Stories from Sunday, February 6, 2005

Nevada Herald The current ticket outlets for Women's Symposium tickets are Nevada Daily Mail, 131 S. Cedar, Nevada; Fort Scott Tribune, 6 East Wall St., Fort Scott; Cottey College, Mail Hall, Nevada; El Dorado Sun, 125 N. Main; El Dorado Springs, Mo; the Barnes Company Real Estate, Linda Barnes, 319 W Austin, Nevada; Yoss Thriftway, Old 71 Highway, Adrian; Butler Chamber of Commerce. Lynne Blakeman...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald Aquila has recently completed a project to update the electrical infrastructure in the area. The $1 million project involved replacing 80 power poles and nearly four miles of new high-voltage transmission line. "We are committed to improving our service for customers in Nevada and surrounding communities," Brian Bell, operations supervisor for Aquila, said. "In addition this project is designed to support ongoing residential and industrial expansion."...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Herald The Miles for Smiles van has been in Nevada for the last two weeks tending to the dental needs of 78 area students in grades K-12. Based in Bolivar's Citizen's Memorial Hospital, the van is funded by federal grants. Throughout the year, this traveling dentist office visits nine Missouri counties including Barton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald On Thursday, The Sheldon R-8 school hosted a cultural presentation as part of the Cultural Kaleidoscope series, in which the school has participated for the past three years. The Cultural Kaleidoscope program was created to give people of all ages a fresh perspective on the multi-cultural world. Previous year's programs focused on Spain, Russia and Australia. Students from both the Sheldon and Bronaugh schools were brought together for this learning experience...

Bertie Fowler, 93, Nevada, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Cast your ballot on Feb. 8 Dear editor: Tuesday, Feb. 8, is election day throughout Vernon County, to determine the outcome of the 39-cent school tax increase for Nevada R-5 school district. I would urge all registered voters to get to their voting place and cast their vote, whether for or against...

100 years ago: Thieves visit the Rev. Cosper The residence of the Rev. H.G. Cosper was entered by thieves last night. They gained entrance to the house be raising a west window. The thieves helped themselves to several dishes of good things to eat and then took two small sayings backs which contained about $10...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald With the Nevada Tigers mired in a three-game losing streak and what seemed to be a season-long first-half funk, coach John McNeley decided to shake things up a little in an effort to get the Tigers out of the blocks a little faster than usual...

Nevada Herald Northeast Vernon County held their homecoming basketball games Friday night in Walker, and Bronaugh was the visiting team. The two teams played a boys-girls doubleheader at the NEVC gym, with each team coming away with one victory. In the girls' game, NEVC jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the first quarter, and controlled the game throughout...

Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The passing game could be on prime display in the Pro Football Hall of Fame elections. Star quarterbacks Dan Marino and Steve Young, and former Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin, were the first-year headliners seeking the required 31 votes Saturday from a panel of 39 pro football writers and broadcasters...

Thank you, Jeffrey Flanagan. Flanagan, you might be aware, is a sports columnist for the Kansas City Star. He penned a column back on Jan. 5, the morning after Southern Cal somehow humiliated Oklahoma 55-19 to win the Orange Bowl and BCS Championship, in which he struck a chord that resonated in every fiber of my being...

When Brian Roberts walked into the hardware store at El Dorado Springs last week, he stirred up interest from his hunting buddies about what he had in his hand. Roberts had found a 12-point shed antler and said he found it while mending fences on his farm. "It seems a little early to find shed antlers, but after finding this one, I'm going to start looking for more since my wife wants an antler lighting fixture that if you had to buy one would cost big bucks ... no pun intended," he said...

Hi neighbors. I'm sounding off today to see if what I heard from President Bush's State of the Union speech, was what he actually said. You can compare what I heard to what you heard. I was glad to hear what a good "state" our nation is in, considering all the problems that seemed obvious to me before the speech...