Stories from Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Kendra Burrus, Nick Williams, and Andrea Rubalcava are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Gavin James Williams. Gavin was born Sept. 6, 2007, at 6:30 p.m., at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces and measured 22 inches...

Sara Dauphene Worsley, 52, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, at Northwood Hills Nursing Home, Humansville, Mo. A service will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Green Lawn Funeral Chapel, Springfield. Visitation will be at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10. She will be cremated...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Comets celebrated Family Weekend in style by sweeping matches on Friday night and Saturday afternoon from two four-year colleges. On Friday, the Comets easily took three from Ozark Christian College 30-18, 30-21, and 30-19. Saturday, the Comets made short work of Stephens College 30-20, 30-18, and 30-28...

"Want close friends?" the headline asked. "Log off the Internet." And, what, dump 148,000 of my closest friends? The problem, according to a study, is that it was "imperative to know somebody face-to-face to form the tightest bonds." Well, sure, it's also imperative to have face-to-face contact to tell if someone has bad breath...

Here are excerpts from recent editorials in Missouri newspapers: Oct. 2 Springfield News-Leader, on Rod Jetton: Paging Rod Jetton. Hello? Mr. Speaker? It's been several days since Republican state Rep. Dennis Wood of Kimberling City outed Jetton as the state representative who surreptitiously added language into Senate Bill 22 to allow big landowner Robert Plaster to create his own village on the shores of Table Rock Reservoir with no county oversight...

The word spread like wildfire -- a boiler explosion had taken place at 3M's Nevada plant just before 11 o'clock this morning. At least one person was injured, according to early reports from those at the scene, but injuries did not appear life-threatening. Unconfirmed reports from a number of plant employees identified the man as Jim Norris, a maintenance employee...

Monday, Oct. 8, Cottey College became part of a nation-wide vigil called Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights. The vigil was held by Cottey students and professors as part of the "straight allies" demonstration against bullying and hate crimes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people or their families and friends...

The Southwest Missouri Retriever Club, licensed in 2000 with the American Kennel Club and United Kennel Club, offers local retriever and hunting enthusiasts the opportunity to improve their obedience and handling techniques. One of 10 Missouri retriever clubs, SMRC looks to promote the use of pure-bred retrievers as hunting dogs, and offer positive environments for retrievers and handlers to build relationships...