Stories from Thursday, June 9, 2005

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Along Austin Boulevard, within the courthouse and all through Nevada's downtown area, there will be something new on display during Bushwhacker Days and throughout the year 2005. A commemorative banner has been designed for Vernon County and Nevada's 150 Sesquicentennial Celebration...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Community Outreach has begun its "Meat the Need Hunger Day" drive and has already had some success. "We just had some food donated by the post office and Boy Scouts," Corky Nelson said. "We're looking for food and meat to feed the hungry in this area. We need to raise the conscientiousness about the issue."...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A six-month investigation by the Southwest Missouri Major Case Squad Drug Task Force led to the arrest of three Sheldon residents on drug charges Friday, June 3. Robert S. Emmerson, 59, Sheldon; George E. Phillips, 58, Sheldon; and Cheryl L. Short, 40, Sheldon are all in custody in lieu of bail. Bail for Emmerson is a total of $175,000, bail for Phillips is $150,000 and bail for Short is $100,000...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling declaring insufficient the Kansas Legislature's efforts to improve public school funding could offer some indications as to how a similar Missouri case will unfold, according to the attorney for a group of Missouri school districts...

Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard, left, presents a certificate of appreciation to Jason Meisenheimer for his assistance in getting a $10,000 grant from the Finis M. Moss Charitable Trust to cover the cost of training the Nevada Police Department's new K-9 and Officer Mike Eador. ...

Robert Lee "Bob" Seaver, the son of Carlton and Annabelle (Mays) Seaver, was born June 18, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan., and passed away on June 7, 2005, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, at 74 years of age. Mr. Seaver served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was united in marriage to Glenna Morrison and she preceded him in death in 1996. He later married Carol Brokob on Sept. 5, 1997, in Eureka Springs, Ark...

Paul Dean Shultz, 66, Nevada, died Wednesday morning, June 8, 2005, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Patty Jean Johnson, 78, Harrisonville, Mo., died Tuesday, June 7, 2005, at Golden Years Care Center in Harrisonville. She was born Dec. 3, 1926, in Nevada, the daughter of William Paul and Bertha Verinda (Pyle) Current. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, June 10, at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville. Interment will be in the Orient Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Contributions may be made to the American Red Cross...

Wilma Bogart, 80, died Wednesday, June 8, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral services and family information will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Remember the song, "June is Busting Out All Over?" When it was first popular I was pregnant in June. In fact we have two children with June birthdays, and my own is also in June. This year my birthday will be celebrated on the weekend of the Fourth of July to coincide with a reunion of Lester's family so that our out of state children can make one trip do for both events...

The "rebel-yelling" of some denizens of these parts these days is strictly tongue-in-cheek, all in good fun ... 'til a Shannon Harwell comes along to remind us the "fun" rests on a bedrock of often very unfunny truth. I've never met the lady, and she comes across in print as through a glass darkly. ...

**100 years ago: Prospects brighten for the proposed new railroad Postmaster J.M. McAnulty, a member of the Nevada-Springfield Railway Committee has been in correspondence with President McDonough since the latter went to Chicago Mr. McAnulty has received a letter from Mr. McDonough that brightens the prospects for the proposed new railway line...

By Gail Agee Track Reporter Mother Nature watered the track for us Friday night and early Saturday, but this didn't stop us from racing. It was an exciting evening as the $1,000-to-win Modified Special was on tap and Kevin Morrow, last year's defending track champion, was able to put the check in his pocket. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Wrapping up a two-game road trip, Nevada Griffons head coach John Hill III was hoping for a quick game so his team could get on the bus and start heading home. The object was for Nevada to collect their sixth straight win to start the season then get the heck out of Dodge...

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Buddy Bell wanted to use this interleague series to seriously evaluate his new team -- and thanks to the skipper's early exit, he really got to sit back and watch. Tony Graffanino tripled, drove in a run and scored twice and Matt Diaz added two RBIs in the Kansas City Royals' 4-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night...