Stories from Friday, May 16, 2014

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Senior Day is always a time characterized by a bittersweet mix of emotions. Such certainly was the case for the Nevada Tigers baseball squad Wednesday, when head coach Danny Penn's squad hosted the ninth-ranked team in Class 3, the Wildcats of Warsaw High School...

Russell and Brittany Dintaman, of Jasper, Mo., and older sibling, Easton, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Trenton Andrew Dintaman. Trenton was born at 2:10 p.m., Monday, May 5, 2014, at Freeman Hospital West, in Joplin, Mo. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

The 50th annual Bushwhacker Days will include "History Lane" on the north lawn of the Vernon County Courthouse Saturday, June 14, complete with stage, crafters' tents, music, and re-enactors. The stage will be set up on the northwest corner of the courthouse lawn where living historians will entertain the crowd throughout the day. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Building on the success of "A Defining Moment: The Campaign for Cottey College," Dr. Judy Rogers, president of Cottey College, announced Thursday a national marketing campaign for the college. Carla Bryant Farmer, former campaign manager, has been named special assistant to the president for marketing and associate vice president for development. Farmer will lead the planning and implementation for this initiative...

Nevada Daily Mail Dr. Judy Rogers, president of Cottey College, announced Wednesday that Cottey College is the recipient of the single, largest gift in its history. A gift of $1 million has been received from Thelma Serenbetz, of Harrison, N. Y. Serenbetz is a P.E.O. and member of Chapter AJ, New York. Serenbetz stated that she is inspired by Cottey's mission of leadership and is "thrilled and pleased" that Cottey is becoming a four-year college...

Nevada Daily Mail A three-car accident Thursday on east Highway 54 resulted in a Harwood man being cut from his truck and flown to Joplin for medical treatment. According to a report by Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Krehbiel, the collision occurred at 11:34 a.m., three miles east of Nevada. ...

Who doesn't love watching with awe a muscled, well groomed horse, mane and tail flying, decked out in all colors of the rainbow, majestically soaring over the ground? Racing's Triple Crown got underway recently with the Kentucky Derby. The next two legs of the Crown, the Preakness and the Belmont, will follow May 17 and June 7...

Hi neighbors. This week everyone I know has been ill with the stomach flu. I'm no doctor, of course, but we all have our own notions about how to deal with illness. Here are some things I've tried and that have been suggested to me by my doctor. Yes, doctor...

This week the Vernon County Sheriff's Office hosted bomb and explosive recognition training for Vernon County Deputies and members of surrounding law enforcement agencies. The training was presented by the Missouri State Highway Patrol bomb squad. This training helps prepare officers on how to recognize certain types of explosives and what action should be taken when they are found. ...

Dear Editor: The Community Council on the Performing Arts (CCPA) is revving up to launch its fundraising drive for the 2014-2015 season. As part of this effort, the hardworking volunteers of the CCPA board will be reaching out to the community for support...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The third of eight members of the winningest senior class in Nevada High School baseball history announced his plans to continue his playing career at the college level Friday. Cole Sanderson has played what could be argued as one of the most influential and vital roles on the Nevada Tigers baseball squad throughout his high school career. ...

ASH GROVE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team concluded its regular-season schedule Thursday, breaking the single-season school wins record again with an 8-5 win over Ash Grove on the Pirates' home field. Cole Sanderson led the Tigers offense with three hits -- including a double and two RBIs -- in four at-bats. Lane Ketterman was 2-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and two RBIs, Andy Heathman drove in one run with a triple and single, and Alex Payne drove in one run with a double...

NEOSHO, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys' and girls' track teams completed the 2014 season Wednesday, competing in the Tri-County Conference meet, at Neosho Middle School. The seventh-grade girls and eighth-grade boys turned in the best team performances for Nevada on the day, as they each came home third, overall. Nevada's eighth-grade girls and seventh-grade boys each finished fifth in the team standings...

Originally scheduled for next Thursday, the date for Nevada High School senior Grant Wolfe's letter of intent signing ceremony has changed. Nevada High School athletic director John McNeley announced via email Friday morning that the signing has been pushed back a day. Wolfe will now sign his letter of intent to play baseball for Southwest Baptist University at 2:45 p.m., next Friday, in the Nevada High School library...

Missouri turkey hunters took 43,273 bearded birds during the recent three-week spring firearms season. Adding the 4,328 turkeys taken in the Youth Weekend Hunt brought the spring season total to 47,601, which was more than 5,500 more birds harvested than last year...

The Nevada Tigers tennis team saw its season come to an end Thursday, in the Class 1, District 2 individuals tournament at Warrensburg. Skyler Laning received the fourth seed -- and a first-round bye -- in the No. 1 singles bracket, but suffered a 6-1, 6-0 loss to top-seeded Nick Piontek, of Warrensburg, in the semifinals. Laning bounced back with an 8-4 win over Harrisonville's Nathan Morse in the third-place match to earn the Tigers' only medal of the tournament...

Just as the news has come that Dr. Thompson is retiring, we are welcoming a new doctor into our family. Our grandson, Jonathan Thornton, today will officially become a doctor as he graduates from medical school. He has been selected to do his residency at Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn., so we won't be able to use his skills personally very often, but he has already kept abreast of medical situations in both of his paternal grandparents...

One of my favorite playground apparatuses as a kid, was the teeter-totter. It is also known by the name, seesaw. My dictionary defines it as: "a plank balanced at the middle, in which two children alternately ride up and down." Our country's leaders at all levels of government are currently trying to teeter-totter a way to balance our lowest form of worker pay, known as the minimum wage...