Stories from Tuesday, September 19, 2006

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Most professional competitors will tell you it takes a lot of time and effort to make it to the top of the game. What is not often mentioned is the amount of money needed to prepare for and get to the competitions. The Tiger Pride Band will be competing at Disney World in Florida in the spring of 2008 against other bands from across the United States. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A few years ago Judy Braden loved playing the piano, organ and keyboard but a brain-stem stroke slowed her down. Braden credits a friend with helping her get back to the music she loves. "Lawrence Cripps really helped me," Braden said. "He just told me, 'This won't do,' and he motivated me to get back into it."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Spring City Revitalization Group of El Dorado Springs is creating a 2007 calendar, to be filled with historical photos of El Dorado Springs and highlighting historical events on the anniversaries of the dates on which those events took place...

James W. Cullison, 81, of Deer Creek, Ill., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006, in Peoria, Ill. He was born March 20, 1925, in Bronaugh, Mo., the son of Harry and Alla Evans Cullison. He married Geraldine McWilliams on May 25, 1947, in Girard, Kan. They later divorced. He married Mary Lenora Drehle on Feb. 14, 1964, in Harrisonville, Mo. She preceded him in death Jan. 25, 1990...

Donna Faye Jackson, 57, Independence, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, at Truman Medical Center West in Kansas City following a lengthy illness. She was born April 13, 1949, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Elton Ellis Light and Mildred Frances Oyler Light. She and William O. Jackson Jr. were married on Nov. 24, 1982, in Kansas City, Mo., and he survives of the home...

Brenda Kay McCarthy, 55, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, at Nevada Medicalodge following a lengthy illness. She was born July 10, 1951, in Nevada to Ansel Delbert Rogers and Wilma Bowles Rogers. She and James Nolan McCarthy were married on May 16,1970, in Nevada. He preceded her in death in June 1979...

Michael Earl Wolfe, 48, Nevada, Mo., passed away Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 5, 1958, in Nevada, Mo., to Earl Wolfe and Virginia Lee Garfield Wolfe. He was married to Kelly D. Moffatt on Nov. 23, 2001, in Nevada...

Frances Maxine Simpson, 85, Nevada, Mo., died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Family and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

By Scott Nuzum Fort Scott Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. --Cottey College rallied after a first-game loss to defeat Fort Scott in four games at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds won the first game 30-23 but the Comets took the other three 30-22, 30-26, 30-17...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Lady Tiger golfers split a triangular with Carl Junction and Girard (Kan.) Monday at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. Nevada shot a 223 team score, led by a pair of 52s from Lakyn Mansfield and Aubrey Jones...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger softball team finished second in the El Dorado Springs tournament Saturday, falling in the championship game to Lamar, 5-1. Nevada's only run came off a solo home run by Afton Baldwin, her second of the tournament and third in four games...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If there's such a thing as a good loss, the Kansas City Chiefs may have just had one. Playing with their second-team quarterback in a place where they hadn't won in six years, they gave up only six points in four quarters. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's eighth-grade volleyball teams split with Carthage Thursday, then split with Joplin Memorial Monday. The A team lost to Carthage 25-8, 25-9, but beat Joplin Memorial 25-13, 25-17, 24-26. The B team beat Carthage 25-12, 25-23, but lost to Memorial 25-13, 23-25, 19-25...