Stories from Friday, August 6, 2004

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday, July 31, just outside the town of Jasper, a pair of residents looked out their back door to see a strange sight; a hot air balloon had landed practically in their back yard. In the balloon was Tedd Maxfield, of Nevada, and his instructor, Charles Venable, of Neosho. Maxfield took advantage of the favorable weather to have a go at his favorite hobby, ballooning...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail According to Staff Sgt. Linda Switlik, Company A of the Missouri National Guard, the 735th Support Battalion is on alert status pending a possible deployment. "We'll be doing soldier readiness processing this weekend," Switlik said. "It's done periodically to assess your level of readiness."...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County search and rescue crews responded Sunday to a possible lost and injured person call on K highway about one mile south of U.S. Highway 54. At 6:58 p.m., a woman reported that her neighbor's tractor was lodged, still running, against a tree and that the owner, Terry Landis, could not be located. Landis was finally found at church...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Rubin Weeks be granted the DNA test he maintains will prove him innocent of a 1991 kidnapping and rape to which he pleaded guilty. In a 4-2 ruling, the high court said Cape Girardeau Circuit Court Judge William Syler erroneously interpreted state law as precluding those who plead guilty from receiving post-conviction testing when he rejected Weeks‚ request in April 2002. ...

At 8:27 a.m., Aug 4, emergency officials responded to a one-vehicle accident about six miles south of Nevada on highway BB. Todd Gower, of Nevada, was travelling northbound when he lost control of his vehicle on the wet payment while going into a curve. He left the right side of the roadway and rolled over. Gower was not transported to a medical facility...

Deaths Ernest Carl Jacobson Ernest Carl Jacobson, 62, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004, at Mercy Health Center. He was born Jan. 13, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Carl Elmer Jacobson and Dorothy Eugenia Lowry. Ernie was a 1960 graduate of Fort Scott High School. He served in the United States Army from Dec. 1963 until Nov. 1966. He was retired from Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing in Wichita, Kan...

Are you seeing changes in your looks and in your body? This sounds like a come-on for a miracle cream or tonic, but it is not. It is an attempt to find out from other middle age plus people if I am unique, or if this is a common occurrence. I received a cute e-mail this week from a friend who said that some of her body parts were being stolen and replaced with inferior parts that didn't look at all like hers did...

The Democratic Convention is in full swing in Boston as I write this but I have no intention of watching it, or the upcoming Republican convention later this year. Conventions are for the party faithful, raging pep rallies that are designed to give a boost to a preordained candidate and to the party in general...

100 years ago: Child painfully burned this morning. The little three year old daughter of Mr. Gainey, residing on East Wooters street, accidentally got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid this morning and after drinking a part of its contents, suffered much pain until the arrival of Dr. E. Churchill who administered proper restoratives. The child's mouth was painfully burned yet Dr. Churchill has hopes for its recovery...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons will be burning the midnight oil when they take on the Seguin (Texas) Steelers in the second round of the National Baseball Congress World Series early Saturday morning. The game that was scheduled for Friday, actually will not begin until 12:30 a.m. on Saturday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kan...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons will be burning the midnight oil when they take on the Seguin (Texas) Steelers in the second round of the National Baseball Congress World Series early Saturday morning. The game that was scheduled for Friday, actually will not begin until 12:30 a.m. on Saturday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kan...

Associated Press RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- With three of Kansas City's top four wide receivers out with injury, some promising younger players will get a chance to show what they can do during weekend scrimmages with the Minnesota Vikings. But the injuries also mean top players in an area where the Chiefs need to improve are missing valuable practice time...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Brian Anderson pitched a career-best two-hitter to win for the first time since April 20 and John Buck had three hits, including a three-run homer that capped a seven-run first inning Wednesday night in the Kansas City Royals' 11-0 rout of the Chicago White Sox...

Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail Joe Hardin, a 2001 Nevada High School graduate, was recently added to the Little League Row of Fame at Lyons Stadium. Hardin graduated in May from Central Methodist College with a degree in business where he played basketball for two years and golf for one year. ...

How did he do it? How does a pitcher who has been so bad for so long pitch a two-hit shutout against one of the top offensive teams in baseball? Ask Brian Anderson. Anderson, who has never been more than a mediocre pitcher in his big-league career, shut down the Chicago White Sox during the Kansas City Royals 11-0 win on Wednesday to collect his second victory of the season...