Stories from Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Coming off an 11-win season, the most in the history of Nevada softball, the Lady Tigers are looking to take the next step -- a winning record. A program that only started in 2000, the Lady Tigers have been taking baby steps each of the past four seasons, gradually working their way from a sure-fire 10-run rule candidate, into a team that can beat anybody at any time...

Melissa Loiselle became the bride of Warren Lee Atchison Jr. on July 30, 2005, exchanging vows at the Northwoods Wedding Chapel in Nevada. Parents of the bride are Roy and Carol Shotts of Nevada, and Steve and Diane Stewart of Creedmoor, N.C. The groom is the son of Warren Sr. and Mary Ann Atchison of Independence, Mo., and Shawn and Marsha Ring of Nevada, Mo...

Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Braden of Raymore, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Alison Paige Braden, to Aaron Michael Cady, son of Gary Cady, Seattle, Wash., and Kathy Cady, San Francisco, Calif. The bride-elect is a 1998 graduate of Nevada High School and a 2002 graduate of the University of Missouri Columbia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Textile and Apparel Management, with an emphasis in Marketing and Merchandising. ...