Stories from Wednesday, December 3, 2003

There's no better time than the day before Thanksgiving -- the fattiest holiday of them all -- to talk about Americans' food-related insanity. I'll admit, I'm part of the problem. There's a terrible hoarding instinct I must battle at all times. It's what tells me to take three deviled eggs, because if I just take one, the other 200 might be gone by the time I get back...

Recently, during 4-H Recognition Night, the Leonard Ernsbarger Community Service Award, sponsored by the Nevada Daily Mail, was awarded to Clayton Clark. It is special to me, as a retired 4-H youth specialist to have this 4-H award named in my honor. It was also an honor to me to personally make the presentation...

100 Years Ago -- December 3, 1903 The Union Water & Light Company received two immense boilers and fixtures from Dayton, Ohio today. Superintendent Donohue had them transferred to the electric powerhouse. Donohue also says that after the new boilers are placed, the light plant and water plant are to be consolidated. The water powerhouse will be shut down, the pumping machinery moved to the electric powerhouse building...

Kathy Rahe was resting in her Illinois home when her son, U.S. Army Specialist Clint Rahe appeared almost as if from nowhere -- home from Iraq on a surprise Thanksgiving visit. "She said she laughed, she cried, she laughed some more," reported Ruth Frazee of Nevada, Clint Rahe's grandmother...

A building formerly owned by Nevada Regional Medical Center was moved out-of-town Tuesday morning, and while moving the home west along Austin Boulevard, the crews had to take special care to clear utility wires. Tilton and Sons, a specialty transportation company was hired to move the building from 812 S. ...

It's that time of year again. As people become filled with holiday spirit and erect their Christmas trees there is an unseen danger lurking within its emerald boughs --the heightened risk of fire. The National Fire Protection Association, on it's Web site, report that during the 1999 holiday season there were 370 Christmas tree fires which resulted in 5 deaths, 60 injuries and $15.7 million in property damage...

The University of Missouri Delta Research Center will host the annual Bootheel Irrigation Conference and Trade Show in Portageville, Mo., on Monday, Dec. 15, with all of the conference presentations broadcast to the Nevada TeleCenter. Presentations and workshops with irrigation specialists and others start at 8 a.m. and continue until mid-afternoon...

Local celebrities Lindsey Webb, Molly Ferree, Ben Compton, Ashley Norman and Blythe Holland portray more well known celebrities Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Princess Diana and Tom Ridge at the 2003 eighth grade wax museum. ...

EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. -- A big third quarter fueled a 54-50 Nevada win over rival El Dorado Springs on Tuesday. After a first half of point-blank misses and foul trouble, the taller Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Bulldogs 22-12 in the third period to erase a 25-23 halftime deficit...

Mike Moore, 2003 Nevada High School graduate, receives his all-state plaque from Nevada High School athletics director Kevin J. McKinley. Moore, a member of the Tulane University cross country team, was unable to attend the award ceremonies at the NHS Alumni Golf Tournament earlier this fall...

Calvary Christian's boys basketball team claimed its first win of the season. The Eagles topped Christian School of Springfield's junior varsity 59-54 at the Nevada YMCA on Monday. Calvary Christian earned the victory with a fourth-quarter edge. The two teams were tied at 42 after the third period...

Tuesday night the Nevada City Council put the Cypress Grove Apartment development back on track when they gave preliminary approval to a second amendment to the sale agreement for the Ozark Building. The amended agreement contains several significant changes that Nevada City Manager Craig Hubler told the council will make the agreement simpler and provide more protection for the city...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- In the 57th annual Carthage Invitational the Nevada Tigers (seeded no. 3) opened up tournament play by holding off the Carl Junction Bulldogs (seeded no. 6) with a 66-62 victory. Nevada head basketball coach John McNeley was very pleased with his team's performance...

Cottey College was soundly defeated 70-45 by Neosho County Community College on Tuesday. However, the 25-point margin was a considerable improvement over a 46-point defeat earlier in the season to the powerful Lady Panthers. Neosho only led 26-20 at the half, but turned up the heat after the intermission, outscoring the Comets 44-25...

Etna Mae Stone Gransbury, 75, Nevada, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo., following an illness of several weeks. She was born on July 16, 1928, in McCook, Neb., to Charley Milton Thornley and Joanna Etna Bailey Thornley. She married Dick Stone on Oct. 20, 1945, in McCook, Neb. He preceded her in death on Jan. 9, 1984. She then married Arthur Gransbury in 1985 in Nevada, Mo. He preceded her in death on Nov. 17, 1995...