Stories from Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Harvey G. Decker, 72, Nevada, passed away on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at his home in Nevada. He was born Sept. 11, 1928, in Halstead, Kan., to Abe B. Decker and Helena Dirks Decker. He married Vada Schmidt on March 2, 1952, in Hillsboro, Kan., and she preceded him in death on Oct. 15, 2006...

Eldon Lee Smith, 83, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at his residence in Salina, Kan. He was born June 26, 1927, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Harold Newton Smith and Jewel McMillen Smith. He was married to Mildred Ruth Kuntz and she survives of the home...

August 25 Jason E. Detienne, Rich Hill, driving while intoxicated. Aaron B. Dill, Jerico Springs, Mo., expired license plate, no proof of insurance, failure to register vehicle, driving while suspended. Jacob D. Duncan, Nevada, excessive window tint...

Nevada Daily Mail COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Stephens College Stars defeated the Cottey College volleyball team, 3-1, Saturday afternoon, 26-24, 25-23, 25-9, 25-17, with the Comets' only win of the day coming in the second set. Head coach Marla Kannady Foreman was both pleased and disappointed in her team. She was disappointed they lost the match, especially game one, after leading 14-6, but pleased they played so well against a four-year NAIA school...

HUME, Mo. -- The Hume Lady Hornets volleyball team evened their overall record on the year with a strong home victory over Ballard on Thursday, Sept. 9. Head coach Delanya Thompson's Lady Hornets needed just two sets to take the victory as they cruised to a 25-12 win in the opener and followed that with a 25-19 second-set victory. "The girls are young, but they are really coming around," Thompson said. "I am very proud of the way the girls have been playing."...

Suspended Nevada Post Master Dennis Henry will appear in federal court in Kansas City, Mo., today for a detention hearing, according to Don Ledford of the United States Attorney's Office in Kansas City. Ledford said the hearing will be to determine if Henry will be granted bail. The U.S. Attorney's Office requested detention until trial for the other four men charged in the case, but not for Henry. The court took it upon itself to impose the detention on Henry...

Members of the Wiseman family of Nevada were injured Saturday at 8 p.m. in a one-vehicle crash that occurred 15 miles north of Nevada on U.S. Highway 71. Barbara J. Wiseman, 73; Opal E. Wiseman, 98; and Steven J. Wiseman, 45, were injured when the 2002 Lincoln J.C. Wiseman was driving dropped off an uneven lane in a construction zone and struck a bridge abutment...

Several area churches are uniting to sponsor a pre-See You at the Pole rally at Marmaduke Park Saturday, Sept. 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the 20th anniversary of SYATP. There will be a free picnic, games, a special speaker and the band Apokritheis will perform. All middle school and high students are invited to attend the pre-rally picnic...

For two and a half years, since February 2008, a group of Missouri and Kansas residents have been working together to create a management plan for the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area. The plan was submitted to the National Park Service for approval in June, 2009 and was approved last month when it was signed Aug. 25, by Thomas L. Strickland, assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior...

The Nevada Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing and considering the city's five-year capital improvement plan during their monthly meeting this afternoon. The city's five-year capital improvement plan includes $1.4 million for reconstruction of the apron at the Nevada Municipal Airport in 2011, of which about $1.3 million comes from state and federal grants; $484,000 for rehabilitating the fuel farm at the airport in 2014; $2.5 million in street construction over the next five years; $125,000 in ADA sidewalk improvements over the next five years; $350,000 for water main replacements; Camp Clark and Meadow Lane sewer construction in 2011, for an estimated $620,000, and the north and south interceptor sewer lines in 2011 for an estimated $860,000, which is a part of the multi-year sewer system upgrade that is paid for with low interest finance from the state revolving loan program.. ...

It all started three years ago, because Madison Hedges wanted to earn a badge for sewing in Girl Scouts. So, she an her friend Danielle Smith signed up for weekly sewing classes in the back room at Nine Patch Quilt and Fabric, just off the Square on Walnut Street in Nevada...

Dear Editor: On the issue of smaller class size, I believe this is a very important concern in the elementary grades, but less of a concern as the students attend higher grades. My exact quote in my letter to the editor (9-2-10) continued with "... the teacher and student interaction is not threatened in a class size of 25." The overall student per class size is 11 at NEVC versus 18 at Nevada R-5 according to the DESE Website statistics from 2009 (2010 unavailable). ...