Stories from Friday, December 17, 2004

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Nevada high school dance team member will showcase the graduates of their latest teaching camp for elementary grade students. The "Holiday Dance Camp" graduates will do a dance routine choreographed by sophomores Stephanie Bogart and Kayla Marti featuring Christmas music from the movie Shrek II at halftime Dec.17, in the Nevada High School gym during the girl's basketball game, which starts at 6 p.m...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Cell phone users could join Missouri's "no call" list under a proposal to strengthen the state law that cracks down on unwanted solicitations from telemarketers. Although more than 1.7 million residential phone numbers are currently on the list, the existing statute doesn't apply to cellular customers. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail You don't see them much around hospitals and doctor's offices but nurses caps have a symbolic significance far beyond a folded piece of cloth. The 20 members of the Nevada Regional Technicla Center's 41st class of licensed practical nurses who received their caps Thursday in a ceremony that is regaining popularity around the country are now part of that history...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Area children who didn't have coats to keep them warm this winter have some friendly ladies to thank. The elves from the Gamma Mu chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi service sorority decided to run a coat drive in order to provide the less-fortunate children of Nevada with warm winter coats to keep them toasty on their walks home from school...

Erma L. Irwin, 90, Springfield, formerly of Liberal, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, following a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 4, 1914, in Barton County, Mo., to Jesse Roy Thornton and Edna Lennie Thomas Thornton. She married Herbert Anson Irwin in July 1936 at the United Methodist Church in Nevada. He preceded her in death in 1986...

Glyndur James "Jim" Davies, 91, Nevada, died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Thomas Martin Simpson, 89, of Nevada, died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004, at Moore-Few Care Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

I have heard fiction writers say that their characters take on a life of their own and often make the authors tell a different story than they had first intended. Sure, I thought. That sounds like a cop-out to me. If someone doesn't like your story then you can blame it on the characters. ...

Blunt should evaluate options Governor-elect Matt Blunt is getting all kinds of advice and suggestions about actions he should or should not take. He's elected to serve for four years, so let's give him a little breathing room to see what he does. A good management sign is to see whom he selects for his key government and staff positions. So far so good...

100 years ago: Spurious silver dollars spotted in Joplin Joplin is being flooded with counterfeit silver dollars which are so perfectly made that it is difficult to detect them. As they find their way into the banks each day they are being thrown out. In the holiday rush for trade it will be well for our business people to keep a close watch out for counterfeit money...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail As far as road wins are concerned, it doesn't get any better than this. The Nevada Tigers beat the Clinton Cardinals 63-62 in overtime Thursday, despite facing some of the most adverse conditions that a basketball team can endure...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail It was one of those games you talk about for years afterwards. You don't remember that Nevada is a team on the rise, trying to establish consistency on the court and that Clinton is rebuilding, playing four freshman extensive minutes...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It's been a long and often painful trek for Larry Johnson, Kansas City's controversial second-year running back. But here he is, ready to make his first NFL start on Sunday against the Denver Broncos. It's a promotion no one can say he hasn't earned...