Stories from Friday, January 17, 2014

Charles Edward "Ed" Leavell, 70, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., following a lengthy illness. He was born June 10, 1943, in Sheldon, Mo., to Sterling Edward "Pat" Leavell and Dorothy C. (Lathrop) Leavell...

Patricia Marie "Pattie" (Gloodt) Cox, 57, of Lee's Summit, Mo., passed away Jan. 13, 2014, at St. Joseph Medical Center, in Kansas City, Mo. Pattie was born May 26, 1956. Pattie is survived by her sons, Robert Williams, Anthony Williams, and Tyler Cox; one brother, Butch Gloodt; and two sisters, Essie Vioght and Mary Smith...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor "It was a tough go and we knew it was going to be a tough go, but we're really proud of our kids for hanging in like they did." Despite the fact that the Nevada Tigers basketball team did what it has made a habit of doing in recent games and did just about everything right except win the game, head coach John McNeley left Wynn Gymnasium Thursday night with a smile on his face and did so for good reason. ...

The seedings have been released for next week's Kansas Army National Guard Raider Basketball Tournaments at Frontenac, Kan., High School. The Riverton, Kan., Rams are the top-seeded boys' team, with LaCygne-Prairie View the second seed, followed by Oklahoma City's Frederick Douglass High School, Winfield, Kan., McDonald County, Frontenac, Nevada and Fort Scott. ...

Nevada High School athletic director and head boys' basketball coach John McNeley announced a pair of make-up dates this week that affect his Nevada Tigers squads. McNeley's varsity, junior varsity and freshman squads were all scheduled to take on the Bears of Butler on Jan. ...

ANDERSON, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade boys' basketball teams took to the road Thursday night, to take on McDonald County and came back with mixed results. In the B game, head coach Robert Miner's squad picked up the victory by a final score of 28-10. Jayden Ast led the offensive effort for Nevada with five points, while Trent Pryor had four rebounds and Coletan Shepard had five steals...

CARTHAGE -- The Nevada High School freshman boys' basketball team got back into action on the road Thursday night, hoping to get back to its winning ways against the Tigers of Carthage High School. That was not to be, however, as head coach Shaun Gray's Tigers ultimately fell by a final score of 45-36...

The Nevada High School junior varsity boys' basketball team got back into action Thursday night and much like their varsity counterparts, the Tigers found themselves outsized and outclassed athletically, ultimately leading to a very one-sided defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Center Yellowjackets...

GOLDEN CITY, Mo. -- In a low-scoring game between rivals, Sheldon edged Bronaugh in the opening round of the Golden City Boys' Basketball Tournament, 42-34. Sheldon advanced to play Jasper, the other bracket half winner with a 65-53 victory over Everton. That game was scheduled for Thursday, but those results were not available at press time...

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Warrensburg's Lady Tigers took command during the third quarter on the way to a 48-38 victory over the Nevada Lady Tigers Wednesday night, at Warrensburg High School. "It was a hard fought game, but we just had trouble scoring in the second half," Lady Tigers head coach Brent Bartlett said. "We have to put four complete quarters together and have others step up to be successful."...

GOLDEN CITY, Mo. -- Bronaugh's girls stayed alive in the consolation round of the 58th annual Golden City Girls' Basketball Tournament, racing past the host school, 52-21, Wednesday night. The Lady Wildcats will face Greenfield, a 47-21 winner in the other half of the consolation round, for fifth place Friday, at 4 p.m...

It's the New Year. And along with the New Year I am experiencing changes, good and bad, that seem to be here too early. Today (Jan. 13) I am the great-great-grandmother of our second great-great-granddaughter. I am rejoicing with all the others in her families that she is here, perfectly healthy, exceptionally pretty and undoubtedly very smart. ...

In grocery stores all over our town and around the country, we once had a startup position for young boys, known simply by the job title, "bottle boy." This occupation may have had a simple sounding title, but it was far from lacking in importance...

Dear Editor: I am happy to see that General Mills is making it known that they will not be putting any GMO ingredients into "regular" Cheerios, though the other flavored varieties will continue to contain them. According to Blake Hurst, author of, "Cheerios and GMOs -- you choose" in the Daily Mail of Friday, Jan. ...

JEFFERSON CITY--The Missouri Public Service Commission is seeking comments from the general public and telecommunications companies on the possible creation of a Missouri Universal Service high-cost fund. A high-cost fund would be used to assist phone companies in building infrastructure to provide telecommunications services to customers in areas of the state that are costly to serve. Funding would likely be through a surcharge placed on customer bills...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's First Baptist Church is preparing to host a grief support group next month. Grief Share is a 12-week beginning Tuesday, Feb. 4, with the goal of helping those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The support group's first session begins at 5 p.m., though the starting time may change following the introductory meeting. The once-per-week sessions will run about two hours in length...

Nevada Daily Mail After the retirement of special education teacher Scherry Rupprecht, the Hume school district will need to hire a special education teacher and possibly another elementary teacher. Superintendent David Quick told the Board of Education of the need for additional teachers at its meeting on Jan. 8...

Nevada Daily Mail Continuing a 15-year tradition, 30 Hume students will demonstrate their understanding of science and travel to Holden on Saturday to compete in Science Olympiad. Science Olympiad competitions for grades six through 12 consist of a series of 22 events for each middle school and high school team in the areas of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology. ...