Stories from Friday, April 15, 2005

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Although the Senate overwhelmingly approved a major rewrite of Missouri's education funding formula on Thursday, some lawmakers worry they are making a promise to public schools they won't be able to keep, since the bill lacks a funding source to pay for the changes...

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY -- Statewide officials including Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder spoke Monday at a ceremony marking the beginning of National Crime Victims' Rights Week 2005 designated April 10-16. The event began at noon at the first floor rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol Building...

Nevada Daily Mail Producers who suffered at least a 35 percent loss in production on 2003 or 2004 crops, due to adverse weather conditions, are eligible for disaster payments. Eligible crops are all insurable crops in the county: wheat, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, double crop soybeans, barley, oats, and popcorn. ...

By Laurie Wade Nevada Daily Mail It takes more than 3,000 pop tabs to fill a 1-gallon container. Clayton Cavanaugh knows this for a fact because he's been collecting pop tabs since he became a resident of the Medicalodge of Nevada. He can't share exactly how many it takes -- residents are having a contest involving guessing how many it takes to fill a jug...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail The First Christian Church, on the corner of Austin Boulevard and Washington Street in Nevada, will present the Collingsworth Family performing at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 17. "This is one of the evangelistic events we have throughout the year," explained First Christian Church executive secretary Ellen Balk...

James Leslie Merideth, 91, formerly of Yucaipa, Calif., died Thursday, April 14, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. He was born Nov. 13, 1913, in Columbia, Mo., the son of Eugene and Willy Mae (Baumgartner) Merideth. He is survived by his wife, Florence Shiley-Merideth, Nevada; one daughter, Leslie Carroll (Merideth) Bartlett, rural Vernon County; brothers, Charles and George, of Columbia, Mo., and Joe B., Billy M., and Jack Merideth of southern California; and sister, Maxine (Johnson) in Columbia, Mo.. ...

Sharon Lorraine Lewis, 53, Nevada, died Thursday, April 14, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born Dec. 27, 1951, in Riverside, Calif., the daughter of Walter Grover Grandstaff and Mary Genevieve Edwards Grandstaff...

OK. Let's start at the beginning. A few years ago we remodeled the kitchen of our half-century-old house. Before the renovation, the kitchen had its original pink metal cabinets and linoleum on the floor that defied description. The new kitchen, of course, got all the modern conveniences: new appliances, light switches that turned things on and off, electrical outlets, oodles of countertop space and a breakfast bar under the window that overlooks our backyard secret garden with two bird feeders...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: April 9 The Des Moines (Iowa) Register, on Pope John Paul II: At St. Peter's Basilica, millions of people waited hours this week to view the body of Pope John Paul II. Those who couldn't travel to Rome paid their respects where they could .....

100 years ago: Oil and gas development takes place in Liberal The Liberal, Mo., Commercial Club which has been in correspondence with President Pierson of the Nevada Gas, Oil and Asphalt Company has signified its acceptance of a proposition from the company to put down a well in that locality. All that Liberal has to do, says the Enterprise, is to buy, or see that someone buys 10,000 shares of stock in said company at 10 cents a share and the drilling will be done...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Coming off three consecutive one-run losses, the Nevada Tiger baseball team decided not to tempt fate a fourth time as they pounded Butler Thursday, 16-6. The game started out looking like it would come down to the wire as after three innings of play the score was tied at three...

The Mokan Longhorns won first place at the 12-and-under Strafford tournament April 9-10 to qualify for the state tournament in July. The Longhorns are: (Front row, left to right) Matt Carillo, Josh Durosette, Spencer Scotten, Cory Kerbs, Dylan Ludwig (Back row) coach Bob Kerbs, Trent Yarsulik, Alex Christensen, Griffin Knopp, Caleb Simpson, Taylor Scotten and assistant coach Troy Scotten. Not pictured is Kyle Banes. The state tournament is July 2-3 in Joplin...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada junior varsity golf team beat Girard, Kan., Thursday in a dual competition at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course in Nevada. The Tigers carded a 196 nine-hole team score, beating Girard by 17 strokes. Brandon Davis led Nevada with a 45 and David Cavener shot a 46...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jamie Moyer doesn't want his Seattle Mariners teammates getting too excited after sweeping the Kansas City Royals. Moyer pitched seven strong innings for his 12th victory in 20 career decisions against the Royals as the Mariners completed a three-game sweep with a 10-2 win Thursday...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday agreed to terms with linebacker Quinton Caver. The 6-foot-4, 241-pound free agent signed a one-year contract, team president Carl Peterson said in a news release. No further details of the agreement were announced...

There was a Tae Kwon Do tournament held at the Nevada YMCA on March 26. Winning medals and shown with the local instructors were: (Front) Braughan Morrison (Middle row, left to right) instructor Devon Hooe, Christa Malan, Angel Sanders and instructor Lee Ogle (Back row) Anthony Palmer, Justin Fleming, Billy Evans, Wes Osburn and Andre Malan. Not pictured was Ben Cartmill. There were about 60 participants in the tournament...