Stories from Wednesday, August 31, 2005

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail He's OK. Linda Sewell at least knows that her son, U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Michael Q. Sewell is OK. And she knows that's more than many others have in the way of news of their loved ones who were in Mississippi and Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina brought devastation and death across the Gulf shores of those states...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday, Aug. 27, the 41st Practical Nursing class of the Nevada Regional Technical Center held their graduation ceremony in the Nevada High School Auditorium. Students are from Nevada and many other communities including Lockwood, El Dorado Springs, Walker, Sheldon, Humansville, Lamar, Stockton, Fort Scott, Kansas and Lowrey City...

Nevada Daily Mail It's been quite a season at Two by Two Zoo, near El Dorado Springs. The facility's second season at its current location ends on Labor Day, and its owners, Tammy and Clint Markham, recently welcomed an Asian lion cub to their entourage of animals, and many crowd-pleasing favorites are still part of the walk-through attraction...

* Compromise will mean both shade and lighting are in ball field's future. By Afton Bugg Nevada Daily Mail There will soon be shade and lighting for the fans to enjoy during the hot days and nights of youth baseball games to come. The Vernon County commissioners met with Aquila, Russell Belton Electric, members of the Nevada Youth and Recreation Baseball Committee, and fair board member Ron Peckman to talk about the possibility of removing the only shade tree at the Jones Field Stadium located at the fairgrounds. ...

Marilyn Martin, 56, of Columbia, Mo., died at her home on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005. Services will be at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, at Columbia United Church of Christ with Carole Barner officiating. There will be no visitation. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery...

Thelma Jane Robinson, 68, Harwood, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center. She was born on March 21, 1937, in West Virginia. She married Richard Robinson on Sept. 19, 1980, in Miami, Okla. She was a member of Central Christian Church in Joplin. She worked as a certified nursing assistant. at Nevada Regional Medical Center for many years...

Excerpts from newspapers throughout the world, from the Associated Press. Aug. 24 Daily Telegraph, London, on Iraq's constitution: When Britain ruled Iraq in the 1920s, there were problems, just as now, in bringing all the ethnic and religious groupings in to the political process. At that time it was the Shia Muslims who were left outside -- not least because their religious leaders refused to meet face-to-face with Gertrude Bell, the woman who put modern Iraq together. .....

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers fell to College Heights in Joplin Tuesday in their season opener. Nevada fought hard for three games but came up just short as the home team registered a 25-23, 23-25 and 25-18 win. The Lady Tigers were led by junior middle hitter Brittany Crockett who led the team with 13 kills. Crockett also had five blocks and 10 digs...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets got off to a great start Tuesday as they swept a pair of matches in Iola, Kan. The Comets opened the 2005 season by defeating Sterling College 30-23, 30-26, 25-30 and 30-23. Sterling is a four-year school out of Sterling, Kan...

Nevada Daily Mail The Calvary Lady Eagles volleyball team opened their 2005 season with a tournament in Grandview Saturday. The Lady Eagles won three matches in pool play to earn the number-one seed, but were defeated in the first round of bracket play by Crescent Lake Christian, 14-25, 25-18 and 15-9...

**100 years ago: Snap shots at Schell City SCHELL CITY -- Jno. M. Overstreet, of Kansas City, was home Friday and Saturday visiting old friends and attending our street fair. A.J. Statly of Sedalia came down Monday night to visit friends for a few days...