Stories from Friday, March 25, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Both boys and girls basketball uniforms were stolen from the Hume high school gymnasium last month after someone broke in through the back door, but Hume R-8 Superintendent Ryan Huff said that no additional information was available on the theft...

Charie Clark and Atticus visit residents at the Silver Oak senior living center in Nevada on Wednesday. The two are participants in the University of Missouri Extension Wonderful Animals Giving Support program. Participants bring their pets to lift the spirits of those who do not have access to animals and can benefit from the interaction...

n Fifteen classic books about freedom will support community programs. Nevada Daily Mail WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced that it has awarded free copies of 15 classic books from the We the People Bookshelf, with four also offered in Spanish, to 500 school and local libraries throughout the country, including Sheldon High School and eight other locations in Missouri...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Although today people might think pizza is as American as apple pie the truth is the savory treat has a history that crosses continents and the millennia. The first American pizzeria started in New York City in 1905. Gennaro Lombardi opened a pizzeria using a coal-fired oven. Today Lombardi's is still open and, although it has changed hands, uses the same recipe and the same ultra-hot (900 degree) oven to make their pizzas...

A cast and crew of more than 100 people will join with Jeremy Fast, as Jesus, to present "Triumphant Love" tonight and Saturday at the First Baptist Church, 301 E. Highland. Doors for the eighth annual production will open at 6:15 p.m. for the marketplace with the performance starting at 7 p.m. Admission is free but reservations are required. Child care is available by reservation. More photos, Page 5...

Kellie McClure, Nevada, is proud to announce the birth of her son, Kolby Jackson McClure. Kolby was born at 7:26 p.m., on March 17, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 19.75 inches. Maternal grandparents are Berry and Teresa McClure of Nevada. Maternal great-grandparents are Jr. and Shirley Wait of Nevada and Merle McClure of Pittsburg, Kan...

Travis and Sarah Olson, Springfield, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kailey Elizabeth Olson. Kailey was born at 2:48 p.m. on March 21, 2005, at Cox South, in Springfield. She weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 20 inches long. Paternal grandparents are Douglas and Lillie Olson, Nevada. Maternal grandparents are Robert and Connie Palmer, Nevada...

Missourians who want to be clear about their desires for medical care if they become incapacitated should make those wishes known through advance directives, Attorney General Jay Nixon and the Missouri End of Life Coalition said today. Advance directives can help families avoid anguish, such as that being experienced by the family of Terri Schiavo in Florida, by spelling out exactly what treatments you do or do not want if you are unable to communicate your wishes...

After 17 years of newspaper journalism, it takes a lot for a story to make me cry. It's horrible, the stuff you hear at work. Reporters put up walls to keep from being hurt by all the abused children and spouses, dead soldiers, house fires and fatal accidents our readers expect to learn about from us. There's a lot of gallows humor in newsrooms...

I was planning to write this column yesterday, but ran out of space. I was going to talk about the NCAA Tournament, but since Oklahoma State lost yesterday ending my hopes at winning any polls, I am no longer in the mood. Besides, when I came into the office this morning and checked the wires, I found a story about how Mark McGwire may not be elected to the Hall of Fame because of steroid rumors...

Associated Press NEW YORK -- Mark McGwire could be shut out from the Hall of Fame because of baseball's swirling steroids scandal, heightened by the slugger's refusal to answer specific questions about performance-enhancing drugs before Congress, an Associated Press survey showed...

Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Joe McEwing signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals and was invited to spring training Tuesday, five days after being released by the New York Mets. The 32-year-old McEwing was hitting .133 this spring (2-for-15) when he was given the option of staying and working out with the Mets or being released outright. He opted to be released...

100 years ago: Robbery takes place at downtown meat market Thieves who gave evidence of unusual skill and daring visited the J.K. Hill meat market on the north side of the Square last night, and they received abundant "pay for their work." Who did the work and when it was done is absolutely unknown, there being not the slightest clue to the scoundrels, nor did any one hear them at work so noiselessly did they execute their well laid plans...