Stories from Thursday, April 22, 2004

Sometimes we get so concerned with all the bad news in the papers and on television that we forget that this is the BAD news. We need to look more often at the GOOD news. I heard this morning on a talk show that the parent of one of the students who was killed at Columbine is involved in speaking about starting a chain reaction of kindness. ...

Caroline C. Johnson, 92, Nevada, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a brief illness. She was born March 20, 1912, in Corleone, Italy, to the late Ben and Bernice Milone. She was married Feb. 14, 1950 in Springdale, Ark., to Emil J. Johnson. He preceded her in death Nov. 10, 1969...

Charles Heckadon, 73, Willamina, Ore., died April 12, 2004, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, in Portland, Ore. He was 73. He was born Sept. 14, 1930, in Rich Hill, Mo., son of Andrew Joseph and Luella Josephine Campbell Heckadon. He was raised in the Midwest before joining the Navy in 1952. He served four years, including duty during the Korean War that ended in mid-1953...

By Brian Johnson Nevada Daily Mail It just wasn't the Tigers' day. That's all that can be said as the 8-5 Tigers lost to the 5-5 Clinton Cardnails. If the first inning was any indication as to where the game was going, you knew it was going to be bad when Cardinals outfielder Josh Wiltfong got a single off an error by the Tigers short-stop...

Nevada High School will host an all comers track meet April 24 at Testman Field for area athletes 12 years old and younger. Nevada High School head track coach Robert Watts said that the meet would have open registration, with competitors divided into age groups...

By Steve Moyer and Scott Moyers Nevada Daily Mail Saying that ardent city critic Joe Kraft and his supporters have created an environment of "fear and intimidation," in her office, Nevada City Clerk Robin Fisher has announced that she will resign her post effective May 14...

Brian Johnson/Daily Mail Walker city worker Roy Foreman discusses insurance information on his cell phone Wednesday morning after the city grader he was driving caught fire on Third Street. The fire lasted 20 minutes before city firefighters extinguished the blaze. The cause of the fire was unknown. "It just started out of nowhere," Foreman said as he stood next to a Missouri State Highway patrolman...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Members of the Vernon County Chamber of Commerce joined city and county officials, the board members of the Advisory Committee of the Children's Center of West Central Missouri and other local citizen's for the official ribbon cutting. The children's center is a branch of the Joplin Children's Center and is located on the third floor of the Crowder building...

Brian Johnson/Daily Mail Nevada Middle School students who competed in the Missouri Odyssey of the Mind Association Finals in Rolla. Pictured are: Erica becker, Blair Chrisenbberry, Molly Ferree, Lindsay Rice, Megan Westerhold, Tanner Greer, Josh Lowry, Ron Johnson, Melanie Messick, Ruth Prewitt, Floyd Smith, Hayden Winter, Anthony Clausen, Kyle Hughes, Dan Lovinger, Megan Stacy, Tucker Board, George Brauer, Bailee Claypool, Taylor Edmonds, Sabrina Jones, Michael Justus and Seth Scarborough. ...