Stories from Sunday, March 28, 2004

By Nick Wright Sponsors of the second annual Nevada High School Male Handsome Pageant were expecting a sell-out crowd Friday night, and they were not disappointed. "Last year we didn't know what to expect, and it was full. I mean the whole place was full and flowing over ... and from what we're hearing it's going to be even more so this year," said sponsor Debby Bogart before the event...

By Steve Moyer The blaster virus attacked the Nevada R-5 network server Friday morning temporarily disrupting e-mail service at the district. "We got a notice that there was a problem and we had the IT guy come in and take down the server. Everyone's inbox was filled, it was sending e-mails to everyone, from everyone," said Assistant Superintendent Christi Peterson...

By Nancy Malcom Friday afternoon even the youngest scholars were completely entangled in Charlotte's Web. Rob Dunn, who portrayed "Wilbur" graciously poses with Bryan School students from Carol Miller's class and Kristin Miller's class. Almost 600 students from Nevada R-5's Bryan and Benton schools and St. ...

By Ralph Pokorny For the first time in three years the Nevada Tigers baseball team will play for the championship in the Bolivar Tournament, at a time yet to be determined. Thursday evening, the Tigers beat the Lamar Tigers 12-1 to win their pool and earn the right to face Springfield Central for the championship...

Anyone who has spent any time reading this column over the past 31 years knows how much interest I have in both baseball and history and when I can combine the two, I'm in my element. So here we are toay and that's exactly what I'm going to hit you with along with one of my favorite teams, the St. Louis Browns. Yeah, the Brownies. I'm probably the only person in Nevada who has three styles of Browns caps...

Nothing gets many people excited this time of year like the thought of finding mushrooms. Its an addiction like none other. We are entering the time when fishing gets it's best, turkey hunting is on the horizon and the black morels and red beefsteak mushrooms are starting to pop...

Hi neighbors. Most of us can't remember when we drank our first cup of coffee, but we can all remember the day we got our first car. No matter the age or condition of the first car, the first drive was always a great occasion. There is no greater sense of freedom than getting to sit behind your own steering wheel...

100 Years Ago -- March 28, 1904 George Collins, the partner of Bill Rudolph in the Union Bank robbery and murder of detective Shumate was hanged at Union Saturday afternoon. He embraced the Catholic faith and took his place on the scaffold with a smile on his face. ...