Stories from Wednesday, August 25, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Hurricane Charley started life, as do most hurricanes, as a tropical depression which soon upgraded to a tropical storm and finally graduated to full hurricane status. By the time Charley made landfall in Florida it was upgraded to a Category 4 storm. Winds of 111 mph were measured at the Punta Gorda airport (in the Florida town of the same name) before the equipment failed, estimates put the winds as high as 145 mph...

A Cottey student discusses spiritual opportunities with representatives from St. Paul Lutheran Church at the Cottey picnic held at Marmaduke Park in Nevada Saturday evening. Several other churches, businesses and organizations took part in the event, which has become an annual tradition. The picnic was held to welcome back Cottey students and to introduce new students and their families to the Nevada community...

Nevada Daily Mail The community of Harwood has been awarded a $150,000 state grant to help pay for improvements to its street and drainage systems. The funding is provided through the Community Development Block Grant program, which is administered by the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The improvements will be made to an area of Brown Street between Texas Avenue and Coates Avenue...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Friday afternoon the city of Nevada was host to a group of professional travel planners. They were here as part of the Missouri Travel Council's Missouri Showcase Familiarization Tour, a yearly event designed to introduce group travel planners to new and unique destinations, attractions, and all the resources available to the group travel industry in the state of Missouri...

Obituaries Mary Fern Crawford Mary Fern Crawford, age 94, passed away Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, at Moore-Few Care Center following a brief illness. She was born Dec. 25, 1909, in Nevada, to Rush Wagner Crawford and Ada Beatrice Holland Crawford. She graduated from Nevada High School and Cottey College in Nevada. ...

Did that car just wink at me? Like many people, you've probably walked around a car lot and wondered, "If we can put a man on the moon, how come we can't make a car with eyebrows?" Unfortunately, because of the auto industry's desire to satisfy boneheads such as yourself, some Japanese inventors have actually patented a car with eyes, eyebrows and other features to help convey "feelings" -- the next step, I suppose, being a car that will sit on the couch and watch the Lifetime channel...

Olympics are back ... yawn ... really! Am I the only person alive who thinks the Olympics have gone bonkers? Countless stories this year have informed us that the original Olympics were wild and crazy. Hanky-panky in those days was a serious contact sport, if you know what I mean...

Kerry shows courage Dear editor: It occurs to me that this vicious attack on Kerry's early years is actually an attack on his life spirit. So far there is nothing about his political record as a politician or as an older human being -- just this rage-filled Vietnam stuff spewed forth by angry, bitter men. As a voter in the Presidential election, I am very concerned about this situation...

100 years ago: Those who wore the gray hold annual picnic The ex-Confederates of Vernon county will hold their annual picnic at Lake Park Springs tomorrow. A splendid musical program has been arranged and a number of Nevada's most accomplished vocalists will sing "Dixie Land," "My Maryland" and "Joe Shelby's Mule." The old veterans will be addressed by splendid orators, and the Rev. B. Wrenn Webb will deliver the welcome address...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers had won 10 consecutive conference championships heading into 2003. Their chances for number 11 were dashed when Neosho came out of nowhere to beat the Tigers 5-4 in Nevada. Now the Tigers want to right the ship. They want to bring back the conference championship...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers opened the 2004 season at home on Monday, losing 6-4 to Clinton in nine innings. The Tigers held leads of 3-2 and 4-3, before the Clinton Cardinals scored a run off a walk, a stolen base and two wild pitches to tie the game at four in the top of the sixth inning...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers have been lucky on the tennis courts in recent years. Each year there were plenty of younger girls who were able to step up and move into the varsity lineup after graduating seniors left. It seemed that there were polished players waiting in the wings every season, which helped lead the Tigers to 10 consecutive conference championships before the string was snapped last year...

Nevada Daily Mail The Kansas City Chiefs beat the St. Louis Rams 24-7 on Monday night, earning their first preseason win in the process. Trent Green was 10 of 12 and Priest Holmes averaged over five yards on six carries as the first-team offense scored on two of its three possessions...