Stories from Thursday, February 3, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies announced that the $1.2 billion pledged worldwide in the 30 days since the tsunami devastated areas of Indonesia and Southeast Asia should be sufficient to meet the costs of the entire Red Cross tsunami relief program...

Special to the Daily Mail Cecil Pritchett, president of the Osage Valley Resource, Conservation and Development Council Inc., announced yesterday that the first meeting of the new county council would be Wednesday, April 27, at the Nevada Country Club...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The sponsor of legislation prompted by the removal of Confederate flags from two state-run Civil War historic sites has dropped a provision requiring the restoration of those banners -- a move intended to mollify opponents who have successfully blocked the measure in the past...

Workers pour concrete at the site of the new Family Video store under construction at the corner of Ash and Austin in Nevada.

Students at Bryan Elementary in Nevada marked the 100th day of school recently with several counting and creative activities. Students also wore hats marking the occasion and received a special visit from Zero Hero. Students also spent some of the time counting pennies collected during a penny drive that raised funds for their class scholarship, which will benefit the students when they graduate in 2016 and 2017 -- a tradition which began several years ago. ...

Gary Jr. and Sasha Shropshire, Milo, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Kyle James Shropshire. Kyle was born at 9:32 a.m., on Jan. 30, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 6 pounds, and measured 19.5 inches. He joins two siblings, Kaden Alexander and Samantha Renee. ...

Hazel Welton, 94, Nevada, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following a brief illness. She was born Nov. 27, 1910, in Manchester, Texas, to Cortland R. Caswell and Maude Lotus Griggs Caswell. She married Eldon R. Welton on June 18, 1956, in Miami, Okla., and he preceded her in death...

Ralph Franklin Rich, 77, Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. He was born Feb. 15, 1927, in Harding, Kan., the son of Frank S. Rich and Eva Richardson Rich. He was never married. He worked in his earlier years for Schafer Grocery. He farmed more than 30 years for Chet Ober. He attended the First Church of God...

I have been thinking about sex a lot lately. It seems that wherever I go, the subject springs back into my mind. No matter what I try to think about, sex jumps right in. There is really no rhyme or reason to the constant preoccupation with the subject, but everyday conversation just won't let it alone...

100 years ago: Dr. Ed Churchill injured Dr. Ed Churchill met with a very painful accident late Thursday afternoon but the Mail is glad to state that he is able to be at his office today. Dr. Churchill had been making some professional calls over in the east part of the city and was returning home when the accident occurred. ...

A vow to forsake a certain subject is a hard one for a writer to keep. For the good reason that the subject itself refuses to go away, but rather continues to provoke. Recent reading, including Richard Carpenter's Jan. 30 column, brings one back to that delicate subject, "the schools." Which are now so much better, we're told, than in the Good Old Days...

Former resident of POW camp seeks information Dear editor: This last Christmas my memory went way back to Christmas 1944 -- 60 years ago -- when I was interned in Camp Clark since Sept. 5, 1944. I had come there from Normandy/France via England. My reason for writing to you is to find out how much the local paper reported at that time about the near by Camp Clark. Are there still some people who remember this period and what their feeling was to live so near a POW Camp...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail January 22 was a special day for two Nevada wrestlers. On a Saturday in Camdenton where the Tigers were competing in a tournament, two seniors joined the 100-win club by each posting their 100th career victories. Tyler Shouse and David Hawks both were able to break into club that day, something that their coach Larron Hurst said is a remarkable achievement...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Coming off their biggest win of the season, the Cottey Comets were looking to make it upset number two when they visited the Ozark Christian College Lady Ambassadors Tuesday. For one half of play it appeared as if the Comets would do just that...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Parks and Recreation Department will be offering free golf at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course during the month of February. The promotion is designed to attract new golfers to the course as well as give the regular golfers an opportunity to bring guests to the course at no charge...

Nevada Daily Mail The Calvary Eagles defeated the Overland Park Eagles Tuesday, 69-29. Calvary had four players in double figures, led by Tyler Borders who scored 20. Devan Scougal added 15 points for Calvary, while Jonathan Hall and Scott Borders each scored 14...

Nevada Daily Mail Hume and Northeast Vernon County split a doubleheader Tuesday in Walker, with the Hornets winning the boys' game and the Lady Knights winning the girls' contest. In the boys' game, Hume won 62-50. James Salters led the Hornets with 24 points, off-setting 24 points from NEVC's Steve Koshko...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Youth Wrestling Club had 28 wrestlers in Fort Scott, Kan. Saturday, with 26 placing. Dylan Hyder, Caleb Shanks, Trey Pritchett, Tanner Charles, Sam Ellifrits, Todd Brier and Taylor Chapman each got first place. Regar Hardin, Jacob Johnson, Daxtyn Osburn, Zane Shepherd, Colby Charles, Slade Stiles, True Beisly, Zach Shepherd, Nicholas Conner and Tanner Charles (2 entries) each placed second...