Stories from Friday, May 20, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail More than 225 people attended the Health Fair sponsored by Nevada Regional Medical Center and Nevada Medical Clinic Saturday May 14. Local physicians and other health care providers, 47 of them, were on hand to provide screenings, consultations and educational materials...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Ambulance District is observing the 32nd annual Emergency Services Week May 15 - 21 by placing 277 crosses along the intersection of Osage and Walnut. The crosses represent the 277 alcohol related deaths in Missouri in 2003. Five of the crosses are larger and are painted blue to represent the five people who died in Vernon County...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Monday, at 8 a.m., there'll be traffic of a different sort on Austin and along a course around the Square in Nevada. It's the 20th anniversary Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Nevada police officers will be joining officers from around the state in the Torch Run, which begins May 23. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Hume R-8 Superintendent Ryan Huff suggested to members of the board of education that they consider increasing the base salary of the district's teachers, during a regular meeting on Wednesday. He suggested the increase should be $500, the increase would be covered by increases in local and state budgets projected for fiscal year 2005. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Social Studies department at Sheldon presented a Living History display on Tuesday in the school's gym. Students in the seventh grade social studies, eighth grade early American history, high school modern American history, American government, and world history classes participated in the after-hours activity...

Richard LeRoy Lute, 78, Nevada, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at his home in Nevada. He was born June 13, 1926, in Cawker City, Kan., to Everett L. Lute and Ruth Florence Welch Lute. He married Dimple May Purvis on June 26, 1946, in Appleton City, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Leona Violet Parker, 79, Fort Scott, Kan., died early Thursday, May 19, 2005. Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Sue Willis, of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Suzanne Michelle Peel, Fort Scott, Kan.; four grandchildren; and three brothers-in-law and three sisters-in-law. In addition to her husband, James Parker, she was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Eva McHolland...

Charles N. Daniels, 50, Lamar, formerly of Farlington, Kan., died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at his home in Lamar. He was born April 7, 1955, in Nevada, to N.B. "Doc" and Wanda Lee (Wyckoff) Daniels. He was a self-employed fence builder and a member of the Deerfield Baptist Church...

The Bushwhacker factor Dear editor: Ahhhh, spring! Blooming flowers, growing gardens, high school proms, and just around the corner ... Bushwhacker Days! I attended this annual celebration for a couple of years after I moved to Nevada but have since become aware and disturbed about the meaning of the term "bushwhacker."...

Excerpts from editorials from newspapers throughout the world, on current events, from the Associated Press London Times, on Russian influence in Uzbekistan: Russia is behaving as if nothing outrageous has happened in Uzbekistan, and as if the progress of the past 15 years had not happened. ...

100 years ago: "Katy" traffic is tied up VINITA, I.T. -- About 25 yards of the Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad track was washed out at White Oak creek, 5 miles south of here yesterday morning. The heavy rainfall early yesterday morning has caused all the streams in this section to overflow and more washouts are expected. Train service over the "Katy" is entirely blocked from the south...

Nevada Daily Mail The Senior Golf League held a golf tournament Tuesday. The format of the tournament allowed all golfers in a foursome to use the longest drive for each hole, providing a different experience for many of those involved. In the tournament there were two flights...

Nevada senior Eric Atkinson signs a letter of intent to high jump for the Pittsburg State track team beginning in the fall. Atkinson signed the letter at a ceremony Thursday in the high school library with his parents Bill and Lori Atkinson sitting at his side and some of Atkinson's high school coaches standing behind him. ...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Just a few weeks after compiling an 8.31 ERA for Class-A High Desert, Leo Nunez found himself facing two of the toughest hitters in the American League -- with runners at second and third. Completely poised, the 21-year-old Nunez first struck out Melvin Mora, who hit two home runs the night before. Then he coaxed a harmless fly ball out of Miguel Tejada, who had 150 RBIs last year and was on an 11-game hitting streak...

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA -- Brett Myers is earning respect around the National League. Pat Burrell had three hits and two RBIs, and Myers had another solid outing, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday...