Stories from Friday, July 22, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail An officer of the Nevada Police Department fatally shot a suspect during a stop in the parking lot of the Super 8 Motel Thursday night, at approximately 10 p.m. when the driver apparently attempted to run the officer down. Darren Eugene Wallace, 34, Joplin was pronounced dead upon arrival at Nevada Regional Medical Center after the shooting...

A heat wave continues to hover in place throughout Vernon County and several surrounding areas. A heat advisory issued yesterday by the National Weather Service also continues for Vernon County and 18 other Missouri counties and also includes many other nearby cities such as Stockton, Fort Scott, El Dorado Springs and surrounding communities...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Sometime in September or early October Vernon County will test skills by responding to a disaster. It will not be a real disaster, but the annual disaster drill sponsored by the Vernon County Local Emergency Planning Committee to provide training for area emergency response agencies...

Officials at the Vernon County Farm Service Agency are reminding producers of an approaching deadline. According to a press release, Aug. 1 is the final date to report corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, double crop soybeans, pecans, CRP and other spring crop and land uses...

Even when cities or counties opt-out, consumers still get a holiday from state's portion of sales tax. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A state sales tax holiday offering Missouri shoppers a weekend opportunity to purchase back-to-school items without paying the state sales tax is set for Friday, Aug. 5, through Sunday, Aug. 7...

Elveta Hawes, 75, Nevada, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Neena Fithian, 44, Nevada, died Friday, July 22, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Thanks, from a cancer survivor Dear editor: Once more I would like to ask the people of Vernon County how they feel about money raised for Relay for Life being kept in our community. With this I would like to express my greatest gratitude to three wonderful physicians who have helped me and continue to help me in my fight against cancer -- Dr. F.L. Thompson, Nevada; Dr. Brian Ellefson, Nevada; and Dr. George Rivers, Joplin...

Don Quixote jousted with windmills because he thought they were giants. I engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the wild hedge in our back yard because it is gigantic. We both lost. I don't recall if Quixote suffered any injuries that required medical attention...

We all get them from our friends -- those 30-question e-mails to fill out and return plus forward to our friends with the intention of all learning about each other. Because of my cursed high level of self-absorption, I love sharing stuff about myself with other people in the hope that they'll be interested. Maybe they'll care that yes, I have been in love, or that my favorite flavor of ice cream is peanut butter and chocolate and I'm the oldest child in my family...

Associated Press CLEVELAND -- Aaron Boone isn't ready to give up on his first season with the Cleveland Indians. ''As bad as we've been playing, and as frustrating as it has been for all of us, we're right there,'' Boone said. The Indians kept from falling further back in the AL wild-card race Thursday, as Jake Westbrook dodged danger for seven innings and Jhonny Peralta and Victor Martinez each hit three-run homers in a 10-1 win over the Kansas City Royals...

Associated Press CLEVELAND -- Kansas City pitcher Runelvys Hernandez was suspended for 10 games and fined an undisclosed amount Thursday, and manager Buddy Bell will have to sit out a game following a benches-clearing brawl last weekend at Detroit. Tigers reliever Kyle Farnsworth was suspended for six games and Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman was penalized for five. Both pitchers were fined, as was Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillen...

Associated Press TORONTO -- NHL players overwhelmingly approved a labor deal with the league Thursday, virtually ending the lockout that canceled last season. ''We look forward to starting fresh with this new agreement,'' union head Bob Goodenow said. ''We're fully committed to the new deal and we anticipate great success for the game as we go forward.''...

Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Trusted teammate. Caring son and brother. A friend to all, even strangers. Those were just some of the memories, both tearful and joyful, shared to describe fallen Missouri football player Aaron Ashley O'Neal at a Thursday morning memorial service on campus...

**100 years ago: Under postal laws it makes no difference in rate if letters are not sealed Many persons believe that if they write letters and do not seal them that they can send them through the mails at second class rates. This is a mistake. All matter in which there is writing, whether sealed or not, go at first class rates of 2 cents. And there is a heavy penalty attached for persons who violate the law in this way...