Stories from Thursday, December 29, 2005

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail If you plan to party this New Year's Eve, be prepared -- have a designated driver or grab a cab, but don't drink and drive; that's the message from Nevada Police Chief Christine Keim and the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail If all goes as expected, Lyons Stadium will have new lights when the Nevada Tigers JV baseball team plays the first home game this spring. Wednesday evening the Nevada Parks Board voted to recommend that Nevada City Council accept the low bid of $261,500 from Stidhan Electric, Columbia, to install new lights at Lyons Stadium and Bushwhacker Field. ...

The Nevada Daily Mail/Nevada News/Herald-Tribune offices will be closed on Monday in observance of New Year's Day. No Friday newspaper will be published, so that we can bring you a special New Year's edition of the Herald-Tribune.

Mark Baldwin, owner of Brophy Monument Company puts some finishing touches on the base of the soon-to-be erected statue of Finis Moss, by Sandra Van Zandt, in front of the Nevada Public Library. Baldwin said he expects the 300-pound statue to be shipped sometime around Jan. 15 and will be erected as weather permits...

It was a year to remember, a year to lay in preparations for the future, and a year to honor those who served the community in many ways, from the soldiers toiling in the war-torn Middle East, to those here at home, keeping Nevada a great place to live, both for today and for tomorrow. This is the third in a series of month-by-month recaps of 2005's news and newsmakers...

Amanda Waltz, Nevada, and Ethan are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Landon Raye Waltz. Landon was born at 9:52 a.m., Dec. 15, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 21 inches. Grandparent is Rosemary Harrell, Nevada. Great-grandparents are Lucy and Charles Waltz, Nevada...

A once-popular song that Bing Crosby sang in the movie, "Holiday Inn" has the words, "what are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?" Later on the lyrics say, "let's start the New Year right with a fond goodnight." The movie takes place in a resort in northern New England that was open to celebrate the holidays and there was much tension whether there would be enough snow to entice the Christmas and New Year's crowd to the inn. ...

Do you remember that movie? It was one of those "spaghetti Westerns" Clint Eastwood made in Italy in the late 60's and early 70's. Well folks our officials in Washington are doing their dead level best to resurrect themselves as the "Good," the "Bad," and the "Ugly." In one of the great cinema scenes of all time Clint faces off in a showdown with two other bad guys played by Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach. ...

Suggestion for Quality Products Dear editor: After reading the two stories of Quality Products' imminent closing, I couldn't help but think about how much better they would do if they did more business over the internet. I got so tired of the commercialism/consumerism of "Christmas" that this year I finally told myself that I didn't want to buy into it, but after receiving cookies and a cat pillow from two of my penpals through the mail, I felt compelled to buy a couple of things...

It's that time of year again ... Bowl Season. Not bowling season, which might actually provide better drama. We're talking college football bowls. You know, the mockery that exists instead of a college football playoff. When else do you get to see games nobody cares about (Memphis-Akron) and games that feature programs long-past their heyday (Michigan-Nebraska) bandied about like they're the best thing since sliced bread?...