Stories from Thursday, September 9, 2010

Colin F. Fairchild, 62, of Omaha, formerly of Nevada, passed away Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at Creighten University Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard F. and Marion M. Fairchild of North Platte, Neb., formerly of Nevada. Survivors include his sister, Marilyn Fairchild Durham, Gladstone, Mo., and four children, David Fairchild, Missouri, Paul A. Fairchild, Texas, Lance E. Fairchild, Colorado, and Bree Anne Fairchild, Arizona...

August 26 Sharon Turner reported a second degree burglary and unlawful entry in the 200 block of North Main Street. Item stolen was cash. August 27 Richard Bozworth reported a theft from a motor vehicle in the 700 block of Main Street. Items stolen were: Jimenez .380 pistol with holster...

BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers golf team competed in the Bolivar Lady Liberator Invitational at Silo Ridge Golf Club Tuesday. Republic won the team title, while West Plains took second and Lebanon finished third. Republic's Payton Rahl was the individual medalist with a 78. Lady Tiger sophomore Emmaly Ellis turned in a 98. The Nevada scramble B team of Jessica Mosbrucker and Ashley Shumaker carded a 96 and the A scramble duo of Morgan Turner and Myra Ornelas also turned in a 98...

Schell City is gearing up for the city's annual Fall Festival, Friday and Saturday. There will be a new contest this year, the Best Photo of Schell City Contest, along with the Talent Contest, Hairy Legs Contest and the Beautiful Baby Contest. Contests make up just a small part of the action --there will be a silent auction and entertainment along with vendor booths along Main Street; and a quilt show and a car show will be held Saturday, along with a volleyball tournament...

The Nevada High School Class of 1960 will celebrate their 50th class reunion the weekend of Sept. 17. The group's members have committed to donating cash, photos, clippings and artifacts to the Bushwhacker Museum, focusing on high school activities during that period from the fall of 1956 to the summer of 1960. ...

The Marmaton Valley Chapter of Ducks Unlimited was organized in 1973, and some of the founding members will be recognized during the organization's annual banquet and auction on Saturday, Sept. 11 at the Nevada Elks Lodge. The local chapter or DU, just like the national organization has one mission: habitat conservation. This year's banquet, like those of the past, is a fund raising event so the group can continue that mission...

The Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, will participate this year in Brake Safety Awareness Week, scheduled for Sept. 12 -18. Brake Safety Awareness Week is an educational outreach program designed to train companies, drivers, and mechanics about proper brake adjustment limits and air brake system inspection on commercial motor vehicles...

In observance of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the staff of On My Own will be hosting a free community picnic, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Sept. 29, at the On My Own offices at 428 E. Highland, Nevada. Information about a vairety of health and disability related services also will be on display, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and free entertainment will be offered...

A Look Good, Feel Better class, for people receiving active cancer treatment, will be held Tuesday, Sept 14, from 10 a.m.-noon, in the On My Own library. All participants receive a free make-up kit, wig, turban and cancer support information. Call Stacey Wilson at On My Own for more information at (417) 667-7007 or (800) 362-8852...

A Stockton man escaped serious injury in a one-vehicle rollover crash in rural Vernon County Tuesday evening. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 20-year-old Travis W. Haslock was headed eastbound on Route E, 11 miles east of Milo at about 8 p.m.,, when the 2007 Chevrolet pickup he was driving ran off the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned. ...

Emergency crews responded to a wreck approximately four miles west of Deerfield on U.S. 54 Highway at about 6:30 Wednesday evening. The car, apparently westbound, appeared to have veered off the north side of 54 and downed several fence posts and a stretch of fence before coming to rest in the ditch. An official report was not available before press time Wednesday...

Tuesday, the Vernon County Adult Recovery Court met for the 22nd graduation since the program began as the Vernon County Adult Drug Court in 2001. Judge James Bickel introduced the graduate, Teresa Butler, and said that she was what he termed a 'functional addict' when she began the recovery program, she maintained employment even though she was addicted to drugs...

Despite the best efforts of the Nevada Daily Mail and Doug Wortman to keep down confusion about the NEVC school issue and Greg Wortman's, not Doug's, active involvement in discussing the issue, the Nevada Daily Mail inadvertently added to the confusion by titling a letter to the editor responding to Greg Wortman's prior letter as a "Response to Doug Wortman's letter."...

Dear Editor: I am writing in regards to the NEVC School issue. I was mis-informed when the petition was circulated. I was told the state could come in and send our children to Appleton City or wherever they chose to. I regret signing the petition. Our children in this district do not need to be moved to a big over-crowded school. They have a better opportunity to learn in a small school...

Dear Editor First, my name is Greg Wortman and I wrote the letter about annexation of NEVC into Nevada R-5 School District. I appreciate the civil response from John Hoagland and respect his different opinions. I have spoken to several parents and observed myself those current students from the western edge of the district that ride the bus for 1 hour, 40 minutes to travel to the Schell City campus; the trip from the town of Schell City to the Nevada High School takes around 35 minutes traveling at safe speeds. ...

Dear Editor: It is pretty clear that the majority of NEVC supporters fear annexation into the Nevada School System for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons seems to be that their children "would not fit in." First of all, they should not sell their kids short. These kids know many of the "Nevada" kids through 4-H, summer sports programs, school contests and other activities. They are already friends with many of the Nevada area kids...

Dear Editor: It's been 50 years since they graduated. Although not the first graduating class in the "new" Nevada High School, they were the second. They were the first class to spend their entire senior year in the new school. They were just beginning their high school years in the old school when the devastating fire took place, and they all remember that horrible night. ...

A group of women, mostly over 50 years old, were visiting the other day when one asked the group if they usually had a dessert at each meal. Almost everyone in the group replied that they rarely served a dessert, unless it was a special occasion, such as a birthday...