Stories from Friday, January 28, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The city's parks and recreation sales tax will expire in December and Mike Turnbull, parks board president, told the board during Wednesday's meeting that the department has almost finished the projects that were promised on the 1999 ballot...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail "We'll be facing massive cuts," if little or no additional funds come to the district, Nevada R-5 Superintendent Ted Davis said. He pulled no punches as he outlined the school districts budgetary outlook if nothing is done to replace the funds lost through the state's budget crunch as he spoke to a group during a Rotary luncheon on Thursday...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After two years of a Republican-led General Assembly sparring with a Democratic governor over conflicting public policy goals, GOP lawmakers on Wednesday finally got a legislative agenda to their liking from new Gov. Matt Blunt...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail It started out small, in a building that had once housed ambulances of the Vernon County Ambulance District. Today, after nearly six years in business, Loretta's Attic, a thrift store benefitting the Moss House, has grown so large it is preparing to move into new quarters at 605 East Cherry Street to house all the merchandise...

Thanks for your support Dear Editor, The Bronaugh Character Education Program and Boosters would like to thank all those who worked, participated, and came to our Buckeye Donkey Basketball game. We would like to thank those who made chili and desserts for dinner and those who worked in the concession stand. A special thanks to Ms. Phillips and Martha Byram...

All business at the Capitol This was a short week due to the holiday on Monday, but we accomplished a lot. This week members of both parties came together and passed the new rules for the 93rd session of the Missouri House of Representatives by a margin of 100 to 56. ...

In lieu of a child, we got a dog. The timing seemed right. We own our first house, our schedules have slowed and we're overwhelmed with the desire to spend mass amounts of cash at PetsMart. The Other Half and I grew up with dogs. We became cat people for our busy decade of marriage because cats don't really need us. Our cat is like that surly roommate from college -- we don't share any interests, she never wants to hang out, but we get stuck cleaning up her crap...

100 years ago: Young German falls from train near Butler Wednesday night on the south-bound Missouri Pacific train, says the Butler Democrat, was a German who, when the train was midway between Lone Tree and Archie, stepped to the door of the smoking car to get some fresh air. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers advanced to the championship game of their own Tiger Classic with a convincing 53-39 win over El Dorado Springs Thursday, at Wynn Gymnasium. The win made Nevada 2-0 in Pool A, and automatically advances them to the title game scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Saturday...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail It's a nightmare come true for so many athletes. Whether it be football, basketball, soccer or even baseball, when an athlete hears "torn ACL" they cringe. The words mean more than a torn knee ligament. They also mean "end of the season," and "long, hard road to recovery."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Calvary Eagles overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to beat the Agape Boys Ranch Rhinos 68-56 Tuesday, in Stockton. The Eagles trailed 39-32 at the half, but came out strong in the third quarter, outscoring Agape 17-7 to take a three-point lead into the fourth quarter...