Stories from Sunday, March 20, 2005

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Herald Phyllis Edler, RN, BS, MA will share with teens and parents her insights gleaned from 28 years of experience as an emergency room nurse 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, at the Nevada High School auditorium. The program is free to the public...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald Mike Ham, CEO of Heartland Behavioral Services, addressed a group of community members Thursday at a luncheon held at the Nevada facility to say that the hospital is making great strides toward their goal of becoming a top-notch treatment facility for kids...

Special to the Herald Nevada is one of four Missouri community to take advantage of a Fort Worth, Texas, company's CommunityID retail program to help the city nurture and improve the retail sector of Nevada business. Three other cities -- Grandview, St. Charles and Nixa -- have each requested the program as well...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald Firefighters gathered at the Nevada Fire Department for the department's annual firefighter awards dinner. Chief Bill Gillette told the assembled firefighters they were appreciated for their work and dedication to helping the citizens of Vernon County...

Derwood Ashby Tough, 89, Nevada, died Friday, March 18, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, following a short illness. He was born Nov. 16, 1915, in Metz, to Claud Ashby Tough and Ola E. Johnston Tough. He was married July 14, 1937, in Nevada, to Anna Mae Thomas Tough. She survives of the home...

The Missouri House of Representatives has reached the middle of the 2005 regular session, and we've accomplished quite a bit. We began this session by identifying some key issues that had to be addressed immediately and pledging to fix these problems. ...

100 years ago: Missouri Pacific to fit building with electric lights, gas, water and plumbing E.A. Gould, General Superintendent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad with headquarters at Kansas City, was here today, and closed a contract with Dr. J.F. Robinson for the second floor of the Robinson block at the corner of Cherry and Pine streets...

Nevada Daily Mail There were 10 wrestlers from the Nevada Youth Wrestling Club who participated in the regional competition March 12, in Joplin. Four of the local grapplers qualified for the state championships by finishing in the top four of their class...

Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Reggie Sanders was recovering Friday after an appendectomy, and the Cardinals don't know when he'll return to the lineup. The Cardinals say that in past players who had the operation, the player was generally out for a couple of weeks...

Associated Press Roberto Alomar might have walked off a baseball field for the last time. Roger Clemens and Jake Peavy left their starts early because of injuries, but should be ready by opening day. The 12-time All-Star went home after playing only one inning of Tampa Bay's 5-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night and the Devil Rays said they would have an announcement concerning his future Saturday, leading to speculation that Alomar was planning to retire...

Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Kansas City second baseman Tony Graffanino will miss at least seven exhibition games with a sprained left ankle but could still be available for opening day, the team said Friday. Graffanino hurt himself fielding a routine ball against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. He stayed in the game and said afterward that he felt fine, but his ankle swelled up that night and he has not played since then...

Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY -- In their 110th season, the Bucknell Bison finally won their first NCAA tournament game. And, wow, what a victory it was. Chris McNaughton banked in a hook shot over Wayne Simien with 10.5 seconds left, then Simien missed an open 15-foot jumper at the buzzer, giving the 14th-seeded Bison a stunning 64-63 victory over third-seeded Kansas on Friday night to shake up the Syracuse Regional...

A few random thoughts are in order as the calendar moves ever so sluggishly toward the promise of spring. Here's one on me. I went to the state wrestling tournament at Columbia this year for the first time in order to watch the Nevada boys compete. A veteran of several state basketball tournaments, I figured mode of dress was the same, namely a coat and tie. ...

The trout park anglers have had their day and now its spoonbill snagging time. March doesn't just mean the opening of trout season, it also means snagging season for the growing number of anglers who don't use a lure. The spoonbill or paddlefish as many call these prehistoric fish that traditionally opens on March 15, runs through the month of April...

Special to the Herald Mr. and Mrs. David Day of Nevada announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Lisa Marie, to Matthew Joshua Neil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neil of Portsmouth, Va. The bride-elect is a 2000 graduate of Northeast Vernon County High School. She graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-Rolla with a Bachelor of Science in History in 2004. She is currently employed by American Press in Georgetown, Va...

Nevada Herald Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Long of Nevada announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Amy K. Trokey, to Justin L. Fisher of Warrensburg, son of State Representative and Mrs. Barney Fisher of Nevada. Bride-elect Trokey, a 1991 graduate of Pensacola Christian Homeschooling Program, has attended Ozark Christian College, Missouri Southern State College and Fort Scott Community College. She is currently employed by Dr. Long as a dental lab technician...

Special to the Herald Mr. and Mrs. Hal N. Sutton, Sheldon, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Haleigh Nicole, to Robert Michael La Chance Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert La Chance Sr. of Washington, D.C. The bride-elect attended Calvary Christian School in Nevada and graduated from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar in 2003. ...

Sheena, Travis and Ashlynd Paige Taylor, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Nathaniel Layn Taylor. Nathaniel was born at 12:30 a.m., on March 16, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 21.5 inches. ...

Hi neighbors. If you can't decide this morning whether that chair on the front porch is the right place for that first cup of coffee, just plop down anywhere and read the paper. Spring is always the time for fires to break out, but I think we started way too early this year. Fort Scott's downtown was hit hard, then the Vernon County Meat Packing plant went up in flames. There were two fires in Joplin last week as well...