Stories from Tuesday, August 8, 2006

By Lynn A. Wade and Colette LeFebvre Herald-Tribune He's at it again -- or still. Cross Carrier Chuck passed through Nevada on his eighth tour of the United States -- you guessed it, carrying a cross. The message is obvious. Chuck Johnson simply wants to "remind people that they need God in their lives."...

Woman shares some of the challenges of getting out of abusive situation. Editor's note: The following interview is a true event, the interviewee's name has been changed to protect her identity. This is the second in a series on domestic violence and the complex issues facing its victims...

By Colette LeFebvre Nevada Daily Mail "The language on the November ballot will not reflect all of the proposed amendment," stated State Representative Barney Fisher, R-125th District. Fisher believes that the ballot language is misleading, that "if a vote were taken today, I think that it will pass because of the lack of accurate information."...

By Colette Lefebvre Nevada Daily Mail The MO-KAN Livestock market in Passaic will be hosting the Bureau of Land Management- Eastern States, Wild horse and burro adoption. The event will offer approximately 80 horses and burros for adoption. "There will be some exceptional horses from the Western ranges there, and you can adopt one for a minimal adoption fee starting at $125," said BLM-ES State Director Mike Nedd...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Recycling Center, 301 N. Colorado, is still operating on its usual schedule despite changes in the city's operations. The center is open the first and third Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m...

Charles "Charlie" Richard Fritts, age 70, of Amsterdam, Mo., passed to his heavenly home on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006, in Butler, Mo. He was born May 16, 1936, to Ralph and Grace Fritts in Butler. Charlie, one of two children, grew up in the Amsterdam area where he excelled in academics, music and basketball, graduating from Miami High School in 1954. ...

Ethel Elizabeth Brewer, age 83, former resident of Cavalry Crossing Apartments, Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born Oct. 23, 1922, in Greensburg, Kan., the daughter of Will J. and Helena J. Unruh. Ethel was a 1941 graduate of Nevada High School and graduated in 1946 from Salt City Business College in Hutchinson, Kan. ...

Nellie Lucille Martin, age 84, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 7, 2006, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 27, 1922, in Bourbon County, Kan., the daughter of Fred Leroy Cowan and Jennie Daering Cowan. She married Joe K. Martin on Nov. 13, 1972, in Girard, Kan. He preceded her in death on Sept. 21, 2005...

Marjorie R. Hurst, 84, Nevada, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2006, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born Aug. 25, 1921, in Almeda, Texas, the second daughter of Benjamin H. Sheldon and Francis Gaston Muse. She and her family moved to Kansas where she spent her childhood...

100 years ago Big flood in southern Texas FORT WORTH, Texas -- Many lives were reported lost as a result of a flood in South Texas. Twenty-five are said to have drowned and 500 people homeless. The water is about the high water mark of 1900. A strip of country 30 miles long by two or four miles wide is covered with from three to 10 feet of water. Railway tracks have been washed away for miles...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail WICHITA, Kan. -- Faced with temperatures that reached 101 degrees, the Nevada Griffons couldn't keep their heads and it cost them against the Derby Twins in the winner's bracket quarterfinals of the National Baseball Congress World Series Saturday...