Stories from Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Steven Calbi Gunder, 35, of Nevada, passed away at Harwood, Mo., on Nov. 15, 2012. He was born Oct. 11, 1977, to Richard and Eileen (Smith) Gunder at Bitburg Air Force Base in Germany. He attended school in Germany and El Dorado Springs. His son, Cody was his life. Steven and Cody enjoyed many of the same things. As Cody excelled at football, you could see the pride and joy on Steven's face. Their goal together was for Cody to earn a scholarship and play football at Missouri University...

Antony "Tony" Conrad Kane, 48, Nevada, passed away on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at his home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 12, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo., to Conrad Corneilius Kane and Peggy Ilene Buck. He married Jodean Kay Bunce on Aug. 18, 2012, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Eric and Aubrey Good of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Emrys Charles Good. Emrys was born at 5:25 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 22 inches. Maternal grandparents are Greg and Reina Robinson of Stafford, Va., and Ernest and Heidi Montoya of Truth or Consequences, N.M. ...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "I've been pleased." I mean, this is a group that takes a good approach." Especially in the world of high school athletics, a good approach to the game is just about all a coach can ask for and that's exactly what Nevada Tigers head basketball coach John McNeley has gotten from his squad in preseason practices so far this year...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Comets basketball squad increased its season-opening winning streak to four games Monday with another home victory over the Vikings of Missouri Valley College. For the fourth time in as many games, more than half of the Comets players who entered the game made it into the scoring column and the Comets defeated the Missouri Valley JV squad by a final score of 71-52...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail A body found in a trash can Nov. 16 in Kansas City, Mo., turned out to be that of 40-year-old Wanda K. Benenhaley, who's from Nevada. A 50-year-old Kansas City man, Quelin E. Perciado Jr., has been charged with second-degree murder in the case, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker's office said Sunday...

The ceremony officially opening annual lighting display at Radio Springs Park will be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday. Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard will flip the switch. For more information, call the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center at (417) 448-2740...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will consider the first reading of an ordinance that would the purchase price of taxi coupons by 50 cents to make up for some of the loss of state and federal funds, during a regular meeting at 7 o'clock tonight, in Council Chambers, inside the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash. The proposal calls for coupons for the elderly and disabled to increase from $3 to $3.50, and the coupons for the general public will go from $4 to $4.50...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail A 22-year-old Hume High School graduate has won a world title at the American Paint Horse Association's Fall Open and Amateur World Championship Show at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Cody Franklin said Thursday that he was excited to win the classic amateur showmanship at halter award with his 7-year-old gelding...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail For the first time in the history of the Respect Institute, people with physical disabilities were added to the ranks of its graduates, in a ceremony at the On My Own, Inc., Nevada offices, Friday afternoon. The Respect Institute is a training program that helps people with disabilities develop the skills they need to transform their experiences into positive, inspirational, educational public presentation, according to Amanda Fisher, On My Own, and until now its grads have all been persons with psychological disabilities. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Students in the Nevada High School Spanish Club and French Club are reaching out to children in other countries through the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child program. Students gathered a variety of items meant for children in third-world countries and packaged them in shoe boxes meant for boys and girls in a variety of age groups spanning from age 2 to age 14...