Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2012

Thomas Winton Bewley, passed away Oct. 22, 2012, at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Tom was born March 14, 1928, in Oklahoma City, the son of Winton and Jane C. Bewley who preceded him in death, as did his favorite brother-in-law, Joe Kraft. He leaves his sister, Dorothy Kraft, Springdale, Ark.; his nephews and nieces, Clint Kraft and wife, Janet, Sally Kraft, Sandy and husband, Frank, and Paula Kraft Neal; along with nine grandnieces and nephews...

Nevada Daily Mail With the presidency, seats in federal and state legislatures, and top state and local offices up for election in just a few days, groups and candidates are ramping up last-minute, get-out-the-vote events throughout Missouri. On Friday, the Faith, Family, Freedom Fund, self-described as a "Super PAC associated with Family Research Council Action, is bringing is statewide bus tour through Nevada. ...

Five people graduate from Vernon County Adult Recovery Court. By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Tuesday evening, five people graduated from the Vernon County Adult Recovery Court, having achieved the requirements of the diversionary program and set their sights on the task of continuing to transform the shape of their futures as they leave the program...

The Nevada Safe Treats Parade.

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School boys' swim team entered district competition Tuesday at the Southwest Missouri Championships. All four swimmers competing for the Tigers in the event qualified to come back today for the finals, either equalling or surpassing their personal best times. Jesse Claypool posted a time of 23.86 seconds in the 50-meter freestyle, followed by Morgan Hold at 25.07...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers and Harrisonville Wildcats took to Logan Field Wednesday night with one goal in mind: Survive and advance. With the field dwindling down quickly into the true front-runners in Missouri state high school football, both squads came into Wednesday night's contest hoping to stay alive and move on to compete for a district championship...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade girls' basketball A teams opened the season Tuesday night, hosting Butler Middle School. The eighth grade game was a close contest right up until the end, but Nevada ultimately fell just short in a 40-36 defeat. The seventh graders found themselves in a noticeably lower scoring affair, but ultimately came out on top of a 24-15 decision to salvage the split...

OK. Now I am a great-great-grandmother. I have passed several decades of age. I can remember when Radio Springs brought many people to Nevada for recreation and relaxation. I can even remember when Farm and Home Savings and Loan had a beautiful lawn/garden at the corner of South Ash and Austin. I have voted for or against presidents in more than 10 elections. So it seems that I should have reached the age where I could just sit and rock for a spell...

All right, I don't normally do this, but something simply has to be said. As I'm sure everyone knows by now, the Nevada Tigers played their last football game of the 2012 season against the Harrisonville Wildcats Wednesday night at Logan Field. It was a great game that I thought was a lot of fun to watch in many ways, but I saw a lot of events play out on that field that really disappointed me...

Eric Wade/Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball program gathered at Nevada High School Wednesday to donate the proceeds from T-shirt sales and a silent auction from the third annual Dig For A Cure Night. Vernon County Cancer Relief received $1,435, while $615 went to Relay For Life...