and Lari Lovell, Rutherford, Tenn., and Margaret Fugate, Rich Hill, Mo., and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. ...

July 27 An accident occurred at 1:42 p.m., at Ash and Garfield, involving a pickup driven by Allen M. Laflen, of Moundville, and a pickup driven by Christopher A. Bailey, of Nevada. Laflen received evident, but not disabling injuries. Bailey also received evident, but not disabling injuries...

July 28 There were reports of a theft in the Deerfield area, a suspicious vehicle in the Nevada area, cattle in the Milo area, a suspicious person in the Richards area, an ambulance request in the Nevada area, a grass fire in the Nevada area, a theft in the Walker area, and a burglary in the Sheldon area...

Those of us who were raised in what some call the good old days (now that they are looking BACK on them) find it hard to throw anything away. This is especially true for the cooks. A small helping left in the casserole dish could be someone's lunch someday...

The Missouri Longhorns traveling baseball team brought their season to a close with a strong third place finish at the Show-Me Games in Columbia, Mo., July 24-26. That tournament came just two weeks after the Longhorns took the championship in the 16-and-under Missouri State tournament at Champion Diamonds in Nevada. That tournament was held July 9-12...

Fourteen members of the Nevada Neptunes participated in the Tri-State B Championships swim competition in Claremore, Okla., July 26 and 27. Swimmers participating in the competition had to swim a preliminary round to qualify for the finals in each event. The Neptunes placed seventh overall in the 12-team field. The following swimmers qualified for finals and placed in the top 6:...

A Nevada man suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday, at 10 a.m. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Andre M. Brubaker, 19, of Nevada, was headed west on Route K, four miles east of Nevada, when the 1992 Chevrolet pickup he was driving travelled of the right side of the roadway. The patrol said Brubaker overcorrected, dove off the left side of the roadway and overturned...

The Nevada Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its first Triple Treat Tournament this evening at 6:30, on the east side of the courthouse lawn. There are already more than two dozen competitors who have entered pie, cake or ice cream, according to Cindy Johnson of the Nevada/Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce...

"I tried to teach my kids that you finish what you start, even if it is difficult. It's hard to teach kids this when you have people who commit to things walk away," Novak told the council after she seconded a motion to accept Tim Wells resignation from the Nevada City Council during a special meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning...

Nevada teacher Brian Norton is taking part in a program called Energizing Math, Engineering, Technology and Science for the Middle Grades at Central Methodist University in Fayette this week. Norton, 46, is a 12-year veteran at Nevada and has been a teacher for 20 years. He teaches chemistry, physics, anatomy and physiology at Nevada High School...

In the game of life, a split second can change a person's destiny forever. In the case of B. D. Dickbreder of Schell City, it was a ship with engine trouble. He was drafted into the U.S. Army on Oct. 25, 1944, when he turned 18. He tried to tell the draft board at Leavenworth that he had a physical problem, and that he was color blind, but they needed soldiers so badly that they didn't listen. ...