Stories from Friday, July 30, 2004

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Joplin is on the hunt for a new city manager, and Nevada's current city manager, Craig Hubler, is on the city's top-four list of candidates to fill the slot. Although he hasn't stated whether he'll accept the position if it's offered to him, Hubler confirmed in a press release that he's slated to meet with Joplin's city council on the matter...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail David Ferry, a Democrat, is seeking re-election to his seat as Vernon County coroner. A 1979 graduate of Nevada High School, David Ferry went on to graduate from the University of Missouri in 1983 and received a Mortuary Science Degree from Kansas City, Kan., Community College in 1987...

Special to the Daily Mail John Shomin of Liberal will represent Missouri next month as an alternate to the Republican National Convention in New York City where George W. Bush will be nominated to a second term as President. A total of 57 delegates and 54 alternates from Missouri will attend the National Convention Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. The delegates were selected during the Missouri Republican Party state convention in June and at the Congressional District conventions held in April...

By Darlene Superville Associated Press BOSTON -- Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry plunged into the general election and embarked Friday on a coast-to-coast campaign swing through 21 states aimed at convincing millions of undecided voters that he will stand up for ordinary Americans...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Yesterday the Nevada Community Center was host to the Community Outreach's Back-to-School Fair. This is the seventh year that the fair has been held in order to provide low income families in Vernon County with school supplies for the upcoming year...

Deaths Thelma Marie Still Thelma Marie Still, 76, Liberal, Mo., died July 28, 2004, at Freeman Health Systems in Joplin following a short illness. She was born on Sept. 22, 1928, in Monseratt, Mo., the daughter of Rueben and Gladys (Palmer) Dukes. She was retired as a private nurse. She attended the Baptist Church in Liberal, Mo...

How will you vote on Aug. 3? Folks expect voter turnout to be small, but ballot issues like Amendment 1 allowing gambling on the White River at Rockaway Beach, Amendment 2, designating marriage as between a man and a woman, and a close-to-home, right-out-of-the-pockebook issue proposing a 39-cent property tax levy increase for Nevada R-5 schools are likely to bring out more voters than most August elections...

For most Missourians who go to the polls Aug. 3, the decision on Amendment 1, which would authorize a gambling casino at Rockaway Beach, Mo., will come down to personal viewpoints on whether or not gambling has been good for the state. Over the past three decades, Missouri has gone from a state whose constitution expressly forbade gambling of any type to one where a state lottery, bingo and casinos are commonplace. ...

Here's what some others are saying about Amendment 1 Setting the record straight There has been a lot said about Amendment 1 recently, from both op-position and proponents of the issue. Since we are the founding members, we'd like to set the record straight...

Protect Branson's image The television ads touting a riverboat casino in Rockaway Beach are a well-done, slickly produced example of the art of propaganda. Why, these plain-speaking regular folks just want to build a day care center on a riverboat after that durn guvment stole away their livelihood by building a dam...

100 years ago: $1,000 in cash stolen. One of the boys who "borrowed" the money was a son of Squire Reese; Squire Reese and officers had a chase at Rich Hill. Wednesday's Rich Hill Review said Willie Reese, the 13-year-old son Squire Davs Reese, and a lad about the same age named Williams whose parents reside at No. 21 mine, several miles south of this city, got themselves into a peck of trouble today and caused several other people considerable trouble also...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons took only one of three games from the Hays Larks during a rare tripleheader on Thursday in Hays, Kan., but it was enough to make a difference. The Larks needed a sweep to clinch their fourth consecutive Jayhawk League title, but instead fell one-half game short...

Associated Press RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- As the Kansas City Chiefs start training camp, settling on a starter at right tackle is among their top concerns. The offensive line hadn't changed since 2001 until free agent John Tait signed with Chicago during the off-season...

Back not getting better for slugger Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Kansas City Royals outfielder Juan Gonzalez is expected to miss the rest of the season with a lower back injury. Gonzalez has been sidelined since getting hurt May 22. He was examined by spine specialist Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles this week after experiencing discomfort while on a rehabilitation assignment with the rookie league Arizona Royals...

Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays' 13-game homestand is off to a great start. Bell and three relievers combined on a four-hitter, and Tino Martinez had three hits and an RBI to lead Tampa Bay to a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night...

Special to Nevada Daily Mail Motocross is one of the most exciting and thrilling sports around. With tracks in every state and supercross races now being televised, the sport continues to grow for both fans and racers. With the 2004 Missouri State Motocross Championship Series well underway, Vernon County is represented by a father-son duo leading two of the age classes...