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Blunt agenda includes abortion restrictions
(Local News ~ 02/15/05)
By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The last two major restrictions on abortion to clear the Missouri General Assembly required overrides of gubernatorial vetoes to enact. If lawmakers seek further limitations this year, they will have the full backing of Gov. Matt Blunt's administration...
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No one injured in small fire in Nevada apartment
(Local News ~ 02/15/05)
Nevada Daily Mail Nevada firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire at 419 S. Cedar, an apartment in a four unit building, at approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday, according to a press release from the Nevada Fire Department. All occupants were out of the apartments when the firefighters arrived...
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Pole position (Local News ~ 02/15/05)
This truck was apparently headed west on Atlantic, just before 5 p.m., Monday, when it suddenly veered to the side and struck a power pole, severing it approximately six feet above the ground and leaving eight families without power for a short time. ... -
Red Cross collects 110 pints in blood drive
(Local News ~ 02/15/05)
Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Red Cross Chapter Manager Peggy Tedlock announced that volunteers donated 110 pints of blood during the recent visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile to Nevada, at the First Baptist Church, Feb. 10 and 11. During the drive, many donors made repeat visits to the bloodmobile, with several receiving gallon pins in honor of having reached milestones as donors...
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Uplifting performance
(Local News ~ 02/15/05)
Megan Gray and Scott Hillier performed together during the 2005 Boy Girl Dance put on by the Nevada High School Dance Team Monday night during half-time of the Nevada Tigers game with the Lamar Tigers.
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Margaret J. Chadd
(Obituary ~ 02/15/05)
Margaret J. Chadd, 79, Milo, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 20, 1925, in Nevada, to James Otis Baker and Bertha Rachel Love Baker. She was married Feb. 14, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., to John W. Chadd, who survives of the home...
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Robert Warren Gast II
(Obituary ~ 02/15/05)
Robert Warren Gast II, 59, Nevada, died Feb. 10, 2005. Services were held at Ferry Funeral Home today, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Bill Smith officiating. Musical selections were "One Day at a Time," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and "Go Rest High on That Mountain." Honorary pallbearers were Tim Bond, Gary Ogle, Brad Guinn, Larry Reed, Larry Sharp, Russell Ogle, Delmar Vogt, Myrl Church, Keith Proctor, Kent Roberts, Jeff Benbrook, Val Villamaria, Dr. ...
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Super babies could give Washington hope
(Column ~ 02/15/05)
Last summer The Associated Press reported that somewhere in Germany there lived a 5-year-old "Super Baby," with a genetic mutation that caused his muscles to grow twice the normal size. Then last month, in Brazil, a woman gave birth to a baby boy weighing a whopping 16.7 pounds -- a birth made even more unusual by the fact he is believed to be the first baby to sign with an agent while still in the delivery room...
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Jeff City View
(Column ~ 02/15/05)
Lawmakers works to protect jobs and bring business to state It's been a busy week at the capitol, with a great deal of attention focused on solving Missouri's economic troubles. Broken policies of the past have threatened to drive job providers out of our state, making it more difficult to compete with neighboring states...
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Letter to the editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/05)
Through a Glass, Brightly Dear editor: Steve Moyer in the Daily Mail of Feb. 9, called the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals a fringe group -- wacko extremists with a ditzy message-in a class with the Earth Liberation Front. In fact, PETA rejects violence, leaving them only dramatics that make life interesting for the wise who ponder their point. ...
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The way it was
(Column ~ 02/15/05)
100 years ago: Woman suffers from hypothermia after running out of fuel SEDALIA, Mo. -- Mrs. Jane B. Evans, widow of a veteran soldier and a member of the Womens Relief Corps., was found in her humble home on East Second Street Monday night almost perishing from cold and in an insensible condition. ...
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Five's Alive! Nevada quintet going to state (High School Sports ~ 02/15/05)
Shouse, Hawks each win titles By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail It was a triumphant day for Nevada wrestling as they stamped five tickets to the state wrestling championships Saturday at the Class 2, District 3 championships in Nevada. Competing in the new "super-district" formula set up by the Missouri State High School Activities Association, the Tigers had two champions, one second-place finisher and two who placed fourth... -
Hume gets sixth in the conference
(Community Sports ~ 02/15/05)
Nevada Daily Mail The Hume Hornets had to settle for sixth place in the Golden Valley/Vernon County Conference tournament, as they fell to Calhoun in the fifth-place game Saturday in Butler. The Hornets got 17 points from James Salters and 10 from Clayton Brooks but it was not enough to get by Calhoun, as they lost 52-44...
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Calvary wins big
(Community Sports ~ 02/15/05)
Nevada Daily Mail The Calvary Eagles beat the Camden Crusaders from Camdenton Friday at the Nevada YMCA, 63-23. Tyler Borders led the team in scoring with 31 points, and had nine rebounds and seven blocks in the contest. Scott Borders had a triple-double with 16 points, 14 rebounds and 16 assists and the Eagles cruised to the win. Calvary is now 10-5 this season...
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Cottey Comets edge Flo Valley
(College Sports ~ 02/15/05)
By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets got their second Region 16 win of the season Saturday, as they slipped by St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley 57-53 at the Hinkhouse Center. The Comets (6-17) got clutch play from Katie Taylor and Carol Humphries and great defense from Adriana Futrell to get the win...
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Wildcats beaten by Leeton for crown (High School Sports ~ 02/15/05)
By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh Wildcats were looking to ride the momentum of their Golden Valley/Vernon County Conference South Division title into Saturday's conference championship against the North Division-winning Leeton Bulldogs in Butler... -
Nevada boys upset at home by Lamar in Tiger battle (High School Sports ~ 02/15/05)
By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers could not keep the intensity level up for the entire game against the Lamar Tigers Monday at Wynn Gymnasium, and it cost them. Nevada took a 23-14 lead in the first half, only to see Lamar go on a 17-2 run that lasted the final three minutes of the second quarter and the first four minutes in the third, going down 31-25...
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