Stories from Friday, April 8, 2005

Nevada Daily Mail What started as a week-long effort to beautify Missouri highways and streams has evolved into a month-long event involving hundreds of groups and thousands of citizens. Youth from the Rich Hill Youth Development Center of Missouri's Division of Youth Services will support the April NoMOre trash program by providing litter cleanup at Old Town Access, Harmony Mission, Peabody and Ripgut Conservation Areas near Rich Hill. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Chance Wistrom has been selected by the Nevada R-5 school board to fill the shoes left vacant by outgoing high school principal Dave Adams. The announcement was made this morning at a special organizational school board meeting...

A pair of Canada geese enjoy the spring weather.

The fourth and fifth grade students at St. Mary's School presented a tribute to Pope John Paul II to kindergarten, first and second grades Wednesday during a prayer service. The fourth and fifth graders researched information about the pope regarding his childhood, early years as a priest and his papal years. ...

n Reporter gets a first-hand peek into the daily duties of local police. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail My ride-along with Nevada Police Officer Mark Burger started with him giving his identification number and a code, 10-8, over the radio. Burger's opening remarks were directed to the police dispatchers. By saying "10-8" Burger was letting them know he was on duty, available to take a call as we were leaving the department's parking lot...

John and Trista Foulk and Hayden Wayne and Abby Necole Foulk, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Katelyn Michelle Foulk. Katelyn was born on March 15, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. Paternal grandparents are Kathy Pryor and Allan Foulk. Maternal grandparents are Ronnie Radford and Carmen Radford. Maternal great-grandparent is Myra Huckaby...

Claude E. Workman, 77, Nevada, died Monday, April 4, 2005. Services were held at Ferry Funeral Home on April 7, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Paul Mooney officiating. Musical selections were "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Amazing Grace." Pallbearers were John Spencer, Craig Bryson, Jerry Arnold, Jim Brown, Don Brown and Rob Gant. ...

Laura Cleo Burton, 87, of Independence, Kan., died Thursday, April 7, 2005, at Heatherwood Estates. She was born Jan. 20, 1918, in Hale, Kan., the daughter of Fred and Lois (Lakin) Bird. She graduated from Sedan High School and worked for a time at the Sedan Credit Bureau. She married Ivan William Burton in Joplin on Nov. 5, 1938, he preceded her in death on March 30, 2003...

The phone rang Thursday morning. On the other end was a Lovely Lady -- I could tell she was lovely by the way she stated her case. Folks who call the editor usually have a complaint. And folks who are complaining tend to be on the -- How should I put this? -- grumpy side...

We've spent the first half of this legislative session passing badly needed bills to invigorate our economy. Senate Bill 1, a bill to end fraud and abuse in our workers' compensation system, and House Bill 393, a bill to rein in the huge amount of frivolous lawsuits filed in Missouri, were both sent to the Governor's desk and signed into law. ...

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Nevada Daily Mail Calvary Christian School had six first-place finishes out of the nine events they entered at a four-team ribbon meet held in Springfield Tuesday. Tim Wallace won the triple jump with a distance of 37 feet, 4 inches. Wallace also placed first in the 400-meter dash, with a time of 59.75 seconds...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Two days after being handed their first loss of the season, the Nevada Tigers came back with a vengeance Thursday, dominating a depleted Carthage squad in their Southwest Conference tennis opener. Nevada swept the visitors 9-0, cruising in every match...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada boys were fifth at the Neosho JV track meet Tuesday, and the girls finished eighth. There were nine teams in the boys' field and 10 in the girls'. Tim Williams won the pole vault by clearing 11-feet. Bill Fay was second in both the 100-meter dash with a time of 0:11.9 and the 200 at 0:24.62...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers finished 14th out of 17 teams at the Joplin Invitational Thursday at Twin Hills Country Club. The Tigers shot a team score of 389, finishing 70 strokes off the winning score of 319 by Glendale. Carthage was second with a 320 and Mount Vernon was third with a 327...

Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Place-kicking was a trouble spot for Missouri last season, but sophomore Adam Crossett hopes to use spring practices to convince his coaches that he consistently can make long field goals. Crossett, who started last season as the Tigers' kickoff specialist and later took over place-kicking duties, hopes his offseason performances will persuade the coaching staff to let him try longer field goals, rather than having the team try to convert fourth downs in opponents' territories.. ...

Associated Press DETROIT -- No matter how bad his spring was, Jason Johnson always believed he could pitch. After running up a 7.97 spring training ERA that cost him a planned opening-day start, Johnson pitched 6 2-3 shutout innings in his first outing of the season and helped the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Thursday...