Stories from Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Nevada Daily Mail Heavy snowfall today across much of the central and southwestern portion of the state could lead to treacherous travel in some areas, with many highways and side roads wet, slushy or snow-covered, adding to the risk for travelers, according to public safety officials across the state...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada R-5 second graders were each asked to write an essay about why Thanksgiving is special for them. There isn't room in one article to include all of the essays because they were all great! Onlookers said it was nice to see that Thanksgiving still represents many of the same things it did to parents and grandparents of the children who wrote the short essays...

Nevada Daily Mail The "Quilted Hugs" Project, in conjunction with the Bushwhacker Quilt Guild, are presenting the "Parade of Quilts" Dec. 17 The parade will start at 1:30 p.m., and will go around the Square, west on Austin, ending at the Missouri National Guard Armory, 1400 West Cherry, Nevada...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Saturday night, the Vernon County 4-H community gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of its members over the past year and to mark a changing of the guard in the organization as the outgoing 4-H Council leadership stepped down from their positions and the new leaders took their places...

Frank E. Emery, 70, passed away Sunday evening, Nov. 21, 2004, in his home. He was born May 14, 1934, in Wichita, Kansas, the oldest son of Frank A. C. and Nellie Mae (Bloss) Emery. Frank was a retired orthopedic surgeon who practiced in Springfield as well as Galveston, Texas. ...

Edward Lee Cox, 55, died Nov. 19, 2004. Services were held at Ferry Funeral Home with Mike Satterlee officiating. Musicians were Betty Yockey and Willa Lee. Musical selections were "Where Eyes Don't Cry," "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art." Pallbearers were Jerry Cox Jr., Steve Blankenship, Jeffrey Cox, David Cox II, Lewis Cox, Larry Crews, Christopher Cox, Justin Olmstead and John Olmstead. ...

Everett and Rebekah O'Bryan, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Timothy Paul O'Bryan. Timothy was born at 8:18 a.m., on Nov. 22, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. he weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 20.25 inches. He joins siblings, Kyle O'Bryan, Joshua Cassidy, Christopher Cassidy, Bailey Cire, Andi Cornell, Nikki O'Bryan and Mayleen Johnson. ...

Thanksgiving is more than turkey Thanksgiving Day is a special day. It is a time set aside to express thanks to God for all the many blessings that we have received. Expressing thanks is something that should take place continuously each and every day; still, it is great to set a special day aside to put emphasis on giving thanks and to think about our blessings...

100 years ago: $4,000 for a life Fort Scott, Kan. -- The jury in the United States court in the case of Bishard vs. the Frisco Railroad Company brought in a verdict at 6 o'clock Wednesday allowing the plaintiff $4,000. The case was for damages on account of the killing of Engineer Bishard in a wreck occurring just south of town a year ago, in which 12 lives were lost. This was the first case tried and has attracted a good deal of attention...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail It has been three years and two class 3 state championships since the Stockton Tigers lost a varsity game to the Nevada Lady Tigers. Tuesday night that changed when the Nevada Lady Tigers traveled to Stockton to open the 2004 basketball season and walked with a decisive 67-40 win over a Stockton team that was decimated by the graduation of six key players last spring...

Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh Wildcats boys and girls went on the road Tuesday night to split their season openers with College Heights in the Ozark Christian College gym. After a slow start the Bronaugh boys pulled out a close 64-47 win. "We struggled some early, but play a very strong second half, I was very pleased with our effort, but our free throw shooting must improve," Tim Judd, Bronaugh boys coach said...

Nevada Daily Mail The Calvary Christian Eagles and Lady Eagles both picked up losses for their season openers Monday evening with El Dorado Springs Christian at the Osage Prairie YMCA. The Calvary Eagles lost 54-32 to the El Dorado Springs Buffalos...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Creighton's Nate Funk could not believe how open the Missouri Tigers left him at times, allowing him to get off shots. Neither could Missouri coach Quin Snyder. Funk scored 21 points, matching his career high, and Johnny Mathies came off the bench to score 18 points as the Bluejays beat the Tigers 78-54 on Tuesday night in the Guardians Classic semifinals...