Stories from Tuesday, October 12, 2004

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail The long-awaited sesquicentennial history book is getting closer to the presses. The history book committee put in 12-hour days this week getting all the page layouts formatted, proofread, and highlighted for indexing...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department is asking for the cooperation of Nevada citizens who may have information regarding a robbery that took place last night. According to police, at 11:23 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11, an employee of Fastrip North, at Ash and Highland, reported a robbery of the store. ...

n Program helps students prepare to take that next big test at the library. Special to the Daily Mail The Nevada Public Library has received a Library Services and Technology Act Grant in the amount of $2,230 for the software licensing for Learning Express Library...

Nevada Daily Mail During a regular meeting at 7 o'clock tonight, in council chambers inside the public safety building at Ash and Austin, the Nevada City Council will consider a development agreement relating to a project undertaken by Bill and Janet Erwin, who own a 14.5-acre piece of property on South Spring Street they wish to develop as Erwin Addition. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday, the United Way of Vernon County hosted its annual Oktoberfest celebration in the field behind TeamBank at the corner of Washington and Walnut in Nevada. According to Peggy Tedlock, of the United Way, although the event was not as well attended as it has been in past years, preliminary figures suggest that funds raised were comparable to past years. "I think it went well, she said, "the weather was absolutely wonderful."...

Births Zane Matthew Gragg Justin and Amy Gragg, Blue Springs, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Zane Matthew Gragg. Zane was born at 8:24 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2004. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 19.75 inches long. Paternal grandparents are Phil and Becky Gragg. ...

Motherhood: the new hotness The store poster showed a young, obviously pregnant woman with a very large belly -- and a bare midriff. "Motherhood," the poster said. "It's HOT." Hot in what way, I wondered? Hot and sweaty? Nope, the model's come-hither look made it clear she was meant to be HOT, as in hottie, hot babe -- or maybe hot mama...

Thanks for the yellow ribbons Dear Editor, What a breath of fresh air! I drove down Austin Street and much to my delight, I saw yellow ribbons and American Flags everywhere! I cannot tell you how much this means to the military families to see that our community supports our troops. ...

100 years ago: Another wreck near Warrensburg A 5 o'clock this morning a Missouri Pacific passenger train ran into the rear end of another passenger train at Knobnoster, four miles east of the place where the fatal wreck occurred Monday morning. The two trains were running very slow at the time of the collision occurred...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail With three wins and a second-place finish at the district tournament in Monett over the weekend, Nevada junior tennis player Lisa Pendrak accomplished two firsts. Not only did Pendrak qualify for state as an individual for the first time, she also became the first tennis player in Nevada's school history to win 24 singles matches in one season...

Associated Press WACO, Texas -- Missouri is in the rarified air of first place in the Big 12 North. Brad Smith's three touchdown passes, Joe Tantarelli's three field goals, and a stout defense enabled Missouri to defeat Baylor 30-10 Saturday night. The Tigers (4-1, 2-0) grabbed first place in the North after Texas Tech whipped Nebraska 70-10 in Lubbock...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets won two volleyball matches over a three-day span, pushing their record over .500 for the first time since the beginning of the season. The Comets won at Highland, Kan., Saturday, 28-30, 30-23, 31-29 and 30-11. Then the Comets came home to beat Florissant Valley 30-20, 30-21 and 30-22...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals will begin selling World Series tickets at 8 a.m. Saturday, the organization said Monday. If the Cardinals make it to the series, they'll host games 3,4 and 5, if necessary, in the best-of-seven competition...

By R.B. Fallstrom AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS -- Another round in the playoffs is giving Scott Rolen a chance to get his timing back. The St. Louis Cardinals advanced to the NLCS for the third time in five years, dispatching the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games in the division series. They did it without much of a contribution from their top RBI man...