Stories from Thursday, February 4, 2010

Patrick William Pritchard, age 26, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died Jan. 30, 2010. A memorial mass will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nevada. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Pritchard; brother, Andrew Pritchard, all of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; grandparents, Carl and Pat McEntire of Coalgate, Okla., Mary Elizabeth McEntire of Huntsville, Ala., and Betty Pritchard of Nevada...

Clyde Raymond Guthrie, 68, Nevada, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born July 14, 1941, in Mound City, Mo., to Claude Freeman Guthrie and Lavona Lorene Kyle Guthrie. He was married Sept. 14, 1969, in Webb City, Mo., to Charlena Mae Baines, and she survives of the home...

Glenn Oliver "Babe" Scott, 83, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at McCune Brooks Hospital in Carthage, Mo. He was born Nov. 2, 1926, in Fort Scott, Kan., to William Marcus Scott and Mary Frances Buchanan Scott. He married Margaret Rose Taylor in May 1950 at the First Presbyterian Church in Nevada. Although they divorced, the couple remained friends to the end...

Charles E. Stewart, 19, of Schell City, appeared in the Circuit Court of Vernon County on Tuesday, Feb. 2, and was assigned a trial date in connection with three misdemeanor counts of reckless burning in relation to two separate incidents in Schell City during the summer of 2009...

"We want this to be a product of the citizens of Nevada, not the city hall," Ron Clow, Nevada planning director, said during the final meeting of the comprehensive plan steering committee Wednesday. "We want the people to feel their opinion will have an effect on the plan," Clow said...

Child Advocacy Council of Vernon County will begin "Love & Logic Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun" beginning weekly on February 4, and ending March 4, in room "A" on the middle floor of the Bowman Building from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The classes are free, and geared for children ages birth to 6, with the incorporation of the teenage years. Childcare is not provided. Parent educators are Constance Beaver and Deborah Ensbarger, combining their many hours of classroom experiences to add to the classes...

Editor's note: Since the Vernon County Drug Court's inception in 2001, 54 people have graduated the intensive diversionary program. It's a long, hard road to recovery, but grads like Catherine Nowak, who graduated the program last year in Vernon County, say it's a life-saving, life-changing experience. ...

Members of the Vernon County Adult Drug Court Committee, program participants, friends and family members gathered in the court room of the Vernon County Courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 2, to celebrate the successes of Linda Fanning and Tracy Moore and to announce the renaming of the program to the Vernon County Adult Recovery Court Program...

Dorotha Robinson, 92, passed away Dec. 21, 2009. She was born to Frank and Leatha Emery Snyder, July 1, 1907, in Schwartz, Mo. She married Dirk Robinson, in November 1925. They lived in Deerfield when they were first married. They then moved to San Jose, Calif., and later to Chico, Calif. They had two daugthers, Ruby Rain Ford and Shirley Osburg of the state of California. She retired from G.E...

"When you shoot the ball well early, it helps." Nevada Tigers head basketball coach John McNeley's team did more than shoot the ball well in the fifth place game of the Nevada Tiger Classic tournament Wednesday night -- they set season highs in team scoring and in shooting percentage in a 70-43 defeat of the Stockton Tigers...

"I think this is the first time we've gotten tired all year." As head coach Brent Bartlett's Nevada Lady Tigers varsity basketball team got their quest for a fifth Nevada Classic tournament championship back under way in a make-up contest Wednesday night, they appeared to have met their match in terms of overall energy...

I know it is no surprise for those of you who know me, to find out that I am on a goose register. But I'll bet even you didn't think I would go national For some reason, in this cold season, our farm pond or lawn side lake (the same place, it depends on who I am trying to impress what I call it!) has become a haven for many geese. ...