Stories from Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Randall (Randy) W. Pike, 60, of Adrian, Mo., passed away on Sept. 20, 2014, at Bates County Memorial Hospital, Butler, Mo. He was born on Sept. 30, 1953, in Butler, Mo., the son of Wesley and Nelda (Carroll) Pike. Randy graduated from Butler High School in 1972 and attended Central Missouri State University. He married Patricia Long in 1974. They had two children, Dillion Thomas Pike and Dr. Michelle Diane Pike...

Roger Dean Hada, 66, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, after battling cancer. He was born Jan. 1, 1948, in Nevada, the son of John and Laura Dale (Morrison) Hada. Roger grew up and spent most of his childhood around the Walker area. He graduated in 1966 from Walker High School, then within a short time entered the United States Air Force where he served our country during the Vietnam era...

Clarence Michael McNeely, 66, of Lowry City, Mo., was born May 24, 1948, to Clarence A. and Pearletta F. (Scholes) McNeely. He died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs, Mo. Burial is in the Coal Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs, Mo. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time, Thursday, in the funeral home...

The Vernon County Sheriff's office set out to help the Osage Prairie YMCA Thursday by assisting with parking lot repairs. Donna Thomas and Jeff Snyder contacted Sheriff Jason Mosher to see if any of the inmates could help work for the community. With donated gravel and security measures in place, repairs to the YMCA parking lot were completed in less than two hours. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School Seventh and Eighth Grade Science Expo got underway Tuesday, with the set up of projects from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Nevada Middle School lobby. The fair will end Monday, Sept. 29, with an awards assembly at 2 p.m. in the gym...

Nevada Daily Mail Following an extended discussion, the Nevada City Council voted 5-0 during its Tuesday night meeting to accept the low bid of $119,000 from Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus for a used 2008 Deep South Freightliner Tanker for the fire department to use for rural fire response...

Nevada Daily Mail A wreath ceremony in memory of State Rep. Randy Pike will be held on the southeast corner of the Vernon County courthouse lawn today at 12:15 p.m. State Sen. Ed Emery is expected to speak, as well as one of the members of the Vernon County Commission...

Nevada Daily Mail With the recent death of State Representative, Randy Pike, the Republican Party Nomination Committee from the 126th Legislative District met Tuesday, to select a replacement candidate for the November election. Patricia Pike, Representative Pike's wife, was selected as the Republican candidate to continue in the general election as their candidate for State Representative. The next step is the filing in Jefferson City next week...

Playing in their final home match of the year, the Nevada tennis team dispatched Sedalia Smith-Cotton, 7-2. In No. 1 singles play, Nevada's Megan Payne sent Allison Burton packing, winning 8-1. The Tigers Ellie Pruitt (8-5), Emma Cheaney (8-4), and Jaiden Cherry (8-2) were all winners...

The Nevada Tigers seventh and eighth-grade football teams picked up wins Tuesday night at Logan Field against the visiting El Dorado Springs Bulldogs. The seventh-grade A team (1-2) won 32-24, while the eighth graders (1-2) cruised to a 32-6 victory...