Stories from Thursday, March 31, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Five years ago Dan Davis and Mike Meyers began returning some of the land at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf course to native plants. Now, Davis and the Nevada parks board are ready to take the next step of joining forces with the Missouri Department of Conservation to develop a wildlife management plan for the golf course...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Culminating a long effort by Republican lawmakers and business groups, Gov. Matt Blunt on Wednesday signed into law legislation he said will fix fundamental problems in Missouri's workers compensation system...

Nevada Daily Mail This weekend marks the official opening season on the tourism calendar for a number of events. Crossroads Visitor Center begins its fourth season of tourist operations at the 2450 East Austin location under the supervision of IMPACT Nevada Tourism in cooperation with the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail The elderly residents of Nevada's care facilities are accustomed to having fury friends visit them on occasion from the University of Missouri Extension Wonderful Animals Giving Support program but will soon find a different type of animal visitor dropping in on them...

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Lamb and Zavery Thayne Lamb, Sheldon, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Deborah Jolee Lamb. Deborah was born at 9:33 a.m., on March 23, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 21.75 inches. ...

Chuck and Amanda McLaurin, El Dorado Springs, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Clay Thomas McLaurin. Clay was born at 4:28 p.m., on March 22, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 21 inches. ...

Marie Knox Swisher, 87, former resident of Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, March 27, 2005, at the Willard Care Center in Willard, Mo. She had recently moved to be near her daughter. She was born Jan. 19, 1918, in Fulton, Kan., the daughter of George Washington Thayer and Elsie Hazel Linn Thayer. She married Robert William Knox on May 30, 1936, in Buffalo, Mo. He preceded her in death in 1976. She married Donald Swisher and was later divorced...

I think we have entered the age of The Rumors. With all of the messages flying through space, a rumor can circle the globe in the time it takes to prepare dinner. That is true even if the dinner is prepared in the microwave. When we read one of these messages in our e-mail we tend to believe the printed word. If it has been forwarded umpteen times, then we think it must be true since so many people thought it was worth sending on...

Memorials are supposed to memorialize, i.e. to keep the names they bear alive; but often, it seems, the memorials themselves need aides memoires if they're to serve their purpose. Franklin Norman, a member of the city parks and recreation board, is amazed to discover that the city's parks, as it were, have no history. ...

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By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail A fourth-inning home run by St. Mary's-Colgan shortstop Bubba Lundy broke a scoreless tie and opened the flood gates as the Panthers cruised to a 14-0 victory over the Nevada Tigers Wednesday at Lyons Stadium. The solo home run by Lundy led off the fourth and was the first of five hits in the inning as the Panthers went up 4-0 against Nevada starter Jerrod Alexander (0-1). ...

Associated Press Brian Anderson allowed just two singles in five scoreless innings during Kansas City's 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday. He faced only two batters more than the minimum, lowering his spring ERA to 2.08. ''I felt he really threw the ball well, and the same for most of the guys in relief. I thought we got good pitching today,'' Royals manager Tony Pena said...