Stories from Thursday, June 16, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Jayhawker, Osage, Abolitionist, Pawhauska, and Rebel are just a few of the hundreds of names along with numbers from one to 3,100 printed on reflective green signs that will soon be sprouting on gray metal posts at all the road intersection in Vernon County...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Every kid needs a bike. At least that's what Dewey Rumfelt of Walker believes. He believes in it so much that he finds old bikes, fixes them up and gives them to kids who cannot afford a good bike. At 82, Rumfelt is quiet and soft-spoken, but he has the leathery hands of a man that has put in a lifetime of hard work. His blue eyes still sparkle when talks about making a child happy...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Nevada has a rich history, one that residents are celebrating this year during Nevada's sesquicentennial year. One area resident is trying to initiate a new chapter in that history. Melissa Earll wrote to the Union newspaper in Grass Valley, Calif., which serves Nevada City, Calif., to ask readers of that publication to send birthday greetings to the citizens of Nevada...

Give Me Five -- Andy Oleske and Star Puppy performed during the talent contest of the WAGS Bushwhacker Dog Show Wednesday afternoon, winning first place. Oleske and Star Puppy performed last year, and at that time Oleske said that Star Puppy, who was bred to herd cattle, came to Nevada from a cattle ranch in the state of Nevada and he has trained her to do 35 different tricks. ...

Evelyn Cora Simpson, 88, formerly of Nevada, died Monday, June 13, 2005. Services were held at Ferry Funeral Home today, June 16, at 1:30 p.m., with John Nichols officiating. Musical selections were "The Old Rugged Cross," "In the Garden" and "The Man I'm Looking For." Pallbearers were Daniel Dantic, Catlin Greer, Bill Carpenter, Dale Carpenter, Dennis Carpenter and Galen Carpenter. ...

Cora Imogene Barnes, 71, Walker, died today, June 16, 2005, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

How much time do you spend trying to remember something about the past? When two or more people from a family, a school class, a club or any group gather, it never fails that someone will ask some question about when or where a certain activity took place...

It began on a perfect Florida spring morning, when I glanced out my back window to see the most remarkable bird. It stood on long legs, well over a foot tall, with black, white and yellow markings and a tuft of feathers on its head. That's one of the things I love about this state. ...

**100 years ago: Blackmailer asked for $500 from wealthy widow WICHITA, Kan. -- Mrs. F. Tillinghass, widow of a wealthy stockman, received a letter threatening her with death and the destruction of her residence by fire unless she deposited $500 in a lonely spot near her home. A trap was set for the blackmailer, but he eluded the officers by failing to call for the decoy package...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Three up, three down. That's how the roller-coaster ride that is the Nevada Griffons' season has gone during the past three Jayhawk League doubleheaders. The Griffons have split all three twin bills now after doing so Wednesday against the El Dorado Broncos at Lyons Stadium...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Whether he's with them or facing them, the Los Angeles Dodgers bring out the best in Jose Lima. Since pitching the Dodgers to their only victory in last year's playoffs, the animated right-hander had gone an embarrassing 13 starts without a win for Kansas City. But he pulled everything together Wednesday night and went eight solid innings to lead the Royals to a 3-1 victory over the team that had refused his request for a multiyear contract...