Stories from Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Alberta Louise Evans, 87, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, at Christian Health Care in Nevada following a short illness. She was born June 3, 1920, in Kansas City, to Oscar A. Felch and Loretta Adell LaFountain Felch. She married Jesse L. Evans, on July 9, 1938, in Kansas City, Kan. He preceded her in death on Aug. 13, 2005...

The suspense was over early for the Cottey College Comets in Saturday's game against St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley as Cottey stormed to a 34-point halftime lead and an easy 79-45 victory. The Comets scored early and often in the first half, tallying the first ten points before Flo Valley could even get on the scoreboard. ...

The Nevada Lady Tigers easily beat the Pleasant Hill Chicks 58-35 in a game that was marked by Jessica Harper scoring her season high of 16 points and celebrating assistant coach Jack Tudor's 60th birthday. "Jessica is going to have games like this and she is going to be more consistent. She works so hard and puts out so much effort," head coach Brent Bartlett said Monday night...

Recently, General Motors announced it is developing a "driverless" car, which it hopes to put on the road in 10 years. (Unfortunately, since the car is driverless, GM has no idea where it will be going or if it will ever come back.) I'm looking forward to it. Ten years from now, during Michelle Obama's first term as president, I'll be able to write a column saying what a terrible idea this is...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Jan. 20 The News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill. on the economic stimulus bill: Given the general nervousness about the economy, it's pretty clear that the Democratic-controlled Congress and Republican President George Bush will pass an economic-stimulus package designed to prevent a feared recession...

They are an integral part of a student's education, although most students don't meet them very often. School board members affect the way students experience school in many ways. Their decisions can mean that one program gets more funds while a second program gets less...

On Jan. 26, a Nevada man was shot by a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper during a traffic stop, less than three hours after allegedly setting a Nevada woman's belongings on fire inside her home. Patrick Ellis, 30, is accused of setting several personal items inside the home of Kandi Evans, Nevada, on fire around 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26...

There's still time to sign up for the upcoming equine business management series, scheduled for February, at the Nevada TeleCenter. The first session will cover written and electronic record keeping; the second session will cover income taxes as they pertain to the equine business; and the third session will cover business structure and strategies for the development of a business plan...