Stories from Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Emma J. Branham, 70, Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born June 23, 1933, in Nevada, Mo., to Earnest William Earll and Jean Viola Perry Earll. Emma grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1951. ...

Inexperience took its toll on the Nevada wrestling team in a 52-24 loss to Carl Junction at Wynn Gymnasium on Tuesday. Nevada, 2-3 in dual meets, received admirable performances from its veterans, but failed to get any point production elsewhere. Those veterans --junior David Hawks, senior Tommy Werner, senior Zach Walrod, junior Tyler Shouse and senior Leonard Keller -- accounted for all the Tiger points...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers led throughout in an opening-round victory at the Carthage Lady Tiger Invitational on Monday. The second-seed Tigers ran their win streak to five with a grind-it-out 63-53 win over the fifth-seed Mount Vernon Lady Mountaineers...

The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade boys "A" team pounded Joplin South 42-16 in the second round of the Nevada Tournament on Tuesday. Colby Shepherd and Tyler Gast paced the Tigers with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Nevada (1-1) will meet Joplin North in the consolation final on Thursday at 5 p.m...

There are those in our society who think that the ACLU and recent court rulings have moved us far away from what the founding fathers intended for our country. Over time, things change. But, too often things are done and decisions made in the name of separation of religion and government...

100 Years Ago -- January 7, 1904 Nevada was complimented today by the presence of a number of the leading members of the medical profession, the occasion being the first quarterly session of the Hodgens Medical Association. The membership made up by the physicians of Bates, Cass, Vernon and Barton Counties...

Weekend debate event expected to bring $30,000 to local businesses This weekend the Nevada High School will host the largest high school forensics tournament in Missouri. This event which brings about 1,000 students from all over Missouri as well as Fort Scott, Kan., and Fayetteville, Ark., to Nevada has a major impact on area motels and restaurants at a time when usage is low, Pat Chambers, IMPACT Nevada Tourism chairman, told the Nevada City Council during Tuesday nights council meeting...

Two Nevada residents have developed a product for those of us who don't change the air filter on furnaces and air conditioners as often as we should, it's a self-changing air filter. Edward Hyde Sr. and Karen Polon came up with the idea after a visit to Polon's mother...

How much money would it take for you to dodge bullets for the residents of Vernon County? This is one of the questions being debated as the Vernon County Commissioners try to hammer out the new year's budget while facing a court order setting the wages of the Vernon County Sheriff's deputies...

Rumors have been flying around Nevada about the possibility of one of its major supermarkets closing -- but rumors of its demise are unequivocally false, managers said. The rumors were so numerous that the manager of the store made a sign for both entrances which states "Due to extensive rumors we would like to inform you that we are not closing our business. We are here to serve you and your families for many years to come. Thank you for shopping here at Rameys!"...