Stories from Sunday, April 3, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald Four people are vying for three seats on the Nevada R-5 School Board of Education. They are Jan Benbrook, Steve Cubbage, Sam DeLaney and Larry Forkner. All candidates were asked the same questions. ***How will No Child Left Behind impact the Nevada R-5 School District?...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Herald Four candidates, Larry DeLaney, Bill Edmonds, Tim Moore and Van CeLaya have made bids for the two seats on the Nevada up for election on the April 5 ballot. Two are incumbents. Here's what they had to say about their campaigns...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald The board of directors of Nevada Regional Medical Center had a short agenda for its Tuesday evening meeting. Most of the meeting was taken up by reports from the various committees but the board did receive the Quorum Health Resources annual report on their relationship with NRMC...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Herald When Nevada passed the one-half cent park and recreation sales tax the first time they took a leap of faith that the city would fulfill these promises made on the ballot as well as they had done with the transportation sales tax to construct new streets. This time the voters have a four-year track record of improvements in the city parks as well as a new senior center on which to base their decision, Nevada City Manager Craig Hubler said...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald Thursday, at Nevada Middle School, the eighth grade accelerated science class presented a special program to sixth and seventh grade students. "Science City," as it was called, was created to give students a new and inventive way to study science and share what they have learned with other students...

Lurline Lindley Ford, 76, Sheldon, peacefully passed away Thursday, March 31, 2005, at the home of her daughter in Columbia. She was born Jan. 12, 1929, in Sheldon, the daughter of Warren Benjamin Lindley and Hazle DeVenney Lindley. She was a 1946 graduate of Sheldon High School and attended Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield. ...

Donald E. Loiselle, 64, Nevada, died March 30, 2005. Services were held at Moore Cemetery on April 2, at 10:30 a.m., with Jerry Pyle and Herb Doering officiating. Musical selections were "Go Rest High on That Mountain," "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden." Pallbearers were Tammy Church, Angela Eaglen, Allen Foulk, Shawn Foulk, Andy Pryor, Mike Foulk, John Foulk, Ethan York, John Johnson and Mitch Pryor Jr. ...

Councilman touched by recent honor offers thanks to community Dear editor: I want to thank everyone who helped organize the special honor I was given at the City Council meeting on Tuesday night. It is such a privilege and pleasure to serve this community; it can be hard and challenging work, but every minute is truly enjoyable...

100 years ago: Accidents near Harwood injure local residents John A. Syms returned home on Monday afternoon from Harwood. From Mr. Syms the Mail learned that George Steincross was thrown from a horse and suffered a fracture of his collar bone and that George Wilson painfully cut his knee while using an ax...

Special to the Herald Alban J. Ponte and Melissa R. Forgey of Nevada, Mo., were married March 5, 2005. Shelby Brandt, pastor, joined together Alban and Melissa in holy matrimony at the Pentecostal Assembly Church in Nevada. After a lengthy engagement, the couple took their vows before family and friends and most importantly, they note, before God. ...

Nevada Herald Bill Barker of Bullhead City, Ariz., and Janelle Barker, Columbus, Neb., announce the engagement of their daughter, Casey Rae Barker, to Jimmy Joe Crews Jr., son of Jim Crews Sr. of Lamar, and Donna Crews of Nevada. Bride-elect Barker is a 2000 graduate of Nevada High School and is currently employed by Radio Shack inside Vinyard Farm and Home in Nevada...

By Neoma Foreman Nevada Herald The children of Harry and Jennie Catherine Foreman hosted a celebration March 19, 2005, at the Christian Church in Walker, in honor of the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents. The children and families are Julia and David Van Kirk, Randy Engle, Ashley Winebrinner, Harry Foreman Jr., Brett and Nicole, Tonya and Mark Smith, Nathan and Dalton, Brenda and Patrick Zarnecki, and Layla, and Mitch Longstreth...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald The Nevada Tigers dropped to 1-2 on the tennis court this season with a 6-3 loss at Bolivar Friday. The Tigers lost three matches that required an extra game and that was enough to give Bolivar the team victory. Derek Fast and Justdan Lockwood won individual matches for the Tigers. Then Fast teamed with Ryan Kimbrough to win a doubles match...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald A computer glitch eliminated the Nevada Tigers from some events that they indeed had won during the Nevada Invitational track meet March 26. The glitch, the root of which has not been found, effected mainly the relays Nevada coach Robert Watts said...

Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Mike Sweeney keeps a Bible verse taped to his locker. It's from Paul's letter to the Romans: ''Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.''...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Let's see: The slugger hasn't played a full season in two years. The rotation -- the four-fifths of it that pitched last season, that is -- went a combined 27-32. The second baseman has a whopping 44 games' worth of major league experience -- and the third baseman has none...

Associated Press Kevin Brown's fickle back is acting up again for the New York Yankees, just in time for the regular season. Eric Gagne's elbow isn't doing much better. The Los Angeles Dodgers placed their closer on the 15-day disabled list Friday night with a sprained right elbow. Gagne felt soreness in the elbow -- the same one repaired with Tommy John surgery in 1997 -- after Thursday's game...

Nevada senior Hillary Adams was named to the Missouri All-State second team Thursday. The honor was one of many the Lady Tiger has received for her play on the basketball court this past season. Adams was also nominated for the McDonald's All-American selection process, one of less than 1,200 players nationally to be in contention...

Ben Wilson was named to the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Academic All State Team Wednesday. The honor is earned by seniors starting 90 percent of their teams' games or playing in 75 percent of the total quarters, along with having outstanding moral character, they have to score well enough on the ACT (or SAT) and have at least a 3.25 grade point average. ...

The word got out recently that the walleye were hitting at Stockton and hungry anglers have been pulling out more fish than ever thought possible a few years ago. Jack Martin, Kansas City, has caught his limit of walleye for almost a week. "I fished from the dam to the Little Sac River and have caught more walleye than I ever did in Canada, it has been great."...

Last August I had the opportunity to watch the Charleston River Dogs baseball team in action. The experience was as rewarding as any I have ever had in my many years of watching games in sports at varying levels. Let me tell you how all this came about as I doubt there are many of you out there who are very familiar with the River Dogs and might even have the occasion to ask, Is that Charleston in West Virginia or South Carolina?...

Nevada golfers Branden Scism and Zach Braucher play in their home opener Tuesday at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. The Nevada Tiger golf team has one more varsity home match and a junior varsity match this season. The varsity plays Carthage Tuesday, while the JV will host Girard April 11.

Hi neighbors. Once a very wise bear commented that you could always tell when it's Wednesday, because that's the day the winds begin to blow. And blow they did! I hope no one lost their trash cans, patio furniture, or small dogs! Although I didn't find my little dogs high in the air at the end of their lines, I did find my attic fan nestled safely in the seat of my granddaughter's patio chair. ...