Stories from Tuesday, October 26, 2004

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail This weekend more 400 members of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles flocked to Nevada for the South Central Regional Conference. The conference brings together Eagles from organizations throughout Missouri and Kansas -- even a representative from Canada...

Nevada Daily Mail At approximately 7:15 Monday night the Sheldon Chief of Police received a call on a domestic disturbance at 201 Anderson Street in Sheldon that ended in the deaths of both parties involved. The Vernon County Sheriff's Office was called for assistance and responded...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Sometime this winter, users of Nevada's Municipal Airport may be able to see the first concrete signs of the multi-million-dollar upgrade project currently in the works at that facility. Thursday night Rich Wedell and Dave Hadel, who work in Burns & McDonnell aviation services division, met with the airport board to update them on the work they have done during the past months and what they were going to be doing in the next couple of months...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Two candidates are vying for the job of Vernon County Sheriff. Ron Peckman, Democrat, is the incumbent and he is being challenged for the job by Larry DeLaney, Republican. The two have distinctly different ideas about how to manage the office and the resources allocated to it. ...

A measure to consolidate Public Water Supply District No. 5 of Vernon County and Consolidated Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Vernon County will again appear on the ballot for voters in those districts. The measure first appeared on the ballot in August, and appeared to pass overwhelmingly, but a problem with tallying which votes came from each district negated the outcome. ...

Compton Junction and Walker firefighters responded to a morning blaze south of Compton Junction this morning. A trailer home owned by Jerri Jones caught fire sometime before 7:45 a.m. "Shelly, the bus driver, was pounding on my front door," said Jones, who lives in an adjacent trailer. ...

Obituaries Terry Walter Balk Terry Walter Balk, 53, Nevada, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004. He was born Sept. 2, 1951, in Nevada, to Walter Richard Balk and Evelyn Leone Wallace. He married Blanche Hutchison on Aug. 7, 1976, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Easy come, easy go It was a week for hopeful and disturbing headlines. On the positive side, a CNN.com headline read: "U.S. offers download of new $50." Yes, of course! Downloadable money! Download a fifty and print up whatever you need! It was just the kind of self-help government program I was waiting for...

100 years ago: Cause of lockjaw identified Lockjaw, or tetanus, is caused by bactirus or germ which exists plentifully in street dirt. It is inactive so long as exposed to the air, but when carried beneath the skin as in the wound, caused by percussion caps or by rusty nails, and when the air is excluded the germ is roused to activity and produces the most ardent virulent poison known. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers cruised in their opening-round volleyball match against Knob Noster at the Class 3 District 12 tournament in Harrisonville Monday. The Lady Tigers won 25-16 and 25-4. Nevada came out aggressively and dominated the match, using teamwork and pinpoint serving to take control...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers golf team held their end of the year banquet last Thursday. Junior Tabitha Pitts was named the Most Outstanding Player, on the heels of her appearance in the state golf tournament earlier in the week...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- The first two games of the World Series have left St. Louis Cardinals fans red-faced, and a little blue-hearted. ''I'm depressed, but still hopeful,'' said 56-year-old insurance broker Ginger Krieshok, a self-described die-hard Cardinals fan. ''They're a much better team than they looked.''...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The NFL is full of running backs who praise their offensive linemen after a good day but really don't mean it. As everyone knows, the NFL is not full of running backs like Priest Holmes. After he and Derrick Blaylock scored four rushing touchdowns apiece Sunday in a record-breaking 56-10 rout of Atlanta, Holmes was happiest for his hardworking behemoths up front...

The Social Security and Medicare programs provide retirement income security and make it possible for millions America's seniors to avoid poverty and to obtain health care services when they enter retirement. Each fall, the Administration announces Social Security benefit and Medicare premium changes for the coming year...