Stories from Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Nevada Daily Mail The first day of school is just around the corner, and the back-to-school shopping season will once again get a boost Aug. 4-6, with the statewide sales tax holiday. Legislators first OK'd the sales tax holiday in 2004, to give consumers a break when it comes to getting all those back-to-school needs like supplies and clothing. The Missouri Sales Tax Holiday became an annual event with legislation passed in the 2005 Legislative Session...

On Friday, dozens of area residents turned out to take part in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life to raise funds for cancer research and to join in the fun of a night under the stars. Joining in the effort were several local teams committed to making a difference, and entertainers donating their time and talent to help make the event a memorable occasion in Nevada. ...

Nevada Daily Mail During a regular meeting of the Nevada City Council slated to begin at 6 o'clock tonight, in council chambers, inside the city's public safety building at Ash and Austin, the council plans to consider repealing a section of the city's personnel ordinances that reads, "Employees of the City of Nevada will not be appointed or retained on the basis of their political activity. ...

Nevada Daily Mail TUCSON -- Vernon County People for Pets, Inc., Nevada, recently has joined other animal welfare organizations in the area who list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com, the oldest and largest database of adoptable animals on the Internet. The site currently has more than 201,000 homeless pets listed, and it is updated continuously...

Korey and Keri Yount, Liberal, Mo., and Maci are proud to annouce the birth of their son and brother, Hunter Lee Yount. Hunter was born at 10:14 a.m., July 30, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches...

Freda B. Hunsaker, age 87, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, July 30, 2006, at the Pittsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Feb. 5, 1919, in Richards, Mo., the daughter of Lewis Hamlett and Emma Gull Hamlett. She married John Bloom on Dec. 23, 1939. They later divorced. She then married James Arthur "Art" Hunsaker on Feb. 10, 1963. He preceded her in death in 1982...

James Alfred Fulton, 59, Chesapeake, Va., passed away on July 26, 2006. He was born in Clinton, Mo., to the late James and Dorothy Steeber Fulton. He was a member of the Oaklette United Methodist Church in Chesapeake. Mr. Fulton is survived by his wife of 29 years, Lauretta Godfrey Fulton; one daughter, Laura Elizabeth Fulton; and two sons, Lawrence James Fulton and Lance Paul Fulton; one stepson, Ray Wayne Owens Jr.; one sister, Sharon B. ...

Larry Dale "Abe" Abraham, age 55, of Nevada, Mo., died Friday, July 28, 2006, at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler, Mo. He was born April 4, 1951, to Leo Joseph and Etta Louise Wisdom Abraham in Clinton, Mo. Larry, one of four children, grew up in the Ballard, Mo., community where he attended grade school and graduated from Ballard High School in 1969. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail WICHITA, Kan. -- Shawn Taylor hit a two-run homer to help spark a rally from four down and the Nevada Griffons pulled away from the Chillicothe Mudcats late for a 12-6 victory in the second round of the National Baseball Congress World Series Saturday...