Stories from Sunday, January 16, 2005

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald On Friday, the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce hosted its first luncheon of the new year. The chamber welcomed in a new member, recognized the retirement of one board member and honored the outgoing president while welcoming in the new one...

Special to the Herald The Vernon County Mental Health Task Force met Friday, Jan. 14, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Representatives attended from Nevada Regional Medical Center, Allied Mental Health, Vernon County Ambulance, Nevada Police Department, Vernon County Sheriff's Office, Nevada Mental Health and Heartland...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald On Tuesday, members of the Truman Elementary Look Before You Leap club, had a visit form Kelly McElmore, a cardio RN from Nevada Regional Medical Center...

Past Sheldon homecoming queen Nickie Danner places a corsage on the newly elected homecoming queen Jessie Moore. Shane Hanson, right, was elected homecoming king at Friday night's basketball games against Miami.

Hi neighbors. How many of you have already given up on your New Year's resolutions? It's very difficult to think of resolutions to make that you know you'll stick with. I've found I'm always more able to determine what I should and will do tomorrow than I am at actually carrying through with that when tomorrow arrives...

"Our language," it's been said, "is who we are." I hope there are exceptions to that rule! When I was about 10, my mother called me inside from a game of softball we neighborhood kids were playing across the street, and sat me down in a living room chair...

100 years ago: Good Roads train arrives The Good Roads train arrived from Sedalia early this morning and President Moore of the National Good Roads association and his party were greeted by a committee of prominent citizens. On account of the blizzard of the past few days the convention held here was not so largely attended as was expected, but those present were enthusiastic in the work and sufficient numbers were present to form a strong movement for good roads...

Special to the Daily Mail Ron and Kathy Snyder of Fort Scott, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Lynn, to William Allen Sullivan, son of Allen and Mary Sullivan of Girard, Kan. The bride-elect is a graduate of Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan., with a Master's Degree in Business Administration. She is employed with Names and Numbers of Pittsburg. Erin is the granddaughter of Gene and Wilma Snyder and the late Bob and Mary Titus, all of Bronaugh...

Special to the Herald Don and Deanna Ness and Mike and Arlene Good of Nevada announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Bethany Nicole Good, to Geoffrey Allen Stewart, son of Dr. Wendell Stewart and Susan Stewart of Bolivar, Mo...

Special to the Herald Earl and Marjorie Rogers will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 24. Earl "Buster" Rogers and Marjorie Josepeit were married at Goodland, Kan., on Jan. 24, 1945. They moved to their Richards home in 1951 from Colorado. They have three daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Eldon Verman, Independence, Mo.; Jackie and Jimmie Linn, Bronaugh; and Shirley and Ron Peckman, Richards. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers also have seven grandchildren...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald Trailing by 12 with 3:49 left in the third quarter Friday, the Nevada Tigers needed a spark. Despite playing good defense for most of the night, the Tigers were losing to McDonald County 32-20 in their Southwest Conference matchup and Mustang Nick Smith had just scored six straight points to counter a 5-0 Nevada run...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald The Nevada Lady Tigers fell to the defending Southwest Conference champions at Wynn Gymnasium Friday, 61-42. McDonald County (11-4 overall, 3-0 in conference) took advantage of a cold shooting night by Nevada (10-3, 1-1) and the dominating inside presence of Deanna Goddard to erase an early eight-point deficit and run away with the game...

Nevada Herald The Nevada Lady Tiger junior varsity beat McDonald County Friday, 43-33. Jordan Scotten and Tori Miller each scored 10 points to lead the Lady Tigers as they held off the visitors. Nevada led 12-3 after the first quarter, and 19-12 at halftime...

They could have come up with a thousand or so new names for what was originally the Paige Arena in Columbia that would have been preferable to Mizzou Arena. That's about as silly a name as could have been suggested. Also, less offensive to anyone -- namely the Lauries...

The Kansas City Sportshow, which ended its six-day run at Bartle Hall, was an oasis in the desert for the thousand of visitors although it didn't start off that way. On the opening day of the show last Tuesday, ice was covering the roads and trees in and around Kansas City and kept many outdoor-minded people at home...

At this time of year, with the holidays just behind us, it's time to pause and remember those less fortunate than us and, yes, perhaps dig a little deeper into our own pockets to help. As you might guess, I'm talking about the Scott Peterson Investigation Fund, a fund that allows you to contribute to the continuing investigation for the real killer in the Peterson case...