Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department is searching for two men in their late 20s who allegedly carjacked Shirley Brown, Nevada, and drove her to Metz before releasing her. The incident occurred approximately 6:20 a.m., Saturday, at Fastrip North as Brown was leaving the store. According to a report from the Nevada Police Department, the incident began when a black man, armed with a pistol stepped in front of Brown's car...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The flag lady, Judy Knowles, is ready to start her annual project of distributing flags to the cemetery plots of veterans and along Austin Boulevard. For seven years, Knowles has carried on the work she began after seeing that no one was decorating the graves of veterans...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As the self-proclaimed Medicaid Militia gathered on the Missouri Capitol steps on a windy but warm Friday afternoon for a funeral procession marking the "death" of state health care services for the poor, a leader of the rally walked the group through the basic rules of peaceful protest...

Spectators turned out in droves to watch the long-standing tradition of the parade of students arriving at Nevada High School's Prom on Saturday night. Students strive for the most eye-catching ride, and this year was no exception, with students pulling up to the entrance to "Paradise" in sportscars, classic cars and nearly every other imaginable sort of vehicle. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Those who serve at Nevada Regional Medical Center dedicate their lives to caring for our community. To recognize them and their commitment, NRMC joins hospitals and nursing homes across the county to celebrate National Hospital and Nursing Home Week, May 8-14...

Marcena M. True, 93, Nevada, died Monday, May 9, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following a brief illness. She was born Aug. 4, 1911, in Ketterman, Mo., in Vernon County, to James Rutledge and Myrta Frances Walker Rutledge. She was married March 19, 1933, in Nevada, to Vern C. True of Harwood. He died Dec. 22, 1987...

Amy Irene Young, the daughter of Berley Samuel and Cora Bernice Wallace Loveall, was born July 15, 1918, in Vernon County and passed away on Monday, May 9, 2005, at Christian Healthcare, at 86 years of age. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Young on Feb. ...

Velma Bell Hiestand Steward, 92, of El Dorado Springs, died in the Cedar County Memorial Hospital on Thursday, May 5, 2005, after a short illness. She was born near the Olive Branch Community in Vernon County on Oct. 29, 1912, the daughter of George H. and Bessie V. Hiestand. She married Ernest E. Steward on March 18, 1931...

Dorothy Mae Cameron, 91, of Nevada, died Friday, May 7, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born July 10, 1913, in Nevada, to Barton Jasper Racer and Edith Olive Wilson Racer. She was reared in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1931. She lived in Rich Hill and Butler for a time. She was employed at Nevada State Hospital for 9 years. She attended Pine Street Baptist Church...

Phil Banes and Sheila Gooch and Ryain and Nikki Fry, Moundville, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Gretchen Teresa Banes. Gretchen was born at 8:10 a.m., May 4, 2005. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20 inches...

Loren Joseph "Lonnie Joe" Emmerich, 67, of Holiday Lakes, Pleasanton, Kan., died Friday, May 6, 2005, at his home. He was born March 1, 1938, in Osage Beach, Mo., the son of Paul Joseph Emmerich and Lenora Ann Williams Emmerich. He married Velda Kain Lister on Feb. 11, 1968, in Independence, Mo...

Walter C. "Bud" Huppe, 84, Nevada, died May 8, 2005, at his residence following a brief illness. He was born April 21, 1921, in Longmont, Colo., to Walter C. Huppe Sr. and Florence E. Waite Huppe. He was married July 13, 1956, in Grover, Colo., to Grace J. McCoy. She survives of the home...

I have my faults -- though for the life of me I can't think of any right this minute -- but I would like to think I'm not one of the country's major sources of air pollution. And I'm not -- anymore. But a study, recently reported on CNN.com, discovered among air pollutants "unexpectedly large amounts of dandruff and flaking skin."...

100 years ago: Railroad mass meeting tonight The Railroad Committee appointed to confer with the President of the Kansas City, Nevada and Springfield Railroad held a meeting last night and are now ready to report. The committee urges every citizen interested in the welfare of the city of Nevada to meet with them at the Commercial Club room tonight at 8 sharp...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Middle School finished its track season with the Tri-County Conference meet on May 3 at Testman Field. Out of seven teams competing, Nevada's seventh-grade boys finished second, the seventh-grade girls placed fourth, the eighth-grade girls placed fourth and the eighth-grade boys placed fifth...

Nevada Daily Mail The Twilighters bowling league finished their season on April 25, after 27 weeks. Capri Bowl won the team standings, winning their final four match points to finish with 75 total points this season. Rock City Gals were second with 73 total points after winning three out of four the final week...

Associated Press TORONTO -- Josh Towers is starting to fulfill his promise. Towers won his third straight start by pitching eight strong innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the struggling Kansas City Royals on Monday night...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Short a catcher after Yadier Molina sprained his left ankle running to first, the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday recalled Mike Mahoney from Triple-A Memphis. The team designated reliever Bill Pulsipher for assignment. Pulsipher, 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA in five games, cleared waivers and said he would accept the assignment...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: April 28 The Ironton (Ohio) Tribune, on handcuffed child: What does it say about our society when a 5-year-old girl must be handcuffed by police to be controlled? And, what does it say that a Florida attorney has already announced plans to sue the St. Petersburg Police for its role in the March 14 altercation at a Florida kindergarten?...