Stories from Thursday, November 30, 2006

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail For several years, now, one night a year a light has shown through the dark, cold, dreary night on a humble scene, where people in robes huddle with animals before a manger where lies a baby -- it's a live recreation of the Nativity, conducted each year by the First Christian Church of Nevada...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors reviewed the results of a routine annual audit Tuesday night for their regular monthly meeting. BK&D representative Tim Wolters told the board the audit revealed that the hospital had performed well the past year, keeping reserves healthy while keeping prices down. ...

A group of fifth graders at Truman Elementary School in Nevada are offering treats to their fellow students in the school's lobby before school, in an effort to raise money for breast cancer research. Lacie Gooch came up with the idea after seeing an episode of "Extreme Home Makeover," when the show raised money for cancer research. ...

Richard "Dick" F. Robinson, 63, Harwood, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 27, 2006, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. He had been in failing health for over a year. He was born on May 3, 1943, in Kansas City, Mo., to Richard L. Robinson and Vera VanHooser. He married Thelma J. Barnes on Sept. 19, 1980, and she preceded him in death...

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? In the last six months we have changed our daily schedules several times. First, following Lester's heart surgery we were on the schedule of cardiac rehab three days a week for an hour. The first few weeks I went with him and used the machines that weren't busy while he was being monitored. ...

On a mild November Saturday, Tom and Terry Ramsey and I were in the old Montevallo cemetery, pursuing our odd hobby, "cemetery crawling." We'd already stopped by the Sandstone cemetery to photograph the newly discovered burial place of Lt. Joe Wood. Now Terry was photographing the gravestones of Lt. Wood's children by his first wife, Susan...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School sophomore Colby Shepherd was named to the All-Southwest Conference first team as a receiver, the only Tiger on the squad. Shepherd had 1,055 yards receiving, which led the conference. He caught 42 passes. Junior Ryan Herda was named second team as an offensive lineman and linebacker. ...

My apologies go out to former Nevada head football coach John Skeans in what appeared to be me jumping on a man when he's down in a column a couple weeks back. I was unaware of the head coach resigning the night before (silly me, not attending the school board meetings in my spare time) and had I known he was going to step down, the column about how a change needed to be made would have never made it to print...