Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Nevada Daily Mail People would like to think they are safe in their own homes. A person's home, after all, is a sanctuary -- place where they can get away from the world's problems, relax and be comfortable. Here's some information provided by the Nevada Police Department, aimed at helping area residents safeguard their homes against crime...

Parents Hannes and Heather Trytsman spend a moment with Jesse Corrie Trytsman, the first baby born in Nevada in 2006. Jesse was born at 8:17 a.m., Friday, Jan. 6, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dally from Bronaugh; great-grandparents are the late Mr. ...

Special to the Daily Mail The new semester has just begun at Cottey College, and with it comes a new series of performances and performers. First up in 2006 is a special presentation of "Tales From the Beijing Opera" slated for 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, in the auditorium at Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail The annual Girl Scout Cookie Crunch-Off competition title went to the team from 3M -- the Sticky Crumbs, Mike Eador, Steve Gayman, Jeff Baker, Doug Moyer and Matt Russell. The team beat out three other teams, first responders from the Vernon County Ambulance District, the Cookie Medics Chris Mason, Brandon Leer, Mike Weak, Josh Cooper and Traci Werner; Nevada firefighters, Smoke Eaters, Bob Benn, Noah Weber, John McGraw, Tim Bullard and Mike Hughart; and the Nevada Police Department's team, Crime Crunchers Mike Eador, Steve Gayman, Jeff Baker, Doug Moyer and Matt Russell. ...

Virginia M. Noel, 69 years, of Noel, Mo., departed this life on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, in her home. Virginia was born on Feb. 12, 1936, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., daughter of the late Johnnie W. and Bessie (Ware) Troyer. She was reared in the El Dorado Springs and the Walker communities in Cedar County, Mo. On Oct. 12, 1967, in Ottawa, Kan., she was united in marriage to Floyd D. Noel and together they shared 28 years before his passing...

Elva G. Semler, 87, Mercer, Pa., died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at Woodland Place Nursing Home, in Mercer, Pa. Funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 12, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada...

Mary Lou Brown, 91, Of Manhattan, Kan, formerly of Nevada, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, in Meadowlark Retirement Community in Manhattan. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo. Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery. The family receives friends from 7-8 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the funeral home...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Missouri: When Renewable Environmental Solutions opened its Carthage plant designed to convert poultry byproducts into fuel oil, virtually everyone was pleased. This was an enterprise using cutting-edge technology. RES employed 55 people and growth seemed likely...

Two Methodist congregations plan $1 million skyscraper CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago's tallest church will soon rise at Washington and Clark streets, if plans which were undertaken Monday night are carried to completion. These plans contemplate a $1,000,000 skyscraper on the site now occupied by the First Methodist Church. Within the great building will be a huge auditorium for the accommodation of worshippers...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Youth Wrestling Club had wrestlers in two different tournaments over the weekend. Four Nevada-area youth traveled to Ozark Saturday, with each of them placing in the tournament. Slade Stiles, True Beisly and Sam Ellifrits each placed third in the tournament at Ozark, while Trevor Fast took second...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The third time wasn't a charm for the Nevada Lady Tigers Saturday. Trying to win their third consecutive Carthage Lady Tiger Classic championship, Nevada struggled down the stretch and the hosts pulled away for a 46-39 win ...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers dropped their second game in two days Saturday as they lost to the Warrensburg Tigers, 55-43. Nevada, which jumped out to a 14-9 lead after one quarter of play, was unable to contain Warrensburg's DeWayne Washington, as he scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the visitors...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bring 'em on, says Herman Edwards. He's ready to take charge of the good and the bad, the talented and the mediocre, and the lazy and the energetic as the new coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. ''I can coach anything you give me -- good players, great players. That's my job as a coach,'' he said...