Stories from Wednesday, December 1, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The local offices of Edward Jones & Co. has been affected by the satellite failure that brought computer communications between the company's home office in St. Louis and all of its 9,000 branches to a halt. The Hughes Network Systems, from whom Edward Jones buys satellite time, lost power to the satellite early Sunday. The cause of the failure is unknown...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Senate transportation chairman on Tuesday vowed to win passage of a tougher mandatory seat belt law in the upcoming legislative session and threatened to hold up other transportation bills as leverage if necessary...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The big item up for discussion at the Nevada Regional Medical Center board of director's meeting Tuesday was whether to continue using the present system of paying a contractor with a mobile unit to do Magnetic Resonance Imaging or purchasing the equipment. A subcommittee looked into the available MRI equipment providers and trimmed the list down to two providers, GE and Toshiba...

Nevada Daily Mail The parks department is preparing Radio Springs Park for its annual drive-through light display. The park will close today to make final preparations for the park display. The tentative schedule to open the drive-through display is set for the week of Dec. 6, with specific times and details to be announced...

Special to the Daily Mail Cottey College will be hosting several special events in December. Unless otherwise noted, the events are without charge. First up is a holiday choir concert on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Cottey Chapel. The Cottey Choirs will perform music that is inspired by the changing of the seasons...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Yesterday and today, 8th grade students at Nevada Middle School presented a "wax museum" featuring famous personages from American history. This year marks the 20th anniversary for the project which was started in 1984 by the teachers of accelerated English, social studies and science. ...

Marvin Arlington Long, 84, Lamar, died Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. He was born Jan. 31, 1920, in Vernon County, to Harley R. and Freda (Yount) Long. He married Lorraine V. (Lucletta) Long on June 7, 1941, and they made their home in Irwin, Mo., until 1998 when they moved to Lamar...

LIFE WITHOUT MARY JANE Dear editor: Here we're the greatest moral nation We've all heard time and time again Built on our laws as our foundation Where each of us is free to complain Where people vote their convictions Here fair elections our law demands...

100 years ago: The jack strike near Schell City promising John M. Wherley of Schell City, brought the Mail a sample of rock from the shaft that is being sunk near that town. It is taken from a depth of 30 feet, and plainly show traces of jack. In this regard it bears evidence of what jack miners call "indications" and promises a richer find deeper down...

Overcome 22 turnovers in opener By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers looked every bit like a team playing its first game of the season Tuesday night at the Carthage Invitational in Carthage. Mistakes were made, turnovers abounded and simple execution of the offense was lacking...

Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh Wildcats swept Ballard at home Tuesday, getting wins from both the boys and girls teams. The boys improved to 2-0 this season with a 62-44 thumping of the visitors. Alex Gordon and Tyler Judd combined to score 40 of the team's 62 points as the Wildcats put this one away early...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade team fell on hard times recently, with losses to El Dorado Springs and Harrisonville. El Dorado Springs beat the A-team 26-23, while Harrisonville beat them 49-20. Nevada had no scorers in double figures in either game...

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Hunters killed a record 222,329 deer during the statewide season that ran Nov. 13-23, surpassing by 4,894 the mark set in 2002. The northeast region led the way with 37,901, followed by the central section with 35,371 and the northwest with 31,507. Howell County, in the southwest, reported 4,401 deer taken, followed by Callaway County with 4,107 and Texas County with 4,072...

Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. -- Nine months after he was suspended by his own school, Colorado coach Gary Barnett was named Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year on Tuesday after leading his troubled program to the conference title game. The Buffaloes (7-4) took the Big 12 North title by winning their last three games and getting a little help. They will play No. 2 Oklahoma on Saturday for the championship...

Recently, during 4-H Recognition Night, the Leonard Ernsbarger Community Service Award, sponsored by the Bank of America, was presented to Kayla Messer. This award is presented to a 4-H member, 10 years old or older, who best exemplifies the hands and heart portion of the 4-H pledge. ...