Stories from Tuesday, March 1, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail It's not just for people in earth shoes anymore, recycling is becoming more capitalistic. A new study shows that recycling sales in Missouri amounted to $5.1 billion in 2003. The Missouri Recycling Economic Information Study, conducted at the Institute of Public Policy in the University of Missouri's Truman School of Public Affairs showed that employees in the industry earned more than $700 million in addition to other indirect effects such as the purchasing of goods and services from other industries.. ...

A wreck involving a 1993 Pontiac driven by William Hibbs, 34, Nevada, and a school bus driven by Richard Hacker, Nevada, occurred at 3:15 p.m., Monday, when the school bus made a left turn from Ash onto Allison in front of Hibbs car. Hibbs was taken to Nevada Regional Medical Center with disabling injuries. No injuries were reported by the students or driver on the bus. A second bus was used to transport the children on the remainder of the route...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Following an election year, the partisan rhetoric spouted by elected officials typically recedes, at least for a while, especially when one side scores major victories, as Missouri Republicans did in 2004...

Nevada Daily Mail A stabbing left one man injured outside Echo's early Sunday. According to a report from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, 28-year-old Jeremy Henderson is being held in the Vernon County Jail on charges of first degree assault and armed criminal action in connection with the incident...

* Annual Pacesetter Awards event honors area businesses, educators and individuals Nevada Daily Mail Hundreds turned out for an evening of fun, games and a tribute to excellence as the Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce honored several area businesses, educators and individuals for their contributions to the community during the past year, at the Pacesetter Awards banquet and casino night, held Saturday at the Eagles Lodge in Nevada...

Mabel A. (Demaree) McGee, 88, Nevada, died Feb. 23, 2005. Services were held at Evergreen Memorial Chapel on Feb. 28, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Jack Daniels officiating. Musical selections were "How Great Thou Art" and "The Lord's Prayer." Organist was Betty Seitz. ...

Mary L. Armitage, 91, Nevada, died Feb. 23, 2005. Services were held at the United Methodist Church on Feb. 26, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. Ralph Clark officiating. Congregational hymns were "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" and "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty." Organist was Peggy Graves. ...

Leila J. Reed, 88, Oak Grove, Mo., died Feb. 25, 2005. Services were held at Metz United Methodist Church on Feb. 28, at 11 a.m., with Randy Handly officiating. Musical selection was "Whispering Hope." Soloist was Randy Handly. Pallbearers were Denver Westerhold, Wayne Westerhold, Rodger Wikoff, Robert Morgan, Michael Shaw and Joey Geary. Interment was in Pryor Creek Cemetery in Metz. Arrangements are by Ferry Funeral Home...

Nova June Tracy, 70, Belton, Mo., died Feb. 25, 2005, at the Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. She was born June 1, 1934, in Ava, Mo., to Joseph O. Huffman and Bertha Bell Privett Huffman. She was married June 23, 1953, in Nevada, to Leland Tracy who survives of the home...

From watching our truck commercials, a creature from another planet would assume two things: 1) 93 percent of American men work on ranches -- the rest work on farms -- and 2) America has fewer paved roads than the moons of Saturn. They would also assume, of course, that American men spend most of their day searching for incredibly heavy objects to lug over rugged desert terrain, when, in fact, a more typical load would be couple of Big Macs and a Happy Meal, driven through quiet suburban neighborhoods.. ...

Special Olympics director resigns Dear editor, I'm writing this letter to inform the communities of the Southwest Area that I am resigning from the Area Director position for Special Olympics Missouri Southwest Area as of May 1. I am taking on a new adventure that is very much a personal endeavor. ...

100 years ago: New railroad line under consideration The mass meeting of citizens held last night at the Commercial Club rooms to consider the new railroad proposition was the largest and most enthusiastic gathering of citizens ever assembled in the club rooms. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Strike three and the Nevada Lady Tigers are out. After falling to the McDonald County Lady Mustangs twice during the regular season, Nevada was trying to change its fortunes in the Class 4, District 12 basketball tournament, Saturday at Carl Junction...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Sheldon Lady Panthers and Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights both moved into the Class 1, District 12 semifinal round with wins Monday at Hume. The sixth-seeded Lady Panthers beat the hosting and third-seeded Lady Hornets 38-31, using a pressing defense and a great offensive effort from sophomore Ashley Danner...

Associated Press Wide receiver David Terrell, the eighth pick in the 2001 draft, was released by the Chicago Bears as NFL teams prepared for the start of free agency Wednesday by paring veterans to get under the salary cap. Terrell was joined on the temporary unemployment line Monday by Cleveland safety Robert Griffith, 36-year-old linebacker Roman Phifer of New England, and three Atlanta defensive players who have been starters much of their careers. ...