Stories from Thursday, October 18, 2012

Cynthia Lea "Cindy" Clark, 49, Piqua, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kan., following an illness of several months. She was born May 13, 1963, in Kansas City, Kan., to Gale Archie Mullins and Mildred Elaine Butterfield Mullins. She married Raymond Clark on June 21, 1986, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Oct. 3, 2010...

"Unfortunately, I think it's the negatives that people tend to remember and those are the things that sometimes cost you the game." Ever since Nevada Lady Tigers head softball coach said those words to me after Nevada's regular-season loss to the Pleasant Hill Chicks, the statement has really stuck with me...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail Aggression. It's one of the most vital parts to any team's success in any sport and it's also the one thing head coach Marla Kannady Foreman's Cottey College Comets volleyball team lacks this season and that showed in a big way Wednesday when the Comets took on the Lady Norse of Northeast Oklahoma A&M Community College at Hinkhouse Center...

Nevada Daily Mail RICH HILL, Mo. -- The Lady Tigers of Rich Hill High School defeated Lakeland in three sets Tuesday night to conclude their home volleyball schedule for the 2012 regular season. Rich Hill won the opener by the final score of 25-17 and bounced back from a 25-23 loss in the second set to win the decisive third set by the same, 25-23 score. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Moving back into the community is no easy task, especially for seniors and those with disabilities. Most people would prefer to live in their own home versus an institutional setting such as a nursing home; however, there are times that a nursing home is chosen in hopes that at some point the person is able to move back home at a later date. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh grade football team concluded its season Tuesday night, hosting Neosho Middle School. Nevada came into the night hoping to finish out the year with a winning record, but Neosho had other ideas. Neosho ultimately spoiled those efforts, holding off Nevada for a 22-16 victory to end season...

A site associated with a significant Civil War milestone will be dedicated as Missouri's newest state historic site Saturday, Oct. 27, in Bates County. Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site will be officially dedicated at 11 a.m., with activities scheduled both before and after the ceremony...

Nevada Daily Mail Julia E. Hubble, an award-winning entrepreneur, international professional speaker, and prize-winning journalist, will speak at Cottey College on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts...

Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail If dogs are man's -- or woman's-- best friends, then best friends are in need of human friends to give them new homes. Vernon County People For Pets has many dogs and cats available for adoption. Although interested persons can adopt pets at any time, the organization regularly promotes adoptions at local events like last Saturday's Oktoberfest, where Cindy Hackman, above, shows off Gigi, who is looking for a new family. ...

Almost everyone feels impatient when there is a long waiting period before some action. We all feel frustrated when we are "put on hold" when doing business over the phone. The little messages that come on to tell us how much we are appreciated don't ease our pain. Sometimes the music that is supposed to soothe us does the opposite, but at least it lets us know that we are still connected to some phone somewhere...

Dear Editor: Where the small town is located and whose funeral it was doesn't really matter. When I was informed the "Patriot Guard" would be there my first thought was, major over kill. You see, there is a group of so called "activists" who have made a name for themselves by picketing and disrupting funerals of fallen U.S. ...