Stories from Tuesday, July 12, 2005

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Rural Vernon County residents will begin paying their taxes to the county collector when provisions of SB 469, signed into law by Governor Matt Blunt on Thursday, July 7, 2005, take effect in March of 2007. The act becomes effective Aug. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cedar County Sheriff's Office confirmed that a 2-year-old girl was abducted early today. The girl, whose identity was not released, was found later this morning walking on a gravel road, and was taken to an area hospital to be "checked out."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Missouri Department of Natural Resources at Prairie State Park will present "Border Disorder" on Friday, July 22. The event will begin at 8 p.m. Audience members will experience the uncertainty of living on Missouri's western border during the American Civil War...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commissioners presented a check for $1,000 to the Vernon County Senior Center on Wednesday, July 6, 2005. "We are exceedingly grateful for this support from the County Commission," Earl Ackley Center Coordinator stated. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Auctions are an acquired taste, some people never learn to enjoy an auction; but for those who have the bug there's nothing like an auction to bring out the beast stalking the best deal. This July there are two auctions that might draw a little more interest than usual. Both the Nevada Habilitation Center and Pittsburg State University are having surplus property auctions, but they are two quite different events...

Candi Satterfield, Moundville, and Eli, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Olivia Frances Satterfield. Olivia was born on July 4, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches. Maternal grandparents are Julie and Robert Wood, Moundville. Maternal great-grandparents are Lyman and Bonnie Bott, Moundville...

Alvin Russell Cain, MD, 85, of Lamar, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar. He was born in Fowler, Kan., on Feb. 19, 1920. He received his R.N. from Newman Memorial County Hospital in Emporia, Kansas, his bachelor of science from College of Emporia and M.D. ...

Alfred L. Keithley, 68, Milo, died Thursday, July 7, 2005. Services were held at Ferry Funeral Home on July 11, at 10 a.m., with Mark Mitchell officiating. Soloist was Doug Earnest. Musical selections were "How Great Thou Art," "Go Rest High on that Mountain" and "Amazing Grace." Organist was Cindy Beisly. Pallbearers were Alan Franklin, Charlie Simpson, David Irwin, Doug Forkner, Jim Smith and Matt Smith. Interment was in the Milo Cemetery in Milo. Arrangements are by Ferry Funeral Home...

Everett Lloyd Gire, 48, Stockton, formerly of Sheldon, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, in Stockton. He was born March 10, 1957, in McCloud, Calif., to Charles Kendall and Francine Spence Gire. Everett grew up in Vernon County and graduated from Sheldon High School in 1974. He served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1980 as a tank commander. He served in Korea and Germany. He had lived in Jasper County for 15 years prior to recently moving to Cedar County...

This week I have an extraordinary news bulletin to report: I was wrong! Regular readers, of course, will be stunned as much as I was by this development -- and I apologize for their emotional distress -- but the facts speak for themselves. In a recent column, I wrote about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in a manner that, unfortunately, may have suggested I took their relationship to be a publicity stunt...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Prosecutors in St. Louis are investigating the possibility that a man executed for a 1980 murder was innocent of the crime, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce said Monday. Larry Griffin, 40, was put to death June 21, 1995, at the Potosi Correctional Center for the June 26, 1980, killing of Quinton Moss in a drive-by shooting in St. Louis. Police said gun shots were fired from a moving car, striking Moss and another man. Moss was struck 13 times...

When news broke that Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was retiring from the Supreme Court, special interest groups on both sides of the liberal/conservative divide jumped into action -- never mind that President Bush has not yet named an individual to fill that vacancy. Conservatives are worried that any individual that possesses a conservative bent will be Borked by the Senate Democrats, a process that the left is already gearing up for, if Ted Kennedy's recent opinion piece is anything to go by...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The suddenly streaking Nevada Griffons made their first real noise in the Jayhawk League standings by taking three out of four on the road against the second-place El Dorado Broncos over the weekend. The Broncos were actually in first place when the series began Friday, but have since fallen a game behind Hays in the standings, Hays took three out of four against the Wichita Twins over the weekend...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A small round ball and a ragged piece of wood both went flying toward Mark Teahen. Was the rookie third baseman distracted? He refused to say. But he did mishandle Torii Hunter's broken-bat grounder with two out in the 12th as Nick Punto scored the go-ahead run Sunday in Minnesota's 3-2 victory over Kansas City...

The 2005 NYRB postseason champs in the 13-14 age category was A-Plus Metals. Front, from left: Cody Bell, Dominic Habjan, Chris Harris, Chase Thompson and David Bauer. Back row: Nathan Ryan, Head Coach Adam Burgess, Dalton Wessley, Austin Debrine, Assistant Coach Dan LaNear, Lonnie Friend, Rannon Claypool, Assistant Coach Phil Thompson and Ronnie Johnson. Not pictured is Matt Sandoval. The team beat Wilson Tire 4-1 in the championship game at Lyons Stadium...

Associated Press DETROIT -- John Smoltz recalled feeling awkward when he went to Anaheim for his first All-Star game in 1989. ''I was so fish-out-of-water,'' the Atlanta Braves pitcher said. ''I didn't know if I was coming or going.'' There were a lot of wide-eyed All-Stars at Monday's workouts, no doubt resembling Smoltz 16 years ago...

Associated Press SINGAPORE -- Baseball and softball were tossed out of the Olympic program for the 2012 London Games -- the first sports cut from the Summer Games in 69 years. The International Olympic Committee then rejected the five sports wanting to get in...

Elmer Eugene Woody, 75, of Perkins, Okla., died Wednesday, July 6, 2005. He was born in Pawnee Rock, Kan., on July 1, 1930, to Roy Terrell and Clara Catherine Woody. He married Darlouise Fagan-Shurtz on Sept. 20, 1997. At the age of 15, his family moved to Moundville. ...

Elmer Eugene Woody, 75, of Perkins, Okla., died Wednesday, July 6, 2005. He was born in Pawnee Rock, Kan., on July 1, 1930, to Roy Terrell and Clara Catherine Woody. He married Darlouise Fagan-Shurtz on Sept. 20, 1997. At the age of 15, his family moved to Moundville. ...

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