Stories from Sunday, October 31, 2004

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald Tuesday night, at the Vernon County fairgrounds, purebred and mixed-breed dogs alike were put through their paces, along with their owners, as members of the University Extension council evaluated animals for participation in the WAGS program...

Nevada Herald The public administrator is the court-appointed representative for wards of the court, and receives, disburses and accounts for the assets of the office's clients. Three candidates are seeking election to the office on Nov. 2. All three indicated in a public forum in September, among other things, that improved technology would make the office more efficient and indicated a desire to give to the community through this office. The candidates differ, primarily in background...

By Marc Powers Nevada Herald JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Supporters of Amendment 3 contend it would "end the diversion" of tax money from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Opponents argue it would actually begin bigger diversion of revenue from education, health care and other programs for MoDOT's benefit...

Obituaries Juanita Irene Guss Brooks Irene was born in a sod house in Goosebill, Mont., to Fred and Ina Jane Guss. When time came for Irene to be born, the Model T wouldn't start, so her dad delivered her. You might say Irene started out a "strong" woman. ...

Voters can stop the bleeding: keeping Missouri's doctor's in Missouri Dear editor: A weakness in our state's legal system is dramatically affecting the quality, cost and accessibility of health care, pitching Missouri into a serious medical lawsuit crisis. ...

100 years ago: Walker white corn takes first award at St. Louis World's Fair James Archer, of Walker township, captured first premium at the St. Louis World's Fair on the sample of corn which was awarded first prize at Nevada last November. The prize taken by Mr. Archer at Nevada was $10 in cash, and the prize to be given at the World's Fair will be a gold medal...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald There is life out there. At least that was the case Friday night when the Nevada Tigers took on the Carl Junction Bulldogs in Carl Junction. The Tigers (2-7 overall, 0-2 in Class 3 District 12) played their best football in over a month, even though they fell to the Bulldogs (6-3, 1-1) 29-7...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Someone has to say it: Home or away, the Indianapolis Colts are Kansas City's Hoosier Daddies. Indianapolis owns a seven-game winning streak against the Chiefs. Two of those victories came in AFC playoff games at Arrowhead Stadium, where the Colts have beaten the Chiefs three straight and five times since 1996...

Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A charter plane carrying Missouri players to a football game against Nebraska went off the runway in wet conditions Friday evening at Columbia Regional Airport. No one was injured in the incident shortly after 5 p.m., said airport safety officer Robert Bias...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- It took St. Louis Cardinals fans a while to warm up to Tony La Russa. He still lives in northern California, and his family rarely visits him during the season. He's been described as more cold and calculating than warm and fuzzy. La Russa just wins, taking the team to the postseason five times...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- The season's not over yet for three St. Louis Cardinals pitchers. Jason Marquis and relievers Ray King and Kiko Calero will be part of major league baseball's tour of Japan early next month. Two other Cardinals, Albert Pujols and Edgar Renteria, had been approached to participate in the eight-game trip from Nov. 5-14, but both declined...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals shortstop Edgar Renteria filed for free agency Friday along with catcher Mike Matheny and outfielder Ray Lankford, two days after the Boston Red Sox swept St. Louis in the World Series. Re-signing Renteria, 29, is expected to be one of the Cardinals' top priorities. He batted .287 with 10 home runs and 72 RBIs this season, a drop-off from 2003 when he hit .330 with 100 RBIs...

When exactly did they hang the witches? Hi neighbors. Have you got all your treats given out? I hope you weren't tricked by anyone. This year, since my column runs on Sunday and today is Halloween, I thought I would report on some local ghost stories. My son suggested I tell the history of the infamous "Witch's Bridge" located west of town...

A week of class room training culminated in real-life exercises and scenarios. On Friday, the Nevada Fire Department and 3M's Emergency Response Team practiced search and rescue techniques at the Nevada Fire Department training grounds. Using a handheld thermal imaging camera, teams entered a smoky building in an attempt to locate a training dummy. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald That was the team I expected to see this season. After watching the Tigers go through the motions against Carthage, McDonald County and Harrisonville, I went home each night with a sour taste in my mouth about the Nevada football team...

As many of you are now aware, I underwent emergency surgery on Sept. 27 after an ambulance trip to KU Medical Center and am still attempting to recover enough to do simple things like writing this column after having been hospitalized until Oct. 15...

Within the next week, several big things will be happening. There's the opening of quail season on Nov. 1, and then the election on Nov. 2, as well as setting the clocks back an hour . Us oldtimers still miss the Nov. 10 opening day that we had for many years, but things change and slowly we are getting used to the earlier date...