Stories from Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has reinstated the Class I grain dealer's license for Farmers Ag & Grain Supply Inc. of Deerfield and Nevada after the company met the necessary conditions set forth by the Department of Agriculture. Earlier this month, Farmers Ag & Grain Supply was asked to improve their equity position immediately or risk suspension of their grain dealer's license. ...

An accident took the life of a utility worker Friday, when Osage Valley Electric Right of Way Foreman Steve Cowley was struck by a tree while clearing a right-of-way area near Rich Hill. The company issued the following statement: "Osage Valley Electric Cooperative suffered a terrible loss Oct. ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to sexually exploiting three minors in an attempt to produce child pornography...

Members of Cottey College's psychology organization, also known as Psi Beta, have partnered with members of the community to host a benefit concert for Autism Speaks on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 8-10 p.m., at Raney dining hall on the college's campus. There will be perfomances by local bands Withird I, Recess on a Field Trip, Nathan Rorabaugh, and acoustic music by several other guests. ...

Wayne and Pauline Jeans and family of Richards were among the 106 families honored during the Missouri State Fair's Farm Family Day, Aug. 16. The Jeanses were selected as the Vernon County Missouri State Fair Farm Family by the Vernon County Extension Council and local Farm Bureau. ...

Family gathers for annual tradition of making apple butter

Raymond "Ray" A. Clark, 45, of Piqua, Kan., passed away Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Ray was born in Chanute, Kan., on Oct. 31, 1964, the son of Raymond E. and Lena (Johnstone) Clark. He was united in marriage to Cynthia Mullins on June 21, 1986, in Nevada, Mo. She survives of the home...

Max Wayne Kirkendoll, Nevada, infant son of Larry Kirkendoll and Kayla Lea Messer, passed away suddenly at his residence on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Funeral arrangements and family information will be provided later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

September 18 There were reports of theft in the Nevada area and domestic assault in the Walker area. Phillip Bemis was arrested for probation violation. No bond. Bobbie Dill was released to Dade County. Bill Douty was released to Dade County. Jail population: Total census, 71; state, 5; Vernon County Re-entry program, 1; Cedar County, 2; Bates County, 8; Dade County, 6; Cass County, 1; Barton County, 1; and Lawrence County, 1...

BOLIVAR, Mo. -- For the second year in a row, Mariah Jones and Emmaly Ellis have added their names to the list of MSHSAA Girls' Golf Championships qualifiers. As a team, head coach Brian Leonard's Nevada Lady Tigers golf team struggled at the Class 1 Sectional 2 tournament, finishing the course with an overall tally of 415. Southern Boone County won the tournament with a 378, followed by Mount Vernon at 409...

The Sheldon Lady Panthers volleyball team picked up its seventh win of the year over Bronaugh this week. The Lady Panthers won in two sets, by the final scores of 25-16 and 25-20. With that win, the Lady Panthers are now 7-5-1 on the year and are set to travel to Hume tonight, to take on the Lady Hornets...

The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams completed regular-season play with sweeps of Lamar Tuesday night. Head coach Trudy Fleeman's eighth graders won at Lamar, 25-7 and 25-12, in the A team match and 25-20 and 25-13 in the B team match. Head coach Marsha Hooper's seventh graders won at Nevada, 25-21 and 25-12 in the A team match to finish the season 9-4, while her B squad won 25-10 and 25-9 to finish 8-1...

Editors note: Part one of this column appeared in the Tuesday, Oct. 5, edition. A letter to Gary Rust By that time, the winds of change in the newspaper business were already stirring, and the company -- lock, stock and barrel -- was sold. That's when I wrote to Gary Rust, whom I had met at several newspaper-industry meetings over the years and admired because he was the only other publisher I knew who wasn't afraid to speak his mind. I said to myself: "He sounds a lot like me."...

In my middle age plus years I have discovered a very good way to be with my family and not have to spend all my time cooking and cleaning up things. It is very simple. I ask the ones who live some distance away to meet us at a resort for a weekend. This is easy for me because I teach the Road Scholars (Elderhostels) at the YMCA of the Ozarks near Potosi, and have some faculty privileges to occasionally have guests. ...