Stories from Sunday, May 8, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Herald A number of start-up manufacturing companies have located in Nevada during the past 18 months, and now it is time to recruit some new retail businesses or help existing businesses to fill voids in the market. Tuesday night Craig Hubler, city manager, said that the he had met with representatives from the Nevada-Vernon County Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Nevada to go over a list of businesses that Buxton has identified as ones that would fit the needs of the area.. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald After more than 50 years in the newspaper business, Carl Simpson, publisher of the Nevada Daily Mail and Herald, the Nevada News, and the Fort Scott Tribune, is looking forward to his retirement. He officially turned over the post of publisher to his daughter, Julie Righter, on May 1. At that time, Simpson was named publisher emeritus...

During a Red Cross blood drive at the First Baptist Church in Nevada, on Friday, Sonya Tumm donates blood while fellow Vernon County Ambulance District employees Joe Thomas, Ruth Foreman and Robert Howell wait their turn to do the same. Several people donated blood during the event, which was also conducted on Thursday...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Herald There are times when the simplest wounds turn into a problem that just won't heal. It persists, often getting worse instead of better. It's then that many doctors and their patients turn to the Wound Care Clinic at Nevada Regional Hospital...

FFA students at Nevada Regional Technical Center shared knowledge and offered tips to students on the care of livestock. Elementary school students viewed several displays that included animals and items relating to animal care. Above, Skyler Beard holds a duck while a student pets its feathers...

Nathan and Whitney Rapp, Ozark, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Alex Paul Rapp. Alex was born on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 23 inches. Grandparents are Paul and Paulette Rapp, Rockville, and Ron and Cindy Steuck, Rich Hill. Paternal great-grandparent is Ruth Rapp, Appleton City. Maternal great-grandparents are Boots and Dorothy Steuck and Wilbur and Alberta Lacy, Rich Hill...

Maxine P. Maxwell, 92, Nevada, died Friday, May 6, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, following an illness of several months. She was born Sept. 26, 1912, in Rinehart, Mo., to George W. Potter and Lillian Gregg Potter. She was married on Oct. 5, 1938, in Nevada, to Cecil Maxwell. He preceded her in death Nov. 12, 2003...

Dorothy Cameron, 91, Nevada, died Saturday, May 7, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral arrangements and family information will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home later.

Roma Kathleen Gardner, 86, of Nevada, formally of Edina, Mo., died Wednesday, May 4, 2005, in Nevada. She was born Sept. 7, 1918, in Memphis, Mo., the daughter of Bressler and Dono (McDole) Alexander. On June 27, 1948, at Memphis, Mo., she married Charles Adam Gardner who preceded her in death in 1990...

Our trip to New Orleans on the stern wheeler was meant, for one thing, to see how well I could manoeuver my aluminum walker in and out of doors; along narrow corridors; over pebbly surfaces; on rainy, slippery sidewalks; up and down extensive walks on grass and concrete. I passed with flying colors, surprising myself. That was a 3-day journey...

100 years ago: Robbers again visited Sheldon Sheldon was again visited by robbers Saturday night and the citizens of that town believe they have at last "spotted" the guilty parties. They believe home talent is doing all the robbing at Sheldon. A post-office inspector is at Sheldon and it is understood he has located two of the men who blew the post office safes last week...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald The three-peat is complete. The Nevada Lady Tigers remained the only swim team to win the Southwest Conference triangular between them, Webb City and Carthage, in the three years of its existence. While swimming is still not an official Southwest Conference sport, the three schools have gotten together the past three seasons in a triangular for bragging rights between them...

Nevada Herald The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track team competed in the Southwest Conference meet Thursday, in Anderson. The boys and girls each finished in fourth as a team, out of the five schools in the conference. The boys were led by Harrison Gage, who brought home the only conference title in the long jump. His distance was 20-feet, 9-inches, more than two feet longer than second place...

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Rick Ankiel's quest to make it back to the major leagues as an outfielder begins with at least one true believer. Chris Maloney, Ankiel's manager at the St. Louis Cardinals' Double-A affiliate in Springfield, Mo., has a unique perspective in the saga. ...

Nevada Herald The Southwest Conference golf tournament was the last chance for the Nevada Tigers to compete in golf for the 2005 season. The tournament, held at Elk River Golf Club in Noel, featured all five conference teams, with powers such as Neosho, Carthage and Webb City in attendance...

The award winners for the Nevada Lady Tiger basketball team this season were, from left, Hillary Adams, Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player; Katie Rice, Most Improved Player; Lacy Leonard, Best Defensive Player; and Afton Baldwin, Hustle Award...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Dissatisfied with their middle relief situation, the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday activated left-hander Bill Pulsipher off the 15-day disabled list and recalled right-hander Brad Thompson from Triple-A Memphis. Those two take the place of left-hander Carmen Cali and right-hander Jimmy Journell, who both have struggled with control. Both were optioned to Memphis...

It has gotten much like the words in the song Mr. Bojangles. "After 20 years he still grieves." And that's what the city of St. Louis has done over the past two decades recalling one bad call that the fans of that city erroneously feel cost them the 1985 World Series. Nothing could be further from the truth...

As the 2005 spring turkey season runs out, some hunters are questioning the TeleCheck program for checking in their birds. Although it might be convenient to pick up your cell phone while in a turkey hunting camp after bagging your bird, hunters, like anglers, like to show off their reward from hunting or fishing...

Nevada Herald Alan and Julia Kearbey of Nevada announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Alison Kearbey, to Sonny Collins, son of the Rev. Artie F. "Chip" and Jeanette Collins of Windsor, Colo. Bride-elect Kearbey is a 1996 graduate of Nevada High School and a '98 graduate of Fort Scott Community College. She is currently employed by Curves in Fort Scott, Kan...

Nevada Herald Harold and Edi Gragg of Nevada announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Gragg, to Mike Trecek, son of Tom and Debbie Trecek, of Cuba, Kan. Bride-elect Gragg is a Nevada High School graduate and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Southwest Missouri State University and a Masters of Business Administration from Baker University. She is currently employed by IBM in Overland Park, Kan...

Hi neighbors. Did you bring your wife some coffee in bed this morning? How about breakfast in bed? Complete with a bouquet of flowers and a bed full of your children! When the talk turns to mothers, we all are eager to tell about things our mothers did with us and for us...