Stories from Friday, February 13, 2004

100 Years Ago -- February 13, 1904 NEWS FROM CITY SCHOOLS -- Extracts from Superintendent's Report on Music and Drawing. The place of music in the child's development is a well-settled question. Music is more the concert of sweet sounds. It is language that is universal. ...

Kenneth L. Rice, 67, of Victorville, Calif., died Jan. 28, 2004. he was born Sept. 2, 1936, in Sheldon, Mo. Ken served in Korea once and Vietnam twice. He received many distinguished medals. After serving 22 years in the U.S. Air Force, he retired in 1976. Ken worked at Goldstone Deep Space Tracking Station as a R.F. Operator. Ken also worked at Fort Irwin under government contract...

High school athletes throughout the state will compete at the next stop, the sectional rounds, on the road to the state wrestling championships on Saturday. The results of four sectionals in each of three classes will determine who advances to Columbia, Mo., for the finals of the state tournament on the weekend of February 19-21. The top four wrestlers in each weight class in each sectional move on...

The Nevada High School freshmen boys and girls teams lost both ends of a doubleheader with Southwest Conference foe McDonald County on Thursday. The boys went down 51-36, while the girls fell 39-19. The Tigers' slow start resulted in a 15-2 first-quarter deficit. A stronger second-quarter performance kept the Mustangs' lead at 13 at the half, 24-11...

Most folks may believe ultrasound technology is used exclusively for prenatal screening of pregnant women. However, that is not the case. Thursday Tommy Perkins, a professor at Southwest Missouri University was out at the Green Springs Bull Test Station ultrasounding bulls...