Stories from Tuesday, March 29, 2005

n Area runners team up to help Cystic Fibrosis sufferers. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A self-described running junkie, Buster Crutcher, O'Sullivan Industries sample shop coordinator, decided to combine his love of running with a desire to help others into an annual event to help Cystic Fibrosis sufferers. Now in its sixth year the Heritage State Bank Cystic Fibrosis 10K Fun Run an annual 10 kilometer (6.2 miles) run will be held Saturday, May 7, starting in the Lamar City Park...

n Thieves break into Nevada Auto Mall and ransack offices and steal two vehicles. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police are looking for suspects who broke into the Nevada Auto Mall and stole two vehicles. Officers were dispatched at about 7:35 p.m. Saturday, March 26, to investigate the incident...

by Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail School art teacher Kelly Gray read on an art Web site about a program other art classes had participated in where students helped decorate suitcases to donate to the local Children's Division to give to children in the foster care program...

Tyson, Kristy and Calli Elise Beshore, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Cade Jackson Beshore. Cade was born at 5:24 p.m., on March 26, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 10 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 23 inches. ...

Obituary for Dr. James Arthur Conroy, 60, Nevada, died at his home March 24, 2005. Cremation. Private memorial service. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Mustang Association in care of (800) 667-8662. Arrangements Webb-Freer Funeral Home 205 S.W. 17th Street Blue Springs, MO 64015, (816) 229-2101...

Willo V. Dore, 95, Novi, Mich., formerly of Richards, died on March 23, 2005. She was born May 21, 1909, to Virgil Richardson and Audrey (Ware) Richardson at Richards. She graduated from Richards High School in 1927. She married, Ernest Dore, in 1932 in Fort Scott, Kan., at the home of her uncle...

Vesta Young Braham, 95, Carthage, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2005, at her home. Mrs. Braham was born Dec. 8, 1909, in Rinehart, Mo., to Harley Earl Young and Winnie Charles Young. She attended grade school at Rinehart country school and St. Joseph Annex in Nevada, graduating in 1927 with honors from Nevada High School. ...

You know that cruise-ship ad that shows all the wild and crazy couples having boatloads of fun? "Somewhere between the jet-skiing, the mountain biking, cycling through Rome and the rock wall," says the perky voiceover, "it hits you -- an acute case of gastro-intestinal agony, followed by raging aches and fever that leave you praying for a quick and merciful death."...

"She sure showed you a thing or two, didn't she!" exulted a lady friend of Lynn Wade's comments on my March 17 column. "We all agreed, you had the better of it," a male friend reported of the male consensus at the YMCA. How dismaying! There's no objective truth after all, then. Truth is totally relative to our "gender" (sex)...

100 years ago: AD: Deciding the piano question! We are satisfied to be known by our pianos. Years ago we went through the experimental stages. Today we are practically without competition in Piano Selling in Nevada and Vernon County. Music stores may come and go, but J.H. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail When the Nevada Tigers hosted the Fort Scott Tigers at Lyons Stadium Monday, you could tell it was the first game of the baseball season for both schools. First-game jitters and wild pitching were both prevalent, particularly early in the 5-2 Fort Scott victory...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers boys and girls track teams both finished second at the Seventh Annual Nevada Invitational Saturday. The boys had 142 points, just 11 points behind Joplin. The girls earned 112 points, 43 shy of Clinton...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers boys golf team started their 2005 season Monday, playing in a tournament hosted by Neosho. The tournament was in a different format than most high school events, as two golfers from each school played as individuals, two played in a best-ball format and two played in a scramble...

Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Brian Anderson, who has heard his name linked to trade rumors since spring training started, said Monday he believes he will open the season in the Kansas City Royals' rotation. ''There's nothing going on. I ain't going nowhere,'' said Anderson, who has been traded twice in his 10-year career. ''How long are you going to wait if you're another team? Through the weekend, then just get a guy and throw him the first week? Nah.''...