Stories from Sunday, November 21, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald Bob Hawk, Iola, Kan., spoke to the Nevada Lions Club Tuesday at Greenfield's restaurant during the club's evening meeting. Hawk participated in Rotary International's Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity program in a trip to the Chilean island of Chiloe (pronounced Chill-o-way) approximately 700 miles south of the South American country's capital city of Santiago...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald Friday night the Osage Prairie YMCA hosted its fifth annual Festival of Trees -- a fund-raiser that, to some, has become the kick-off to the Christmas season. The evening featured a buffet of appetizers and desserts, entertainment and a silent and live auction featuring Christmas decorations and other gift ideas donated by local people and businesses...

By Marc Powers Nevada Herald JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Peter Kinder's razor-thin margin of victory in the recent election for lieutenant governor got a bit thinner on Tuesday with the release of amended vote totals. With another 4,296 votes tallied, Kinder now sits just 14,583 votes ahead of Democrat Bekki Cook out of 2.65 million cast. The revised, but still unofficial, result trimmed 1,672 votes from Kinder's Election Night lead...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald It's been talked about for a long time, turning U.S. 71 Highway into an interstate highway, but little has been accomplished in more than a decade of effort. That may be changing now that Amendment 3 passed Nov. 2. A group is forming to take advantage of that change and the Interstate 49 International Coalition is on hand to help organizers get on track...

Ray Kannard, Moundville, put his boat in the water to test it out before he and his wife, Rosalie, take it on a tour of the inland waterways. He built the boat himself, with the help of family members and friends. Kannard plans to make a circular, year-long trip which will include a leg along the Atlantic coast before heading into the canals leading to the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi back to MIssouri. If all goes well the Kanards plan to leave the Friday after Thanksgiving...

April and Donald Flagor Jr., Overland Park, Kan., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Justin Lynn Flagor. Justin was born at 12:55 p.m., on Nov. 10, 2004, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, Kan. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 20 inches. Paternal grandparents are Jean and Donald Flagor Sr., Nevada. Maternal grandparents are Lynda and Jim Rosander, Westmoreland, Kan. Maternal great-grandparent is Geneveieve Grutzmacher, Holton, Kan...

William Joseph Byrnes, 73, Nevada, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. He was born April 15, 1931, in Nevada, to Clarence Francis Byrnes and Margaret Eleanor Dwyer Byrnes. He married Linda Mae Wilson on April 20, 1955, in Butler, and she survives of the home...

Edward Lee Cox, 55, Nevada, died Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born March 7, 1949, in St. Clair County, Mo., to Vernie Samuel Cox Sr. and Vica Mae Lingle Cox. He grew up in the Blackjack, Mo., area. He entered the U. S. Navy in the late 1960s serving in the Caribbean. He came to Nevada in the 1970s and lived the remainder of his life here...

David Sparks, Nevada, shows off the 22-point buck he took, 12 miles north of town on Friday, Nov. 19 at noon. A call to the Missouri Conservation Department revealed that it would take 60 days to score the rack. It's the biggest he's ever bagged, and the biggest many have seen in person. Several passers-by stopped to take a look while Sparks displayed the buck in front of the Daily Mail offices on Friday...

Giving Thanks … at Last Oh, when I was a little kid, how I dreaded Thanksgiving! Not the Thanksgiving Day I was told about, when my 6' 3" father took me to the Thanksgiving Day parade and put me on his shoulders so I could see the huge balloons float by. I must say I don't recall it; I was only told it occurred...

The draft is on the way Dear editor: So, Condoleeza Rice is our new Secretary of War, I mean, State. I guess with her hawk credentials, we can count on a few more wars soon. I don't see how we'll be able to do it without a draft. So, here's a proposal: make the draft applicable to people who voted Republican and their children. They wanted the maniac to stay in power. They can give their lives so his insane policies can be carried out...

100 years ago: Meetings at First Baptist Church The afternoon service was more largely attended than the day before. We feel that great good will result from the helpful "Bible readings." Won't you hear them? At night a fine audience heard a strong sermon, every point of which was backed by God's word. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald The Nevada Lady Tigers could have something special brewing when they meet everyday for practice in preparation for the 2004-2005 season. At least coach Brent Bartlett hopes so. "I always think big," Bartlett said. "Conference champion, district champion, then one game at a time in the state playoffs."...

Nevada Herald Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bley of Moundville are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jennifer Lee Bley, to Travis Layne Eaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Eaton of Walker. Bride-elect Bley, a 1998 graduate of Bronaugh High School, received a Comprehensive Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Medicine and Athletic Training in December 2003 from Southwest Missouri State University. She is currently employed by Citizen's Memorial Healthcare in Bolivar...

Nevada Herald Jim and Cheryl Smith of Nevada announce the engagement of their daughter, Apollo Christi Smith to Michael Scott Schloss of St. Mary's, Ohio, the son of Timothy Schloss of Sidney, Ohio, and Kathy and Ron Gorby of St. Mary's. Bride-elect Smith is a graduate of Nevada High School and Fort Scott Community College. She also attended the University of Nebraska School of Nursing and is a registered nurse currently employed by Rush Hospital in Meridian, Miss...

Prior to the start of the 2004 deer firearm season last Saturday, Missouri Conservation Department officials said that, weather permitting, this will be another record season. The weather over the weekend turned out to be nearly perfect throughout the state, as hunters are on their way to another record season by taking 133,136 deer over the first weekend...

One day I awakened from a night of slumber and in the first moments of clarity came to the realization that I was never actually a St. Louis Cardinals fan. Oh yeah, I thought I was. In fact I was pretty certain of my loyalty from the late 1950s until sometime during the 1968 World Series. ...

Thanksgiving is for the family Hi neighbors. Have you bought your turkey yet? Not too early to do that. It is too early to start cooking pies of course, but not to start the debate about which pies to cook. Ah Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. Not because of the great food, but because of the great feeling of having family and friends over to eat together. I can hardly wait...