Stories from Friday, August 13, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Well-known local jurist and conservationist, Judge H.A. Kelso, died yesterday at the Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. 92-year-old Kelso was a former Vernon County prosecutor, probate judge and circuit court judge in a career that spanned four decades...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Heading into the fall elections, Republicans are in a strong position to retain control of the Missouri House of Representatives, although Democrats have a realistic chance of regaining a majority in the chamber...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail On Aug. 4, President Bush stood on a Minnesota farm and announced a new round of Conservation Reserve Program signups. The plan will allow early re-enrollment for farmers who have land that is nearing the sunset of the CRP contract. He also announced a new round of CRP signups to take place in early September...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday afternoon Phillis Fleener, of Nevada, took herself out for an ordinary lunch, but the outing turned extraordinary when she ended up having an unfortunate accident on the way home. Fleener is a 69-year-old diabetic and is unable to walk, so she travels around her neighborhood in her electric wheelchair. She said that when she left her house she had remembered to fasten the seatbelt in her chair but had taken it off while she was eating...

Special to the Daily Mail The Compton Junction Fire Department recently received a grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation, aimed at helping them with the purchase of personal protective gear, and fire fighting equipment, for wildland fire as well as structure fires One of 194 fire departments to receive checks of up to $3,000, the Compton Junction department used these funds to purchase 14 pagers, three rechargeable flashlights, two hooligan tools, and one Backpack leaf blower. ...

Births Jaicee Leigh Bloom Jeff and April Bloom, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Jaicee Leigh Bloom. Jaicee was born at 1:05 p.m., on Aug. 2, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 21 inches. ...

Did you see my head grow? This has been a heady week for me. After months and months of waiting, my latest book finally got printed and sent to me. The delay was not because of the book, but due to a shift in the responsibilities in the publishing company. I had promised the book to some Elderhostel participants to be ready by November. It was almost the next November before I could package up the book and send it on its way...

Drat those buttons! Full speed ahead! Willynilly, a series of columns seems to be developing on, as we might say, "rediscovered treasures" in the Bushwhacker Museum. Last year it was the so-called "surveyor's transit" that turned out to be a vernier compass made by the well-known St. Louis instrument maker Jacob Blattner, only the fifth such known to survive at all, and in far better condition than the other four...

100 years ago: Get the children ready for school. During our August clean up sale is the time to buy the children school dresses. Remnants of all kinds at about 1/2 the original price. Sturges, Jackson & Co. 75 years ago: Coroner's jury says Leonard caused the death of Roy Smith...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The pads went on, the hitting began and the excitement was high at the Nevada High School football practice field on Thursday morning. The Tigers had their first full-contact practice of the season and just about everybody was happy to see it arrive...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail As one of the fall sports, volleyball teams were able to start practices on Monday and the Nevada Lady Tigers followed suit by holding two-a-days this week at the high school gym. There are five seniors on this year's squad along with six juniors...

By Gail Agee Track Reporter Bikes, bikes and more bikes were at the race track tonight as the annual kids bicycle races were held at intermission. This was a night for season first time winners with new winners in the Late Model, Street Stock and Mini-Stock divisions...