Stories from Wednesday, April 20, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail One of Mike Straight's pet projects during his tenure on the city council has been improving the appearance of the Municipal Airport. That has evolved into a major renovation of the airport to include not only rebuilding the runways to accommodate heavier aircraft, but to also build a new terminal building and provide areas for commercial development...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commission met last week with members of a group attempting to construct a biodiesel production facility in western Vernon County. The group is in the earliest stages of the project but wanted to get some input from the commissioners before proceeding...

From staff and wire reports "The Holy Father, as a head of state -- Vatican City-- impacts world politics like any head of state. As a spiritual leader, he's a leader to not just Catholics but to people of good will throughout the world, to anyone who wants to live a good and righteous life … in our Lord Jesus Christ," said the Rev. Anthony Pileggi of St. Mary's Catholic Church...

By Laurie Wade Nevada Daily Mail "This is our grand opening. We started building only about six weeks ago." said Karen Hines, co-owner of Timber Run Motocross track, surveying the facility one last time before the first green flag. The track kicked off its 2005 Spring Racing Series on Saturday, April 16. Nestled in the hills near Sheldon, Timber Run MX has classes for all ages including ATV's and dirtbikes alike...

Kyle and Kelly Bruce and Carson Bruce, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Robert Cole Bruce. Robert was born at 9:54 a.m., on March 24, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 21 inches. Grandparents are Bill and Ann Halsell, Tulsa, Okla., and Kirk Bruce, Columbia, Mo. Great-grandparent is Dorothy Norton...

Janet (Phelps) Corn, 58, passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup, Wash., on April 14, 2005, after a battle with leukemia. Janet was born July 3, 1946, in Cheverly, Md., to Milton E. Phelps and LaNeta M. Phelps. She lived in Nevada from age 2 until college. ...

It's time for spring fashion -- shorts, capris, skirts with no pantyhose. In short, clothing that will dramatically increase my razor usage. I met with Neil, my hot personal trainer, a few weeks ago to get a new routine. Even as I drove to the gym, I thought, "Ooooo. I should have shaved my legs. Or maybe I shouldn't be wearing shorts."...

Recently, I traveled with my nephew and my cousin from Phoenix to Yuma, Ariz. This was my first time to travel in that part of Arizona. I have never done much traveling, so I was quite interested in what I was seeing -- I noticed it was like another world there...

100 years ago: Railroad proposal 'has gone to pieces' The Springfield Daily Leader makes this startling allegation in Wednesday's issue. "Judging from recent developments it may be reasonable to conclude that the proposed Kansas City, Nevada and Springfield railway, like innumerable paper railroads, has gone to pieces and turned its toes up to the daisies...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School girls track team competed well at the Pittsburg track meet on April 8. The seventh-grade team was third and the eighth-grade team was first in the crowded field. Brooke Silvola, Taylor Means and Bethany Balk all came away with individual wins in the eighth-grade competition...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada boys tennis team finally got over the hump Tuesday, winning a close match after previously finishing on the wrong end of 5-4 scores. The Tigers defeated Webb City by the 5-4 margin, getting the come-from-behind victory with three singles wins at the bottom of the lineup and by taking two out of three doubles matches...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers won their second straight baseball game Tuesday as they held off Clinton 5-4. The Tigers continued their hot hitting, collecting 11 hits, to only seven for Clinton. Nevada went up 5-1 going into the bottom of the sixth inning when Clinton scored two to close the gap to one...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers competed in the Joplin JV track meet on April 12, with the girls finishing second out of nine teams and the boys placing fourth out of nine. In the relay races, the girls 400-meter and 800-meter teams both placed second...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY -- Game-winning hits are hard to come by for journeymen catchers who shuffle around from team to team and only rarely get to play. For Alberto Castillo, there was that bases-loaded single with the New York Mets eight years ago. And now there's solo home run with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday that lifted the Kansas City Royals past the Cleveland Indians 6-5...

Associated Press PITTSBURGH -- Matt Morris' successful return made for another easy St. Louis Cardinals victory in their home away from home. Morris breezed in his first start since offseason shoulder surgery, limiting the Pirates to one run and four hits in six innings Tuesday night and leading the Cardinals to a 7-1 victory and a two-game sweep in Pittsburgh...