Stories from Wednesday, June 15, 2005

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Flag Day was celebrated Tuesday, June 14, by the nation and the Nevada Elks lodge, as it has been since Aug. 3, 1949, when President Harry S. Truman designated June 14 as a National Flag Day to be observed across the country...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Bushwhacker Days is a big production. The Bushwhacker Committee estimates more than 35,000 visitors for this year's celebration, and city departments are working overtime on preparing for the parking and crowd control issues that always entails...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Next year will look a lot brighter for baseball and softball players and fans at Lyons Stadium and Bushwhacker Field. Replacing the lights and perhaps improving the parking will be one of the first projects the Nevada Parks Board looks at when the city's renewed one-half cent park and recreation sales tax takes effect on Jan. 1...

Miller Spectacular Shows' ride supervisor, Kevin (Moose) Telford and ride operator, J.J. Wingate make a final check of the hardware atop the 86-foot high Ring of Fire located at the northeast corner of Cedar and Hunter Tuesday, June 14. The Midway will be located on Hunter Street, and a kids carnival for younger children will be located on the lot at the corner of Washington and Walnut. The carnival begins at 5 o'clock tonight and will continue daily throughout Bushwhacker Days...

Laurie McAfee, Theodore Transue and Jorden Griffith, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Judith Renee Transue. Judith was born at 6:30 a.m., on June 9, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. Paternal grandparent is Thomas Transue Sr., Pendagrass, Ga. Maternal grandparents are Sandy and Vernon VanStratten, Nevada...

Dr. and Mrs. Erik Stratman and Hannah, Zoe and Gage, of Marshfield, Wis., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Lily Elizabeth Stratman. Lily was born on April 28, 2005. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 20 inches. Paternal grandparents are Butch and Marilyn Stratman, of Nevada. Maternal grandparents are David and Patsy McCullough, of Nevada...

Virginia M. Yeates died peacefully Saturday, April 9, 2005, in Durham, Calif. Graveside services will be held Friday, June 24, at 10 a.m. at Worsley Cemetery. Virginia was born to Lyman T. Dever and Rachel A. Dozer Dever on April 12, 1909, in Montevallo. ...

Curtis O'Del Hollandsworth, 68, Nevada, died June 10, 2005, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1937, in Montreal, Mo., the son of Arthur and Effie (Calvert) Hollandsworth. He married Patricia Colton on March 17, 1987, in Butler...

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved a resolution adopting the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States. Official recognition of June 14 as Flag Day began when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation in 1916...

Subjects such as experiences in the wheat harvest in Oklahoma and Kansas and the celebration we are having this week are rather fun subjects. Talking about personal bankruptcy is not so much fun, but such things also occur. Personal bankruptcy could happen for any one of us. If it has been avoided, then it could be that the chips simply fell in the right places...

**100 years ago: Missouri hunters now need licenses The State game and fish warden, J.H. Rodes, of Sedalia, in a letter to Harry R. Walmsley, author of fish and game law under which Rodes was appointed, which was passed by the legislature last winter says that he will make all persons in the state who wish to hunt take out licenses, says the Kansas City World. The only exceptions to be made are in those cases where farmers hunt on their own land...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons split a doubleheader in Joplin Tuesday, beating the Southwest Slashers 5-4 in the first game but dropping the night cap 2-1. The Griffons (8-2 overall, 2-2 in the Jayhawk League) got a big game from Tim Santiago in the opener, as he went 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run and a double, and starter Austin Hyatt pitched four innings for the win...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Rookie Shane Costa hit his first major league home run in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie and the Royals bullpen shut the door as Kansas City defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium...

Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. -- Hotelier John Q. Hammons, founder of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, has donated $800,000 to allow the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame to finally open in Wichita. Tuesday's announcement at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame's facility caps a $1.2 million fund-raising campaign and allows final construction of displays and furnishing of exhibits. The building's entrance pavilion will be named the John Q. Hammons Plaza...

Associated Press AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The NBA Finals aren't looking so lopsided anymore, thanks to a burst of life from the defending champion Detroit Pistons that took them three games to summon. Playing with a level of energy that was nowhere to be found in the first two games, Ben Wallace and Richard Hamilton led the way as the Pistons thoroughly outplayed the San Antonio Spurs in the second half and won 96-79 Tuesday night in Game 3...