Stories from Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Nevada Daily Mail At 6:30 this evening, at Nevada Middle School, accelerated eighth grade science, social studies and English students will present a "wax museum" for the public. The wax museum is an annual event at Nevada Middle School and this year's theme is, "20 years of tradition," honoring the event's 20th annum. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Fort Scott, Kan. --Tickets are now on sale for the 23rd Annual Candlelight Tour at Fort Scott National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park System. The candlelight tour will be held Friday, Dec. 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 9 p.m. with tours being offered every 10 minutes during these times...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A Webb City man died after a Nov. 26 hunting accident in Barton County. John M. Boyer, 35, of Webb City was hunting with a black powder rifle in the Shawnee Trails Wildlife Area south of Mindenmines when the rifle fell from the deer stand he was on and discharged, striking him in the lower body...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Phillip Vinyard has lost more than 115 pounds since the end of June. Is he sick? Hardly, he says he feels healthier than he has in years. On June 28 he had his gallbladder removed and most of his stomach and a large portion of his small intestine bypassed...

Daniel and Ronda Wyatt, Foster, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Skieler Timothy Joel Wyatt. Skieler was born at 3:36 p.m., on Nov. 26, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 23 inches. ...

Frank William (Bus) Mansfield, 100, Perry, Iowa, passed away Nov. 20, 2004, at Park Care Centre, Newton, lowa. Frank was born June 24, 1904, near Mellette, S.D., to William and Mamie Horning Mansfield. He was married to Florence Hazel Washnok Oct. 8, 1929...

Darold Orr "Bud" Sackett, 82, former resident of Garland, Kan., and more recently of Ahoski, N.C., died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, at the Three Rivers Nursing Home in Widsnor, N.C. He was born April 12, 1922, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Paul Sackett and Lillian Payton Sackett. He married Susan Irene Davis and she survives in North Carolina...

100 years ago: Post office aspirants still caucussing The executive committee appointed by the Republican City Central committee to arrange for the post office primary met last night in Attorney Graves' office. All the members of the committee were present as follows: D.W. Graves, H. Mitchell, A. Ambrose, J.W. Russell and H.E. Errett...

Special to Nevada Daily Mail Nevada youth Josh Simpson, son of Kelly and Bruce Simpson, won a Dream Hunt sponsored by the International Hunter Education Association. In 2003, Josh attended a hunter safety class sponsored by 3M Sportsmen club and entered a drawing for several prizes to be given away...

Nevada Daily Mail Jairus Byrd threw for three touchdowns and ran for one more as Clayton won the first overtime game in Show-Me Bowl history by defeating Webb City 27-26 in the Class 4 state championship Friday. Clayton (13-1) took the lead on its first possession of overtime when Byrd hit Torrey Tate on a 19-yard scoring pass. Kit Szybala's point-after made it 27-20...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Heading into its ninth season, the Big 12 has at least seven schools whose chances of striking NCAA tournament gold range from not bad to can't miss. In every part of the nation's youngest megaconference, interesting subplots abound...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Quarterback Trent Green was at the doctor for X-rays on his sore ribs Monday and is listed as questionable for this week's game at Oakland, Kansas City Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil said. Green went to the Pro Bowl last year and has directed one of the NFL's most prolific offenses for three years in a row. He extended his team record Sunday with his 59th consecutive start at quarterback but was ''banged around pretty good'' in the 34-31 loss to San Diego...

A few years ago I was talking with some friends about the future of America, some of what I said has already turned out to be prophetic, and I said something about what would happen after America ceased to be. One friend became indignant, how dare I assume a future in which America didn't exist!...

Sitting at home watching "Jeopardy!," I know I could beat longtime champ Ken Jennings -- well, at least I could if he wasn't so rude about spitting out the answers before anyone has time to think. And then there's the rather unsportsman-like way he has memorized all almanacs, encyclopedias and the 4 billion pages available to the Google search engine...