Stories from Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- The Nevada High School boys tennis team dropped a home dual against Carthage on Tuesday, falling 9-0. The match-by-match results were not available at press time. The NHS tennis team heads to Bolivar's invite today and then will compete at Monett's invite on Friday...

Karolyn A. Perkins passed away on Nov. 22, 2011, in San Pedro, Calif. She was the only child of Kenneth and Nadine Perry Perkins of Nevada, Mo. Karolyn was a 1964 graduate of Nevada High School. She later attended El Camino College. She became a gemologist and worked for many years at the San Pedro Jewelry Mart. In 1993, she joined the Pacific Maritime Association where she became a stevedore. She worked at Los Angeles Harbor and loved the people, sights, sounds and life of the harbor...

Dustin and Staci Keys of Nevada, Mo., and older sister, Reese, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Hadley Addison Keys. Hadley was born at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

Holly and Michael Suit of Nevada, Mo., and older sister, Astoria, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Pandora Mikea Suit. Pandora was born at 6:52 a.m., Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Guenevere Davis and Jeff Hudson of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings Hannah, Dannica, Tyrein and Rex Davis, are proud to announce the birth of their daughters and baby sisters, Celeste Jade Hudson and Eden Rose Hudson. Celeste was born at 8:28 a.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 18 and 1/2 inches...

Girl Scouts from all over Vernon County brought their hand-made derby cars to the Vernon County Youth Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 21 to race for the finish line in the annual Powder Puff Derby. A total of 45 racers in the Girl Scouts of America Daisy, Brownie, Cadette, Junior and Senior programs came to the fairgrounds with parents, friends, grandparents and brothers and sisters to see if their gravity powered car had the fastest time...

Those who can no longer speak for themselves need someone to speak for them. That's what Tuesday's annual Vernon County Crime Victims' Walk and memorial ceremony were about, showing the names, faces and dates of the deaths of 46 area men, women and children who had died at the hands of criminals since 1969...

Nevada tops El Dorado Springs 6-0, home again today

Dave and Julie Mader of Nevada announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Katherine Mader, to Colby William Wood, son of Clark and Cathy Wood of Lamar. Emily graduated from Bronaugh High School in May of 2010 and then went on to DeVry University in Kansas City where she graduated, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Human Resources, in February of 2012...