Stories from Tuesday, April 26, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Change is in the air for the Missouri National Guard -- a change that can be traced to before Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pushed for a more mobile and responsive fighting force. The changes will help National Guard units become more modern and mirror existing active units...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Wendell Bailey, former U.S. Congressman and small business owner, has been named Region Seven Advocate for the Small Business Administration. His region covers Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. Bailey was in Nevada Friday talking to small business owners about the services his office can offer them...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Ever since 1933 when Franklin Roosevelt began his presidency with a whirlwind of policy initiatives aimed at pulling the nation out of the Great Depression, new chief executives have considered accomplishments during their first 100 days in office as an unofficial benchmark of the progress of their administrations...

Nevada Daily Mail Cecil Pritchett, President of the Osage Valley Resource, Conservation & Development Council, Inc., announced today that the first meeting of a new County Council would be Wednesday, April 27, at the Nevada Country Club, beginning with a meal served at 6 p.m...

Mark and Carla Armentrout and Erin and Ella, Hume, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, John Mark Armentrout. John was born at 4:03 p.m., on April 21, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 21.5 inches. ...

Recent research confirms what scientists who are nutballs have long suspected: Animals have a sense of humor. (Bulletin to paranoids: Yes, those dogs are laughing at you.) But let's assume you're an intelligent, thoughtful reader -- quite a long shot, considering you're reading this column -- and you want to know: How can I tell if my dog has a sense of humor?...

The new Class Action Fairness Act will make it much more difficult for workers facing job discrimination and unfair pay practices to sue employers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other employer groups spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying for its passage. ...

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Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger track team had five event wins as the boys took second and the girls placed third in Saturday's Joplin Invitational. Jessica Ferree won both the 100-meter hurdles and the 300 hurdles, giving Nevada two of their three wins on the girls' side...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers tennis team was in Harrisonville for a tournament Saturday and they excelled in doubles play. The doubles team of Adam Gullett and Ethan Fast won all three of their matches to place first in the tournament, while the other Nevada doubles team of Ryan Kimbrough and Ed Horst took third...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If football fields are ever replaced by giant trampolines, the Kansas City Chiefs will have the perfect player. Not only is rookie James "Boomer" Grigsby a husky and highly enthusiastic linebacker, he also happens to be the NFL's only three-time All-American Trampoline Award champion...

Associated Press Missouri's disappointing 5-6 season last year had a happy ending for three players taken in the NFL draft, defensive tackle Atiyyah Ellison, running back Damien Nash and defensive lineman C.J. Mosley. The Carolina Panthers traded up with the Green Bay Packers to select the 6-foot-4, 303-pound Ellison in the third round with the 89th selection overall Saturday. ...

Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Just days after Linus Kleiza announced he planned to leave Missouri to enter the NBA draft, the Tigers may have found another big man to help fill the void. Chicago standout DeAndre Thomas on Monday made an oral commitment to play for the Tigers. The 6-8 center is considered one of Chicago's top recruits...

* Residents deliver tons of trash to recycling center during city-county cleanup effort. By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada-Vernon County Recycling Center bustled with activity Saturday morning as dozens of area residents took advantage of the city-county cleanup day to get rid unwanted materials,...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger golf team played Tuesday just about like it has all season, with two golfers in the high 40s and two in the low 50s. While taking on Neosho and McDonald County at Elk River Country Club, Nevada shot a 196 team score...