Stories from Thursday, March 3, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Herald The Nevada Community Center needs a lot of work, and to bring it up to current standards will reduce the available space in the meeting area. "To make the restrooms ADA accessible will take a lot of the west meeting room," Carol Branham, parks and recreation director, said during a special parks board meeting Tuesday evening...

Nevada Daily Mail The annual Women's Symposium, March 5, in the Haidee and Allen Center for the Arts, Cottey College, will be a great opportunity for women to relax and network with one another, and to hear inspiring messages on women of success in unusual venues, said symposium chair Sharon Didden...

Children at the Nevada Public Library got a treat during story time Wednesday as Martha Bledsoe brought stories to life as she baked bread for the group, raised and cooked in a bread machine used for the occasion. As the children sat close around watching, Bledsoe held up various forms of bread, highlighting the theme for the day. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department released its annual report last week detailing numbers of various types of incidents for the past year. The department handled 45,945 calls during 2004, down slightly from 2003. Of those calls, 5,442 were 911 calls and that number is up slightly. Officers traveled 211,769 miles patrolling city streets in 3004...

Actors from the Community Council on the Performing Arts prepare for the opening of this weekend's play. Sitting at left is Edi Gragg, who plays Mildred, sitting at right is Lynn Ewing, who plays George, standing at left is Debbi Scotten, portraying Ethel, and standing at right is Mike Besses, playing Humphrey. The British comedy, "While the Cat's Away," will show this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Fox Playhouse in Nevada. Show times are 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday...

Mary Ferne Fox, 88, Nevada, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Ida E. Smith, 88, rural Rich Hill, died March 1, 2005, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. She was born April 14, 1916, in Limeville, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas Mason and Nellie May (Lewis) Laughlin. She spent most of her life in the Lawrence, Kan., area, moving to Rich Hill four years ago...

This past week has given me many different experiences that point out the varied gifts of life. First, we were saddened by the death of Mary Armitage. She was an inspiration to many people, and certainly was to me. We knew her when we lived here in Vernon County in the 50s/60s when she and Everett were in business on the square. ...

All kinds of animals Dear editor: Steve Moyer's going on about ELF and ALF in his last column has me thinking that the solution to it all is to create ARF, Animal Rearmament Front, after Buchman's Moral Rearmament of 1938 that's still going with the motto, "Up With People!"...

100 years ago: Wilson sentenced to four years in cattle stealing case Judge Shafer reconvened Circuit Court at the usual hour this morning and the trial of the case of the state vs. Dennis Wilson was resumed. The state closed its case with several witnesses who testified to material against the defendant. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Playing with as many as four sophomores on the court at one time, the Sheldon Lady Panthers upset the Montrose Lady Blue Jays 23-18 Wednesday, advancing to the district championship game. Led by sophomores Ashley Danner and Jerri Moore, along with key play from lone senior Jessie Moore, the Lady Panthers overcame a one-point half to get the win...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights were looking for their 20th win of the season Wednesday, and a date in the Class 1, District 12 championship game. They were also looking for an upset over top-seeded Drexel. But the Lady Bobcats had other plans, as they defeated the Lady Knights 65-35 in Hume, ending the season for NEVC...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets ended their season Tuesday with a 60-40 loss to hosting North Central Missouri College in the first round of the NJCAA Region 16 tournament. Shelley Rennison scored all 19 of her points in the first half as North Central took a 41-20 halftime lead...

Associated Press The Washington Redskins did it again, jumping Wednesday to sign the first free agent of the season. But the Baltimore Ravens landed the biggest prize of the first day of free agency, signing wide receiver Derrick Mason, whose 96 catches for Tennessee last season led all NFL wide receivers...