Stories from Friday, July 1, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Parks Board does not want the voters who approved the one-half cent park and recreation sales tax to have to wait for six or seven years to use the new community center that is the centerpiece of the projects to be funded by the tax...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Earl Ackley, Nevada Senior Center coordinator, opened the anniversary ceremony at the Nevada Senior Center Thursday, thanking the past and present city council and the past and present parks boards for their support of the senior center; all of the donors to the center as well as the voters who voted for the sales tax...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A motion for summary judgment has been filed in the case brought by Joe Kraft against Craig Hubler alleging that Hubler violated Missouri's Sunshine Law. Hubler's lawyer, Robert Jester, Kansas City, argued that the facts of the case are the same as a case H & M Demolition brought against the city, which the city won...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Members of the Vernon County 4-H Shooting Sports trap shooting team faced heavy winds and threatening weather when the Youth Fair shotgun competition got underway at 6:30 Thursday evening, June 30, at the Sheldon Trap Range...

Marla G. Collins, 48, Nevada, died June 29, 2005, in Springfield. Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 2, at Fairmount United Methodist Church in Independence, Mo. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Fund, 6700 Antioch Road, Suite 100, Merriam, KS 66204...

Adda M. Emery, age 92, passed away on the morning of June 29, 2005, at the Oak Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Oak Grove, Mo., after a prolonged bout with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born the third of six children to Nathan David Smith Brown and Mary Elizabeth Susan Simmons on Saturday, Sept. ...

Diana Lee Faith, 73, Kansas City, formerly of Nevada, died Monday, June 27, 2005, at Blue River Care Center, Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 1, 1932, in Cushing, Okla., to Joseph D. Stone and Norene Coyle Stone. Diana was born in Cushing, Okla., raised in Kansas City, Mo., and graduated from Nevada High School in 1949. ...

Chief retires with many fond memories Dear editor: Today upon his retirement as fire chief, my husband, concluded 28 years of service to this community. My children and I would like to take this opportunity to publicly say "Job well done." His devotion to service has truly been an inspiration. ...

Don't you hate those overly eager beavers at work? You invite them to lunch and they say, "Oh, no! I'm too busy for lunch! I don't know how YOU find the time." Or you're packing up at quitting time, and they're monitoring your departure. "Leaving already?" they say. "OK, well, have a good night. I've still got a few hours left."...

The Nevada Griffons recently held a baseball/softball camp for 46 local youth sponsored by Nevada Regional Medical Center. The two-day camp was held at Lyons Stadium June 3 and June 10. The campers were divided into four age groups and worked with current Griffons players on batting, throwing, catching and running skills. A graduation ceremony was held June 15 between the Griffons' doubleheader with El Dorado, Kan. The four age groups were ages 4-6 (bottom); grades 1-2 (top);...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons dropped yet another close game Thursday as they were swept by the Wichita Twins 4-3, in Wichita. The Twins had won the first two games of the three-game series Wednesday in a doubleheader. The Griffons dropped to 15-13 overall with the loss, 8-13 in the Jayhawk League...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- For at least one game, the Colorado Rockies looked ready for the road. Rookie Jeff Francis pitched three-hit ball for six innings and Garrett Atkins and Danny Ardoin homered Thursday night in a 7-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that gave the Rockies only their sixth road victory of the season...

Associated Press DENVER -- Linas Kleiza, acquired by the Nuggets in a draft-day trade, acknowledges he has detractors but the former Missouri star says that won't stop him going all-out to make the team. "I can't think about what I can't control," Kleiza said on a visit to Denver Thursday. "I can control how hard I work in workouts and drills and doing what it takes."...

**100 years ago: AD: Grand fire-works display ... If you want to celebrate on the fourth, get your fireworks early. We have the largest line in Nevada. Parrish's Book Store. Hammock weather? Well, yes -- we have them. **75 years ago: Dr. Dyer to speak here Monday night...