Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Saturday two men, Jeff Niermeyer, deputy director of Salt Lake City's Department of Public Utilities and Mark Wangsgard, Park City resident and bike racer -- whose combined age is 100 -- along with their support group, stopped in Nevada on the way to carry a message concerning peace, youth and the environment...

Nevada Daily Mail What started as a small support group has blossomed into an organization dedicated to community service. The Vernon County Daycare Association was formed in 1997 as a support group for licensed and unlicensed daycare providers and pre-school teachers...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada will start the flushing of water mains on Monday, May 9. Customers within the area of the flushing and surrounding influence areas may experience some discoloration in their water if usage occurs during the flushing period...

Nevada Police Officer Steve Bastow Collects information on an accident Tuesday afternoon for a hit and run incident at the corner of Ash and Atlantic streets. At about 3 o'clock, a 1999 Dodge Dynasty, driven by Deborah E. Barnes, Bronaugh, was struck in the front end when Barnes pulled into the path of a 1996 Ford Taurus driven by Cody Page. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Although the weather was damp and chilly, about 50 people turned out for the 25th annual Crime Victim's Walk, an event meant to call attention to the rights and needs of the victims of violent crimes. The event is traditionally held in conjunction with National Crime Victims' Rights Week, which was April 10-16...

Latrisha and Adam Churchwell, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kimberly Sue Churchwell. Kimberly was born on April 25, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. Paternal grandparents are Karen Hendricks, Seneca, Mo., and the late Kelly Churchwell. ...

Shane and Kristi Alford, Joplin, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Eden Shea Alford. Eden was born on April 15, 2005, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. She weighed 6 pounds, 5.5 ounces, and measured 19.75 inches. Paternal grandparents are Sue and Dan Haase, Pierce City, Mo., and Gary Alford, Carthage. ...

Katherine Margaret Davis, 60, Sheldon, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born Sept. 12, 1944, in Nevada, to Chester Lee Long and Louella Margaret Riggs Long. She was born and reared in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School. She spent virtually her entire life in this area. She was primarily a homemaker, but worked for a time as a dispatcher...

Back in those "Good Old Days," we used to have regular school lunches. There were no snack bars or soft drinks. I am not complaining, if we had had a choice then we would have drank cola and ate twinkies too. The meals were 25 cents for years and years. ...

One of the things that has me disturbed is the lack of knowledge youth and young people have about our American heritage. They are not familiar with our history. Too many do not know who was our first president. They may not even know our current president, vice president, or many others in our government...

100 years ago: Jail water system installed The county realizes that a county jail is a gloomy place for a man to stay and the awful humiliation to the guilty ones, has in its wisdom endeavored to make the old jail a more humane place and a more healthy place for those who may be confined within its gray cold and impregnable walls...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers visited Carthage Tuesday and handily beat the hosts, 7-2. The win completed a season sweep for Nevada, as they had also beaten Carthage in Nevada, 9-0, April 8. The Tigers got individual wins from Derek Fast, Ed Horst, Justdan Lockwood, Adam Gullett and Taylor Hall...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers split a triangular in Carthage Tuesday, beating Springfield Central but falling to the hosts in a warm-up for next week's Southwest Conference meet. Nevada beat Central 107-61, but fell to Carthage 82.5 to 78.5...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Johan Santana is having too much fun to worry about the baseball history he could soon make. The Minnesota left-hander struck out eight and gave up only five hits through eight cold, blustery innings Tuesday night to beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 for his 17th consecutive victory...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Royals, who began play this week with the worst record in the major leagues, say they have no plans to change managers. ''Tony Pena is our manager this year, no doubt about it,'' general manager Allard Baird told The Associated Press on Tuesday. ''We're not going to change the direction of the ballclub.''...