Stories from Tuesday, January 25, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Ray and Rosie Kannard's long awaited trip is on hold--again. The Kannards had planned to be far away from Vernon County on board their boat, My Happiness, by this time but a manufacturing defect in the engine assembly caused a change in plans...

Above, at a donkey basketball fund-raiser at Bronaugh High School on Sunday evening, one donkey basketball participant clings to his mount with his legs while trying to rebound a missed shot during play. In order to steal the ball from the other team or to take a shot, participants had to be riding the donkeys. ...

Nevada Daily Mail State Auditor Claire McCaskill announced yesterday afternoon that a public meeting will take place at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 7, at the Nevada/Vernon County Community Center, 200 N. Ash, Nevada, when auditors will deliver a report on the state's audit of the city of Nevada...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt's State of the State address on Wednesday will feature two probable firsts: It will be delivered in prime time, and Democrats will immediately follow with a formal rebuttal. While it is traditional for a prominent member of the opposition party to give an official response to the president's State of the Union address, such has not been the practice in Missouri with regard to gubernatorial speeches...

Pat Westhoff and Brent Carpenter of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute located in Columbia, Mo., will present the "Outlook for Missouri Agriculture 2005," in the cafe at the Nevada TeleCenter, at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 10, in an effort to answer many questions about global markets...

Five-year old Lexi Hekadon brought her crayons and coloring book for her entertainment during Saturday night's basketball game between the Nevada Tigers and the Pleasant Hill Roosters.

Vera Irene Peters, 96, Nevada, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, in Glenwood, Md., following a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 9, 1908, in St. Louis, Mo., to John Johnson and Gertrude Allred Johnson. She married Henry W. Peters on July 29, 1970, in Sheldon. He preceded her in death in 1986...

Robert Lee Pettibon, 82, Nevada, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, following a brief illness. He was born March 14, 1922, in Deerfield, to Alva W. Pettibon and Martha Lee McGuire Pettibon. He married Edith Chrisenberry Pettibon on June 6, 1963, in Miami, Okla., who survives of the home...

Major R. Johnson, 79, Rich Hill, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. He was born Jan. 23, 1925, at Swan, Mo. He drove a truck for seven years before he returned to farming in 1959, with his brothers. He spent two years in the military stationed in the Philippines where he was Technician Fifth Grade in the 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion...

Harold Mason Chitty, 80, died Jan. 21, 2005, at the Appleton City Manor where he had made his home for the past three and one-half years. He was born May 8, 1924, in Bates County, Mo., to Ovis Benton and Minnie Blanche (Baker) Chitty. He married Feb. 9, 1952, Grace Goble in Warrensburg, Mo...

Myra Belle Stevener, 87, Rich Hill, died Jan. 20, 2005. She was born on Sept. 4, 1917, in Swan, Mo., the daughter of Ira and Ella (Johnson) Gibson. She married Raymond Albert Stevener on Sept. 30, 1952, in Rich Hill. She was secretary for the Rich Hill School System for several years, and later became bookkeeper for Fisher Coal Co...

Martin "Marty" Albert Stadler, 59, of Rich Hill, died on Jan. 19, 2005. He married Linda Martin April 11, 1968. He was born to Jack and Ellen Stadler, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Larry; and sister, Kathleen. He is survived by brothers, Bill, John, Fred and Steve Stadler; and sisters, Sharon Gillum, Mary Wood, Betty Pope, Jackie Poe, Sheila Leger, and Bobbi Winder...

Charlotte C. Earnest, 88, Nevada, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following an illness of several months. She was born March 8, 1916, in Mammoth Springs, Ark., to Ewing Kirby and Alice Owens Kirby. She married Justin LaVern "Tiny" Earnest on Oct. 18, 1942, in Nevada. He preceded her in death on Feb. 1, 1975...

Harlan Dwight Haines, 80, of Belton, Mo., died Jan. 24, 2005, at Belton Research Hospital. He was born May 9, 1924, in Butler Grove, Ill. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1942. He was a World War II Navy Veteran and worked for Kansas City Southern Railroad for 30 years retiring in 1978...

Gee, Joe, what do you do all day? Golly willikers, Joe, I'd like to have a job where all you do is write one column a week. Good gravy, Joe, do your bosses know how little work you do? * Aside from the fact that no one -- except yours truly, perhaps -- ever says "Gee," "Golly willikers" or "Good gravy" anymore, I hear the comments above quite a bit...

Let freedom ring Dear editor: A THREAT OF FREEDOM We all heard his threat of freedom As he spoke to every nation With a promise to end tyranny All around our globe No thought of lives already lost As a threat of freedom rings He said it's our nations policy...

100 years ago: AD purports product gets rid of 'dandruff germ' "If you see a woman or a man with luxuriant glossy hair, you may be sure neither has dandruff to amount to anything. In nearly every case where women and men have thin brittle hair, they owe it to dandruff. ...

Last year's Super Bowl controversy: Janet Jackson flashes 1 billion people. This year's Super Bowl controversy: Where are the strippers? For all the hullabaloo last year, I don't think you'd have too many people actually turning the TV off if Janet Jackson were to appear again...