Stories from Thursday, May 20, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Col. Roger D. Stottlemyre, announced Missouri's Sex Offender Registry will be accessible by the public via the Internet beginning Tuesday, May 18. Vernon County Prosecutor Lynn Ewing III said he was glad to see the list put up on the Web site. "The sex offenders list has always been available by asking for one at the sheriff's office but this makes it much easier, I'm all for it."...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Saturday night Bright Beginnings preschool held it's eighth graduation and spring program at the Nevada community center. This year there were six graduates who will enter kindergarten this fall. All the students, as well as the graduates, performed for friends and parents prior to a slide show covering the events and special moments of the last school year...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Nevada residents will soon be able to go to the post office and pick up their mail 24 hours a day. Starting May 28 the outer lobby of the Nevada Post Office will once again be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The outer lobby used to follow that schedule but vandalism and mail theft caused the district supervisor to decide to close it except when post office personnel were in the building...

Change! Every time I turn around things are changing. Most changes are beyond my control. I can't control the changes in my body (well, I could perhaps reduce a little, work out some, or use more cosmetics). Nor do I have any ability to avoid losing neighbors by moves, illness or death. The weather is beyond my control, but I do like changes in that area. When it has been rainy I love to see the sun again, or the opposite when it has been too dry...

Gilbert Coy Pawley, 88, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2004, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg, Mo., following an illness of several weeks. He was born June 2, 1915, in Moundville, to Jesse Pawley and Cora Grooms Pawley. He was married June 21, 1965, in Camdenton, to Faye Butler Pawley. She preceded him in death in 1988...

Billy R. Edwards, 48, Nevada, died Tuesday, May 18, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. He was born Dec. 4, 1955, in Kansas City, Mo., to Ronald W. Edwards and Rose M. Stevens Current. He lived in Kansas City for 20 years prior to coming to Nevada in 1975...

Victoria Anne Faith Middleton, 22 months, Walker, died May 17, 2004. She was born on July 27, 2002, in Walker to Steven Dale and Heather Lynn (Buttorff) Middleton. She is survived by her parents, Steven and Heather Middleton, Walker; five brothers, Steven, Matthew, Lawton, Benjamin and Michael; one sister, Christanne, all of the home; maternal grandmother, Wanda Buttorff, Walker; paternal grandfather, Duane Middleton, Clinton, Ark.; and a paternal grandmother, Beverly Middleton, Albion, Ind...

Edaward Lee Taylor, 85, Rich Hill, died Tuesday, May 18, 2004, at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kan. He is survived by his wife, Marcine Taylor, of the home; three sons, Lee Taylor, David Taylor and Kenneth Taylor, all of Rich Hill; and seven grandchildren...

Jack L. Ferrell, Rich Hill, died May 17, 2004, at Willow Lane Center, Butler. Veteran memorial services will be held Saturday, May 22, at 10 a.m., at the Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, with burial following services. Services under the direction of the Heuser Funeral Home...

Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School swim team took part in the Southwest Missouri Swimming and Diving Championships in Springfield on May 14-15, which was a qualifying meet for the Missouri State Swimming and Diving Championships...