Stories from Tuesday, April 5, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail This summer Nevada High School students will have a chance to participate in a new program, the brainchild of School Resource Officer Pat McCarty, the Junior Police Academy. "Officer McCarty will be the instructor, it's his idea," R-5 Superintendent Ted Davis said. "I think it has good potential for being a great educational opportunity for our students."...

Nevada Daily Mail St. Mary's Catholic Church will have a funeral Mass of remembrance for Pope John Paul II at 7 p.m., April 7. Rosary will be recited starting at 6:30 p.m. Open to the public. On Friday, John Paul will be laid to rest near the tomb of the first pope, St. Peter...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Controversial legislation to strip Missouri courts of jurisdiction to hear lawsuits related to education funding garnered surprisingly little attention before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday...

Cottey College alumnae cross Austin Boulevard during the college's traditional alumnae parade, part of Founder's Day Weekend activities. Founder's Day is celebrated each year in late March or early April. The observance began while the College's founder, Virginia Alice Cottey was living. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail On a clear and bright Sunday, with the wind standing the American flag at attention, around 20 reservists, retired military personnel and others gathered at Camp Clark for a change of command ceremony. A small crowd gathered to send off an outgoing commander and welcome a new one at the training facility outside Nevada...

Daniel E. Short, 78, Nevada, died April 3, 2005, at Christian Health Care Center, Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 1, 1926, in Dederick, to Oral Daniel Short and Naomi Grace Branstetter Short. He married Bonnie Lou Collins on June 10, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Margaret Rae (Scism) Harless, 70, Van Nuys, Calif., formerly of Walker, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, in Tujunga, Calif. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Hazel Fern Kasten, 86, formerly of Bronaugh, died Monday, April 4, 2005, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born April 21, 1918, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Albert Goben and Bertha May Mapes Goben. She married Paul E. Kasten on Feb. 7, 1948, in Kansas City, Mo...

Retta Mae Hyder, 71, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 24, 1934, in Stockton, the daughter of William Howard and Ida Mae Lawson Rowland. She married Virgil Lee Hyder on May 15, 1947, in Petaluma, Calif., and he preceded her in death on Aug. 6, 1971. She was a homemaker...

Admit it, you've occasionally daydreamed that it would be nice to be rich and famous -- all your problems drifting away with the morning breeze. You are SO wrong. Just read this absolutely true quote from Britney Spears about her marriage to Kevin Federline:...

I've been reading Thoreau again, always a dangerous practice, and I decided that since I can't get along with anyone around here who's living I'd start picking fights with dead guys just to keep my hand in. Thoreau had a lot of ideas, more than I'm ever liable to come up with, but I can't help thinking if he were alive today he'd be one of those guys who still has the long hair, probably in a pony-tail, that makes you want to yell at them to let them know that the '70s are over. ...

100 years ago: New sewer proposed A Mail representative called up J.M. Clack, Nevada's civil engineer today, and asked him as to the location of the proposed new sewer and also what territory of the city could be benefited by the proposed sewer. In answer to these questions Mr. Clack said:...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers are warming up with the weather as they won two of three games in three days, earning their first victories of the season. After starting the 2005 season with three consecutive losses, the Tigers put one in the win column against Archie Saturday at the McDonald County tournament...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger golf team struggled with the small greens in Butler Monday, losing a dual to the Bears by 28 shots. Butler had all five varsity players shooting in the 40s, while the Tigers were stuck in the 50s. Zach Braucher led Nevada with a nine-hole total of 51, but that score would not have even been low enough to count for Butler as their dropped score was a 48...

Associated Press DETROIT -- Dmitri Young started the season fiercely, keeping with the theme he set last month when he boldly proclaimed: ''We're the Tigers -- not the kittens.'' Young became only the third player to hit three homers on opening day, and Jeremy Bonderman won as the youngest opening-day starter in the major leagues since 1986 to lead Detroit over the Kansas City Royals 11-2 Monday...