Stories from Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Local residents take advantage of clear, warm weather for a favorite summer activity -- fishing. This pair of anglers were at Walton Park on Friday, hoping for a good catch.

Nevada resident visits Louisiana military base Editor's note: This is a first-hand account of Dr. Ron Jones' recent visit to a military base in Shreveport, La., during which he was treated to a close-up view of some of the aircraft used in battle. Following is an account of Jones' trip, in his words...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Freemasonry is the oldest fraternal organization in the world. At 100 years old, Burton Hoffman has been around for nearly a third of that time and for 70 of those years he belonged to the fraternity. Hoffman was honored for his dedication to Freemasonry with a ceremony Sunday afternoon attended by the highest officer in Missouri Freemasonry, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Missouri Grand Lodge, Stanley M. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail On Thursday the royalty candidates for the Vernon County Youth Fair met at the Bowman building in Nevada for an evening of glitz and glam. With all the girls in their best evening attire, the judging for queen and princess was held...

Stay ahead of the news We'll get to the rest of today's column in a minute, but first this late-breaking news bulletin: Jennifer Lopez is still married! (Well, at least she was at press time.) Reeling from the news, Hollywood insiders remain shocked and surprised, as perhaps does J.Lo's reported husband Marc Anthony himself...

Too much Moore I haven't seen "Fahrenheit 9/11," and I don't intend to. A friend of mine tried to convince me that I needed to watch it even if I don't approve of the message. "You can't complain about it if you haven't watched it," he said. I've got news for him. ...

100 years ago Railways still blocked by flood conditions in Nevavda The railroads running into Nevada are still experiencing considerable difficulty in running trains owing to the high waters. The Osage is now all over the bottoms near Schell City and at noon today about six inches of water was running over the Katy tracks at several places between Schell and Rockville. The water is still rising...

Obituaries Ellen "Annie" Cochran Ellen "Annie" Cochran, 62, Nevada, died Saturday, July 10, 2004, at her home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born March 13, 1942, in Nevada. She married Bryant Eugene Cochran on July 11, 1986, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Ashley Wysong gave it everything she had, and then some. With cranky knees after many years of running, Wysong finished perhaps the final race of a career that includes All-American awards, school records and two trips to the Olympic Trials...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons dropped a high-scoring game against the Liberal Beejays on Monday, 12-7, in Liberal, Kan. New Beejay Michael McCallister hit two home runs and drove in four to help doom the Griffons effort. The Griffons dropped to 19-11 overall and 7-8 in Jayhawk League play...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail One thing necessary to have success on the football field is strength. The Nevada Tigers have been adhering to that adage with their offseason conditioning program. The players with aspirations to play for the Tigers this fall have been participating in a weightlifting and conditioning program throughout the month of June and into July...