Stories from Tuesday, July 22, 2003

West Nile Virus is here and it is here to stay. So far this year, Missouri has only experienced three confirmed cases of West Nile: a bird in St. Charles County, a horse in McDonald County and a crow in Kansas City, according to a Missouri Department of Agriculture press release. ...

The sky's the limit, literally, for two Nevada brothers. Andy and Bill Haddan, self-confessed airplane junkies. They come by their interest honestly --their uncle and their grandfather had an aviation business that mostly involved military type aircraft. ...

The Nevada Griffons concluded the regular season with a split of a weekend series at Lyons Stadium. On Saturday, the Griffons pummeled Chillicothe 16-4, then on Sunday, suffered a narrow 5-4 defeat to the Parkville Sluggers. The non-league split left the Griffons with a 29-19 overall record, heading into the NBC Midwest Regional at El Dorado, Kan., on Thursday. ...

100 Years Ago -- July 22, 1903 The City Council held their regular semi-monthly meeting last night. Mayor Wight presiding and all of the city fathers being present as follows: Decman, Faurote, Godrey, Jones, Moss, Reed, Schnatterly, Smith, Symns and Williams. ...

I once heard that saying goodbye can be one of the hardest things we will ever do in our lives. That sometimes it can take years to overcome our struggles of a sudden loss of a loved one. It's been six years for me. Six years since cancer unexpectedly took the life of my grandmother, Joan. ...