Stories from Sunday, January 7, 2007

By Lynn A. Wade Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- The Interstate 49 International Coalition has been working for years to coordinate efforts in several states toward the goal of an interstate highway from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada -- a north-south corridor offering economic development to cities along it and a quicker, more appealing freight and tourism route to those who would use it...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- The USD 235 Board of Education has a series of three closed sessions scheduled for their regular monthly meeting on Monday. On the agenda for the meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Monday, in the Uniontown Junior Senior High School commons area, 601 Fifth St., is an executive session in which board members will conduct an annual evaluation of USD 235 Superintendent Randy Rockhold and his job performance during the past year...

n School board plans recognition of the honor at upcoming board meeting; sale of old middle school is also on the agenda. By Brett Dalton Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- The Fort Scott USD 234 Board of Education will discuss several issues during its first regular meeting of 2007 on Monday at the BOE office, 424 S. Main St...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald- Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- For J.J. Spears and Candice Wyatt of Fort Scott, the new year started off with the arrival of an 8-pound bundle of joy; the first baby born in Fort Scott in 2007. Aliziegh Marie Spears was born shortly after 8 a.m. ...

Nevada, Mo. -- Jo Ann Scotten checks in Friday afternoon with Taylor Evans and Delia McQuay to judge the annual Nevada Forensics Festival held at Nevada High School Friday and Saturday. This year's festival attracted 11 schools from southwest and south central Missouri: Ozark, Monett, Carl Junction, Webb City, Neosho, Carthage, McDonald County, Lamar, Waynesville and College Heights. ...

Nevada, Mo. -- Police and firefighters responded to the Nevada Public Library, 218 W. Walnut, Nevada, early Friday afternoon, to determine what had set off a fire alarm in the building. Workers inside said they could smell smoke, and that an alarm had sounded, but couldn't locate the source of the smoke, which seemed most evident in the front corner of the library...

Shirley E. Bagley, 80, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 8, 1926, in Kansas City, Mo., to Roy F. McIntire and Madge Fenema McIntire. She married William H. Bagley on March 12, 1954, in Kansas City, Mo., and he preceded her in death on July 15, 1998...

Chris Griffin and Kelly Nordyke, Hume, and Jaaron are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Jaenea Michelle Griffin. Jaenea was born on Dec. 29, 2006, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 19.5 inches...

Hi neighbors. What's in your planner? With the new year comes a need for a new calendar for the wall, another one for the refrigerator door and one for the desktop. Don't forget the ever popular "clutch purse" of the modern man and woman; the calendar/planner/datebook/addressbook/ notebook/businesscard holder with calculator and ink pen included...

In his 1863 Annual Report of the Military Activities in the Department of the Missouri, General- in-Chief of the Union Armies, General Henry W. Halleck, accurately described the most common type of enemy in Missouri that raised havoc against the "Billy Yanks" throughout the entire Civil War as follows: " A large part of the military force in the Department of the Missouri has been employed during the past year in repelling raids and in repressing guerrilla bands of robbers and murders who have come within our lines or been organized in the country. ...

That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its operation, or making any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities, can be enacted. -- Missouri Constitution, Article I, Section 13. It is those five word in the middle, "or retrospective in its operation," that have received considerable attention in recent months. ...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune ERIE, Kan. -- Both of Uniontown's basketball teams had trouble keeping possession of the ball in a non-league doubleheader Friday night, allowing host Erie to post a sweep. Erie's girls won the opener, 55-40, to remain undefeated on the season while Red Devil boys took the nightcap, 71-44...

By Joe Warren Herald-Tribune CARTHAGE, Mo. -- A 16-0 run to start the fourth quarter and a big advantage on the boards led the Nevada Lady Tigers over the Carl Junction Lady Bulldogs, 53-39, in Carthage Lady Tiger Invitational play Friday. Jordan Webb scored the first five points of the final period, then Kristen Badgley and Amanda Wilson dropped consecutive threes to get the rally started and the Lady Tigers controlled the rest of the way...

Herald-Tribune The Bronaugh Wildcats and Sheldon Panthers each posted boys-girls doubleheader sweeps Friday. Bronaugh hosted Montrose in Golden Valley/Vernon County Conference play. The Wildcat boys bounced the Blue Jays 58-51. Josh Modlin scored 26 points, including four long-range bombs to lead all scorers. Nick Judd added 16 for the Wildcats, as they overcame the Montrose duo of Tony Engeman and Luke Gengler, who combined for 31 points...

Herald-Tribune It started out ugly and got uglier. The Cottey Comets were manhandled by the fifth-ranked North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates Friday, 94-45. North Central jumped out to a 43-17 halftime lead, then didn't let up as they used a focused effort to avenge a loss to the Comets in last season's Region 16 playoffs...

Herald-Tribune The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade boys won their own tournament, starting the season 3-0. The Tigers beat Webb City in the championship game Friday at the Nevada Middle School gymnasium, 46-34. Andrew Bryson led Nevada with 18 points, and Kyle Banes added 12 in the winning effort...

From the joy of the summer of 1966 to the despair of two summers later. I still look back on 1968 as the summer without baseball. Well, without as much baseball, anyway. My beloved Athletics were gone off to Oakland. Yeah, Oakland. I've long harbored a festering loathing of that locale. And it was due to Oakland that I was just as depressed late in '68 as I was in April when there was no Opening Day...

As 2006 went out and the new year was rung in, several guys we know received a GPS for Christmas and were trying to figure them out. New technology has given the outdoorsman a tool that enhances a lot of outdoor activities. For anyone who spends much time outdoors, chances are there is a GPS in their future. GPS stands for Global Position System...