Stories from Thursday, May 3, 2007

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail "Arrive Alive" is the motto this year for the Nevada High School Drug-Free Schools and Communities S.A.D.D. assembly and docu-drama. Junior and Senior students gathered around early Wednesday morning to view the re-enactment of a drunk driving vehicle accident...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail On Wednesday, the least expensive price for regular gasoline in Missouri, according to Missourigasprices.com, was $2.73 per gallon. Along the eastern edge of the state, the price was $2.99. Consumers are feeling the pinch -- but what's to be done about it?...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail During its April meeting, the Hume R-8 School Board OK'd a change in the class schedule for the 2007-'08 school year. The current 10 block schedule will be discontinued, and the daily schedule will go to an eight-block format. The 10-block schedule had students attending a class every other day, for example Monday, Wednesday and Friday one week, then Tuesday and Thursday the next...

Nevada Daily Mail The Plants of Merit Program aims to raise the public's awareness of beautiful and environmentally friendly plants for the home landscape. The program centers on a list of regionally proven annuals, perennials, shrubs, vines and trees. Mary Ann Fink, ambassador for the Plants of Merit program and coordinator for the Missouri Landscape and Nursery Association, will present a program on the Plants of Merit on May 14 at the Nevada TeleCenter...

The generation gap is rearing its head in our household these days. It's not that we disagree on what is proper or fun. We just don't speak the same language. For example: I have heard about IPods for several years, but I still don't know exactly what they look like, and certainly don't know how to use one. I realize that they are designed to put a lot of stuff on one little contraption so that you don't have to carry that cumbersome little tape player...

Nevada Daily Mail Dave Ketterman added two new players to his roster at Cottey College recently, signing a pair of guards for the 2007-'08 season. Jessica Roberts, a 5-11 guard from Tulsa Union (Okla.) High School, is someone Ketterman expects to come in and compete for a starting spot as a freshman...

While watching the countless hours of ubiquitous pre-NFL draft coverage on television, and watching everybody and their dog make predictions on who will take who, and where so-and-so will go, I decided to see if any of these guys actually knew what they were talking about...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada senior Ryan Kimbrough proved to be the top tennis player in the Southwest Conference by winning at No. 1 singles during the conference tournament Tuesday in Joplin. Kimbrough won the No. 1 singles bracket, the only Tiger player to take first...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger baseball team was given the fifth seed during the seeding meeting for the Class 3, District 12 tournament that begins May 14, in Carl Junction. The Tigers will face Carthage, the fourth seed, at 2 p.m. May 14. The top seed went to two-time defending state champion Webb City, which will play eighth-seeded East Newton in the first round...