Stories from Friday, July 8, 2005

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail The 2005 Vernon County Youth Fair dog judging competition, held Tuesday, July 5, at the pavilion in Centennial Park featured 14 competitors handling 15 dogs of several breeds in two classes of competition. A cooling breeze inside the pavilion made the afternoon heat a little more bearable for contestants, animals, and the spectators on hand to see judge Kim Endicott of Joplin put the trainers and animals through their paces...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Who is it that is making all the money off of the increased gas prices? It certainly isn't the service stations, says Denise Biles, owner of Midtown Mechanics. Biles recently gave up the Phillips 66 gasoline franchise and stopped selling gas...

Nevada Daily Mail Exhibitors are reminded that help is needed to prepare for the 2005 fair, which will be in full swing next week. On Saturday, July 9, set-up will begin at 8:30 a.m. This year the barn set-up for sheep and goats will be completed on Saturday so exhibitors help is especially needed on Saturday...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail At first, Tony Allen thought he may have been suffering from an ear infection -- but the pain in his head turned out to be from a much more serious source -- a brain tumor, said Violet Adams, his grandmother. A 31-year-old resident of Fort Scott, Kan., Allen was born in Nevada, and still has relatives living in Nevada -- his grandparents, Kenny and Violet Adams. ...

Jackie Wood, 605 S. Clay, recently discovered a giant mushroom growing on a tree in her yard. Wood's mushroom weighed more than her dog Angel did. "There was one on the other side of the tree last year but it didn't get nearly this big," Wood said. This one grew behind the tree and there were flowers hiding it. I didn't find it until I started clearing out sticks from the area."...

Dwight Wallace Ness, 72, of Sheldon, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 2, 1933, in Madison, S.D., to Arthur G. Ness and Emma Rose Mailloux Ness. He married Marjorie J. Orton on May 28, 1958, in Madison, S.D., and she survives of the home...

Alfred L. Keithley, 68, Milo, died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. You may view obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Terry and Brandy Niswanger, Nevada, and Jacob Niswanger, Bryant Wilson, Caden Leer and Kylee Eaglen are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Alec Mason Niswanger. Alec was born at 8:24 a.m., on June 30, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Eleven years ago today, my wife and I were walking around boxes stacked all over our home. These boxes contained all our worldly possessions. We had just moved to Cape Girardeau, starting right before the Fourth of July. Most of you won't remember this, but my wife and I can tell you every detail about the local weather that week...

Stolen sign Dear editor: To the person that was observed stealing our "Classic Car Drive" road sign on Monday, June 30, keep it and risk prosecution or put it back where you got it. Bob Hutchison Walker On the Ten Commandments rulings Dear editor: The "good ship" S.S. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons pounded out 20 hits and scored 17 runs as they trounced the Newton Rebels in Newton, Kan., Thursday. The game was called after seven innings of play as the Griffons built a 17-2 lead behind a steady offensive attack and a good pitching performance by Brandon Wellborn...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Neptunes had 14 swimmers competing in the Neal Grubaugh Invitational in Ozark Saturday, and they came home with four second-place finishes. In the girls age 15-18 200 meter freestyle, Emily Ricketts placed third. In the boys 10-and-under 100 medley relay, the team of Nick Connor, Jesse Claypool, Andrew Quitno and Andrew Messick placed second...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- All signs point toward a five-hit game for Angel Berroa on Friday night. Revitalized since being dropped lower in the lineup, Berroa had one hit on Monday, then two on Tuesday and three on Wednesday. Thursday night, leading Kansas City past Minnesota 8-5, he had four hits with two RBIs and two runs scored...

Associated Press PHOENIX -- Luis Gonzalez led off the ninth inning with a home run to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night, salvaging the finale of a four-game series. The Diamondbacks snapped a six-game home losing streak after St. Louis manager Tony La Russa's ninth-inning gamble failed...

**100 years ago: Second regiment ready for camp; set to leave tonight The first section of the Second regiment special train will start from Nevada tonight about 9:15. Company A of Carthage and C company of Lamar will come here on the regular train, and will transfer to special train at this point...