Stories from Sunday, November 13, 2005

Students and faculty at Nevada High School conducted a special ceremony in honor of all veterans who have served the country, at 11 a.m., Friday, in the gymnasium at the school. During the event, speeches and presentations were made. Above, State Representative Barney Fisher presents Ron Brown a copy of a Missouri House of Representatives Resolution honoring underage veterans, those veterans who bent regulations to enlist in the armed services. ...

By Afton Bugg Nevada Herald Diabetes is a disorder in which the body has trouble regulating its blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels. There are two major types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 also called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a disorder of the body's immune system, that is, its system for protecting itself from viruses, bacteria or any "foreign" substances...

Nevada Herald Julie Righter, publisher of the Nevada Daily Mail and Herald, a daily newspaper in Nevada, Mo., and the Fort Scott Tribune, a daily newspaper in Fort Scott, Kan., recently announced that the two newspapers have joined forces to create a bigger-than-ever, spectacular new Sunday newspaper, serving both communities...

By Bethany Beierl Special to the Herald "It was my duty and I wanted to do my duty," said Charles Foreman, a retired Army Corporal. "I didn't want to make a career out of it," he added, saying that he was too independent to take orders all his life. ...

Virginia Louise Smalley, 81, Nevada, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born May 9, 1924, in Lexington, Mo., to Elmer William Smalley and Virginia Louise Fulkerson Smalley. Virginia was born and reared in Lexington. ...

Dr. Robert F. Triplett, 80, of Pittsburg, died at 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, at the Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 31, 1924, in Pittsburg, Kan., to William Frank and Margaret Ann Pratt Triplett. He attended school at Horace Mann, Pittsburg, Lafayette, and Joplin, Mo. and graduated from high school at Webb City, Mo. He attended the Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago, graduating in 1950...

Faye Inez Lintner, 76, Lamar, Mo., formerly of Sheldon, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar, following a lengthy illness. She was born June 29, 1929, in Oxford, Ark., to Joseph Walter Soden and Willie Elva Soden. She married Robert Henry Lintner in 1962, in Kansas City, Mo. He preceded her in death on Oct. 10, 1995...

Helen Ann Karr, 71, of Whittier, Calif., passed away Oct. 13, 2005. Helen was born on July 19, 1934, in Greenfield, Iowa. Helen is survived by her husband, Emmett "Skeet" Karr; two daughters, Karen Spek, Kathy Johnson and son-in-law, Don Johnson; three grandchildren, Katie Shook, Jeffrey Johnson, and Kimberly Johnson; two sisters, Mary Catherine Lowry, La Habra, Calif, Joan Oterman, Kansas City, Mo.; and one brother, Leroy Starr, Claycomo, Mo.; many nieces and nephews who loved her dearly. ...

Hi neighbors. I had an interesting experience while in Iowa. Actually a couple of things near my heart...writing and genealogy! While at the library I met with a member of the Marion County Genealogy Society in their genealogy room. They keep their room locked and although the librarian can let you in, you have to request entrance. As it happened, one of the MCGS members was there and we had a nice chat...

Leonard Ernsbarger's well-researched column, "Reading in the Classrooms," in Wednesday's Nevada Daily Mail, was extremely interesting to me. For one thing, I've recently retired from Cottey College, where I spent 31 years "teaching writing," by which I mean not the explicit meanings of the English words on the page, which college students that age have pretty well mastered, but the implicit meanings or suggestions of those words -- which can make all the difference between negative and positive, harsh and easy-going, hostile and friendly. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald The Nevada Griffons are coming off another successful season. In 2005, the blue and gray once again finished in the top 10 at the NBC World Series. Attendance was up. Concession sales were good. Community support was at all-time highs. So why are the Griffons in danger of not fielding a team for the first time in 20 seasons? The answer -- bingo...

Talk about a boring week. Every single team that was favored, won. That's 14 games, with nary an underdog taking a victory. Of course the action on the field was hardly boring. Dick Vermeil made the call of the year. Minnesota showed that Daunte Culpepper may have actually been part of the problem. ...

Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- All the Buffalo Bills need to do to learn what the run-happy Kansas City Chiefs are like without Priest Holmes is look at last weekend. Time running out. Ball at the Oakland 1. Larry Johnson dives over the pile for a winning touchdown...

Every so often when watching professional sports these days I get a nostalgic twinge for the days when sports were the fans' game, which they haven't been for quite some time now. Basketball has been getting worse all the time. In fact, I often wonder why they bother to have a regular season in the first place instead of a massive, six-month tournament that would eventually get so convoluted that no one could possibly fathom what was going on until presto, two teams would emerge and play each other in a best four of seven for the championship. ...

"This is the best time of the year," said veteran hunter Don Curtis this week. "With deer season starting, quail and waterfowl seasons going on, it's hard for me to get to sleep at night just thinking about it." Curtis is joined by thousands of Missouri hunters and others as hunting season gets into full swing. This is also a busy season for the deer processors across the state as they have been getting ready for the influx of successful hunters who have their deer processed...

Special to the Herald Mary Katherine Lawhorne and Mike Wilson, both of Fayetteville, Ark., plan to marry at sunset on Dec. 22, 2005, in Key West, Fla. The bride-elect is the daughter of Sara Lawhorne of Nevada, Mo., and Ron Lawhorne of Lamar, Mo. She is the granddaughter of Mary Lawhorne of Hot Springs, Ark., and the late Barney and Betty Kapple of Nevada, Mo...

Special to the Herald Ron and Nancy McGlochien were married on Sept. 30, 1955, at Forest Park Baptist Church in Joplin. They celebrated 50 years of marriage this year. The couple met on a blind date and were high school sweethearts. They married when Ron was 19 and Nancy was 17. ...