Stories from Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Larry Frank Geer, 72, of Granby, formerly of Nevada, passed away at his residence near Granby, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, following a long period of illness. Larry was born Aug. 11, 1943, in Beulah, Mo., the son of Frank and Leota (Ryno) Geer. He moved to Walker at an early age where he graduated from Walker High School in 1961. ...

Bob L. Clinton, 81, of rural Walker passed away at his home, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015.
Bob was born July 3, 1934, in Nevada, Mo., the son of George Bush and Orpha May (Smith) Clinton. At an early age he moved with his father to the Horton area where his grandparents and father raised him. ...

Jackie D. Eagleson, 70, of Nevada, passed away Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Jackie was born Sept. 17, 1944, in Columbus, Kan., the son of Jack Lowe and Lorene Rose (Heavin) Eagleson. He graduated from High School in Columbus and married Marcia Wesoloski on April 12, 1969, in the First Baptist Church in Shawnee, Kan. ...

Bill Schlup, 75, of Schell City, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Aug. 21, at Schell City Christian Church. Interment will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, in Schell City, Mo. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, at Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home...

Nevada Daily Mail "It was great working there. It was like a second home," Mary Woods said of the Nevada R-5 School District where she worked for 33 years as a custodian, before retiring Aug. 1, because of worsening eyesight problems. At the same time she said she would not miss being called in to work in the middle of the night or for some emergency cleanup...

Nevada Daily Mail While the 111th Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic came to a close Saturday evening, the annual picnic coronation ceremony took a unique turn with the withdrawal of one of the candidates so the remaining candidate could be crowned queen of the picnic...

Nevada Daily Mail With the season rapidly approaching, the Nevada Tigers football team competed at the annual Stockton Football Jamboree, Friday. Nevada opens its season Aug. 21., at Willard, with kickoff slated for 7 p.m. Joining the Tigers in Stockton, were Lamar, Pierce City, and Stockton. Nevada head football coach Erik Yoakam described the format as a controlled scrimmage, with each team possessing the ball for 12 offensive snaps, before switching over to the defensive side for 12 plays...

Nevada Daily Mail While irrigation and sub-irrigation or tilling are methods commonly used in Iowa's agriculture, a recent Iowa State University graduate says it is not commonly practiced in Southwest Missouri. Rusty Johnson, a class of 2015 graduate, says he wants to bring Missouri farmers a new way to combat overly wet and dry months during farming. His new business brings a way to submerge plastic tubing across fields to manage their water tables in Missouri...