Stories from Tuesday, May 3, 2005

Nevada Daily Mail The Hume R-8 school board certified election results and named new officers during a meeting conducted April 13. Jeff Thompson, Matt Brooks and Stacey Swickhamer read the oath of office and were sworn in as new board members. Ralph Franklin was nominated as board president, and elected to the post by a vote of five in favor, one abstaining...

Children listen as children's librarian Martha Bledsoe reads "31 Uses for a Mom." Children also discussed Mother's Day, and the many things moms do, during preschool story time at the Nevada Public Library Tuesday morning.

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- During debate on the state court system's budget last week, the Senate judiciary chairman said a major restructuring of Missouri's system to ensure judicial resources are allocated more effectively is long overdue...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Voters in the special water district election June 7 are going to be trying out a new voting system in one of the precincts. Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach says the company offered the use of the machine for a free trial...

Joseph Oliver Allison, 86, of Nevada died on Friday, April 29, 2005. Services were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church on May 2, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Anthony Pileggi officiating. Organist was Gwen Schoolcraft. Musical selections were "Oh God Our Help in Ages Past" and "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say." Canter was Susan McBeth. ...

In an advertisement for a much-hyped TV movie, a character exclaims that signs indicate, "The End Days Are Here!" I'm inclined to agree, especially after seeing a story about how people are now buying bottled water for dogs. I don't want to disparage the palates of my canine readers -- or the owners who buy the water -- but my experience indicates that dogs are not, shall we say, gourmets...

I recently had some software that wasn't performing as I'd hoped. There was a monthly service fee to use the service and I called them to cancel (not a locally-owned service). The operator asked why I was canceling the service and I told him that the software was not performing the one function I wanted it to perform...

100 years ago: Girl called as Christian Church pastor RAMSEY, Ill. -- Miss Myrtie B. Parker, the girl evangelist who held a successful meeting here last fall has been called as pastor of the Christian church here. She is now a student in Eureka College...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers found out Monday just how much timing can make a difference in a baseball game. Often on the diamond it is when you have the hits and when you commit the errors that means more than just the sheer quantity of each...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jason White, the former Oklahoma quarterback passed over in the NFL draft, won't be invited back to the Kansas City Chiefs' mini-camp. White, who won the Heisman Trophy as a junior in 2003, got the news Sunday from coach Dick Vermeil at the end of a three-day tryout for rookies. He had been competing with seventh-round draft choice James Kilian of Tulsa for a possible spot with the Chiefs, who already have three veteran quarterbacks on the roster...

Associated Press CINCINNATI -- Jim Edmonds considered bunting, then changed his mind and hit a three-run homer. John Mabry just tried to put the ball in play, but put it over the center-field wall for the go-ahead runs. The greatest ninth-inning comeback in St. Louis Cardinals history was made of odd moments...

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Twins pitcher Juan Rincon, who emerged last season as one of baseball's top setup men, became the highest-profile violator of Major League Baseball's new policy on performance-enhancing drugs. Rincon was suspended Monday for 10 days after testing positive for an undisclosed substance, the fifth player to be suspended this season...