Stories from Friday, October 8, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department is finishing up training all its officers in the use of the Taser™ X26 pistols the department recently acquired from Taser International of Scottsdale, Ariz. Before officers can carry the pistols on the street each one has to undergo the training which includes information on the laws involved as well as the operation of the pistols...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In his two-plus years on the Missouri Supreme Court, Judge Richard Teitelman has ruled with the prevailing side 92.3 percent of time and provided the pivotal vote in several narrow 4-3 decisions...

The kitchen staff at Nevada High School gathered at the school Thursday to celebrate receiving the Spirit of Opaa award, given by the company of the same name to acknowledge the team effort by the staff as they helped fulfill Opaa's mission, "Make Their Day." Opaa is the company that provides the school's cafeteria service for students and staff...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail For the past several weeks, Nevada's Truman Elementary school has been the focus of a pilot program designed by Barceda Families to help children deal with the issue of bullying. Nevada R-5 staffers contacted Barceda Families, a non-profit organization, to implement a six week anti-bullying program for their third graders. ...

Deaths Edith Mae Ramsey Edith Mae Ramsey, 85, died Oct. 4, 2004. Services were held at Ferry Funeral Home on Oct. 8, 2004, at 11 a.m., with Kim Osborn officiating. Soloist was Susan McBeth. Musical selections were "Amazing Grace," "Just As I Am" and "The Lord's Prayer." Organist was Debbie Fast. Pallbearers were Dayton Long, Mickey Mason, Tom Hissink, Perry Bloesser, Dick Shorten and Norman Radde. Interment was in Moore Cemetery. Arrangements were by Ferry Funeral Home...

Fighting our way to vacation Each year, The Other Half and I take one vacation together and one apart. This, combined with our individual checking accounts, opposite work schedules and separate bathrooms, causes some observers to ask, "Do you really call this a marriage?"...

Focus on core values When I served in the Missouri House in the mid-1970s, the Republican Party had an outstanding legislator in my freshman class. He was from an urban area and was intelligent, funny, outgoing and a tremendous floor debater. We became good friends, and it was a learning experience to see how his one major flaw eventually caught up with him...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail With eyes on a Southwest Conference championship, the Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball team was dealt a major setback Thursday. Nevada was swept by Webb City, 25-21 and 26-24. The loss drops Nevada's record to 3-2 in conference play (11-7-2 overall), with an earlier loss to McDonald County...

By R.B. Fallstrom AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS -- The Los Angeles Dodgers handled St. Louis' trio of MVP candidates. It's the bottom of the Cardinals' order that gave them fits. Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria and Reggie Sanders combined to go 8-for-10 with five RBIs and five runs scored, helping the Cardinals win without the long ball Thursday night...

100 years ago: Two trains collide A head-on collision between a west bound Missouri Pacific freight train and an east bound passenger occurred three miles east of Warrensburg at 3 o'clock this morning, resulting in one of the most disastrous wrecks that has happened in Missouri in recent years. ...

Quiet What exactly does our society have against quiet? From the moment we wake, till the instant we fall asleep we are deluged with noise. Be it the television, the radio or the traffic outside. It seems that people today need a sonic pacifier. A few years ago I learned what quiet was. My wife and I were living in McKinney, Texas. We had an apartment only a scant couple hundred yards from I-75. Our lives were full of sound...