Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A long-time Nevada firefighter and former fire chief Lonnie Lee Lentz died Sunday, Nov. 6 at the Nevada Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Lentz left behind his wife, Rita, three daughters and six grandchildren...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Planning Commission is currently working on updating the city's comprehensive plan, which will give the city a guide to follow in the future as to how the planning commission thinks the city should develop in the future...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon voters OK'd a new sales tax yesterday, by a slim margin. Townspeople went to the polls yesterday to vote on the city sales tax. At the end of the day the votes tallied 38 to 30 in favor of the increase. This is the first sales tax increase in Sheldon for years...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Kelsey Smith is the son of Bobbie Jo and William P. Thornton, Jr., and Craig A. Smith. He moved to Nevada in 1995, at 9 years old. By the time he was 17 he knew he wanted to enter the military. He signed up while still in high school and went to boot camp after graduation...

By Afton Bugg Nevada Daily Mail Beth Lightner has had a passion for fiber art since she was in college. She graduated Cottey college in 1968, there she had an art teacher named Harry Chew, who helped inspire her to draw. She also attended Missouri Southern from 1979-'82, where another teacher, Nat Cole, inspired in her the passion for fiber art...

Florence E. Linn, 90, Liberal, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kan. She was born July 29, 1915, in Gross, Kan., the daughter of Ralph M. and Bessie Brown Bean. She married Robert V. Linn on Feb. 28, 1940, at Garland, Kan., he preceded her in death on July 23, 1995...

Claude A. Bradley, 91, died Nov. 7, 2005. Services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, Mo., with the Rev. Mary Lou Toft officiating. Music was by organist Paul Peterman. Pallbearers were David Bradley, David Ball, Randy Bell, Marc Bell, Merlin Reed and Eddie Tourtillott. Honorary pallbearers were Alan Wheatley, Jim Wheatley, Wayne Wheatley, Roland Bell, Plumer Laning, Dennie Williams and Toppy Clark...

Thank you, from Mississippi Dear editor: I live in Pass Christian, Miss. with my husband Bob and our grandson Derek, who is a senior this year at Pass Christian High School. We have had so much heartache and pain after Hurricane Katrina left our beautiful city in ruins that sometimes it is hard to find words to describe our feelings and emotions but, I will try. I can't remember how long it was after the hurricane before we were able to go south of the railroad tracks in the Pass...

Last week's column, "More Than Jack, Jane and Spot" told about a presentation presented by the three elementary principals on the reading program in the Nevada R-5 elementary schools. The educational program that the students are receiving is much different from what I received at the one-room Black School...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets started the 2005-'06 basketball season Saturday, as they traveled to Marshall for a game against the Missouri Valley College junior varsity squad. The Comets played tough with Missouri Valley, falling at the end when the home team converted at the free-throw line...

Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Thomas Gardner had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Marshall Brown added 19 points and nine rebounds Tuesday as Missouri beat Division II Missouri Southern 87-61. The Tigers finished exhibition play 2-0 and will begin the regular season Monday against Sam Houston State in the Preseason NIT...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The 2005 high school football season is now over. So, what did we learn? **1. We learned that the 2005 squad was better than the 2004 squad. Sure the 2004 team beat Lamar, but they seemed to regress as the season went along, going from 2-2, to 2-8...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs were still waiting Tuesday to hear when -- or whether -- running back Priest Holmes can return. And when the three-time Pro Bowler is cleared to play again, it will be as the Chiefs' top running back -- even though Larry Johnson has both of Kansas City's 100-yard rushing games this year...