Stories from Friday, April 28, 2006

Nevada Daily Mail Small businesses that wish to do business with the federal government have a tough obstacle to overcome -- getting through the red tape involved. Congressman Ike Skelton says he knows of a solution to dealing with the many requirements involved -- a solution that takes the form of a Federal Procurement Conference at Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg May 31. It's an annual event, one that is close to two decades old...

Nevada Daily Mail Duane Willers doesn't look like a trendsetter. He doesn't wear designer clothes or sport a styled coiffure. He wears jeans and a T-shirt. He drives a pickup truck and works at the receiving dock at 3M. Despite his modest appearance, he is indeed setting a trend here in Vernon County. Willers uses biodiesel. More impressively, he makes his own...

Nevada Daily Mail A Community Health Fair will be conducted on Saturday, April 29, at the Osage Prairie YMCA, 8 a.m.-noon. The event will feature a wide variety of free screenings, and health information will be given to all who attend, according to a press release from Nevada Regional Medical Center...

Jason Lathrop and Jennifer Purcell and Tyler are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Greyson Curtis Lathrop. Greyson was born at 12:31 p.m., April 1, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19.75 inches...

Gethel N. Snider, 75, Nevada, died April 26, 2006, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. Family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m., Saturday at the Sheldon Funeral Home in El Dorado Springs with a prayer service at 3 p.m. Interment will be in Washington, Iowa under the direction of the Sheldon Funeral Home...

Thomas David Tinsley Sr., 84, Rich Hill, Mo., died April 26, 2006, at St. Joseph Care Center, Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 29, at 11 a.m., at the Hume Methodist Church, Hume, Mo., with Kay Zimmer officiating. Private interment in Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill...

Flu pandemic advice Dear editor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has been warning federal, state and local officials about a probable flu pandemic. Unlike natural weather occurrences, which are generally contained in one area and last short period of time; a flu pandemic knows no border and it may continue for many months...

Join the fight against breast cancer Dear editor: I want to invite my fellow Missourians to join with me in the fight against breast cancer. Last year I ran in the 2005 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in St. Louis. It was a beautiful day and I enjoyed the exercise and felt good about doing just a little bit to help a worthy cause...

Law Day started as a competitive event during the Cold War. In 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower first proclaimed May 1 as Law Day -- the date was chosen to contrast our system that embodies the rule of law with that of the Soviet bloc countries that celebrated "May Day" with militaristic parades and speeches glorifying the achievements of the Communist system...

100 years ago Texas opens fire on The Beef Trust DALLAS, Texas -- The antitrust suits predicted two weeks ago have materialized in the State District Court in Austin. On evidence produced in Dallas and Fort Worth, Assistant Attorney General Lightfoot has begun proceedings against Swift & Co., the Armour Packing Company, the Fort Worth Livestock Yards Company, alleging they are trusts, and asking that their charters be forfeited and each assessed penalties of $116,000...

Nevada Daily Mail NEOSHO, Mo. -- A pair of three-run innings and strong defense led the Nevada Tigers to a 7-3 victory over the Neosho Wildcats on the road Thursday, avenging an earlier loss in Nevada. The Tigers (7-8 overall, 2-2 in the Southwest Conference) scored a trio of runs in the first and fourth innings, and committed only one error in the game as they knocked off the Wildcats...

Nevada Daily Mail Cottey College freshman and Nevada High School graduate Lacy Leonard has been selected to play in the NJCAA/Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game in Lubbock, Texas, in July. All-Stars travel all expenses paid on July 5, for two days of practices and two games. The games are July 7-8...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School track team participated in two meets recently, one in Nevada and another at Lamar. In Nevada on April 20, the seventh-grade girls placed fourth, the seventh-grade boys fifth, the eighth-grade girls third and the eighth-grade boys sixth...