Stories from Wednesday, August 18, 2004

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail In her latest book, "Whither Thou Goest? -- You've Got to be Kidding!" Carolyn Gray Thornton retells her reluctant entry into the role of a preacher's wife. Using short essays she addresses her initial lack of exuberance over her husband's calling to the ministry and how it changed not only her husband's life, but the life of the entire family...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Hume R-8 school board met Wednesday, Aug. 11, to wrap-up summer business and prepare for the start of a new school year. The board spent time discussing the tax levies and the effect on the school during a public hearing on the issue...

Special to the Daily Mail Jonathan Keyes, 22-year-old singer and songwriter, will appear on campus at Cottey College on Saturday, Aug. 28. Keyes will visit the campus on the 29th, en route to his nationwide tour, starting in Los Angeles and ending in Boca Raton, Fla. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Along with the new round of CRP sign-ups announced by President George W. Bush earlier this month came some initiatives aimed at expanding wildlife habitat. One will create 250,000 acres of habitat for northern bobwhite quail and the other will create 250,000 acres of wetlands and lakes in non-floodplain areas, a habitat for upland ducks, pheasants and sandhill cranes...

Nevada/Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce Director Kathi Wysong, left, facing the rear, hands out duck calls to event organizers Brad Landoll and Adam Barrett, who are helping put together the Four Rivers Sportsman's Rec Fest, scheduled for Sept. ...

Obituaries Laura Ardena Darnold Laura Ardena Darnold, 87, Nevada, died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born May 21, 1917, in Miami, Okla., to Sherman Charles Bradley and Lottie Pearl Loafman Bradley. She was married Jan. 3, 1936, in Carthage, to Charles Leroy Darnold. He preceded her in death on Nov. 6, 1974...

Bush: Biker-in-Chief To the disappointment of many, especially myself, I will not be participating in the Olympics this year. I had hoped to compete in my signature event -- the 31-yard hallway dash -- but was defeated in the Olympic trials by my 14-year-old son, who won the honor of representing the United States in Athens...

Ugandan president offers solution to AIDS epidemic Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said that condom use in his country isn't the solution to the AIDs epidemic and called for sexual abstinence and fidelity. You might be tempted to think Museveni has a insular, narrow-minded attitude, but you would be wrong...

100 years ago: Mother took her child and left the city Some days ago a young woman with an infant child arrived here from Montgomery City and asked Chief of Police Janes to find a home for the child, which he did. One day the foster parents attended a reunion and left the child with its mother for the day...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail After their first week of practice the Nevada Tigers held an intra-squad scrimmage on Saturday to work on individual situations and give the coaches another opportunity to evaluate the players in action. The results were not as good as anticipated by head coach John Skeans...

By R.B. Fallstrom AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols homered for the fifth time in four games and tied his career high with five RBIs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Pujols, 9-for-18 with 11 RBIs in the last four games for the Cardinals, also scored his NL-leading 100th and 101st runs. He has scored 100 or more runs in each of his first four major league seasons...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A jury on Monday rejected a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the women's volleyball coach at Emporia State University. Maxine Mehus, who has coached women's volleyball since 1988, claimed the university violated federal law prohibiting employment discrimination based on sex or race by paying her less than the school's basketball coaches, even though they have similar responsibilities...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail One week of practice is in the books for the Nevada High School girls golf team, and the junior-heavy squad is all ready in the swing of things. The team started practicing on Aug. 9 with the rest of the fall sports programs, and they have held their first qualifying round...