Stories from Friday, August 10, 2007

No one from the public attended a property tax rate hearing at the Nevada R-5 board of education meeting Wednesday, when the board approved the rate suggested by Superintendent Craig Noah. The tax levy hearing is a routine, annual event that rarely generates interest from the public...

Missouri Welding Institute, Inc., has a problem. It's a good problem, according to Brian Hollands: There are more people seeking training than space to train them in the facility. "We're running over capacity right now," Hollands said. "We have booths for 40 students in each of two shifts. Right now we've got 47 students on the day shift and 43 at night. It's a good problem to have but we're busting at the seams."...

Citizens, young and old, gathered to enjoy an evening of sweet treats and fun during an ice cream social held at the Vernon County Senior Center on Thursday. Above, Charles Land, right, dishes up ice cream for Gene Story. At right, 7-year-old Mathew Palmer has a bite of chocolate ice cream. The event raised funds for a variety of senior center activities...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is hosting a training seminar on the usage of nontoxic shot at the Nevada Community Center. There is no cost or registration required for this seminar, which will last from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16, and will also cover methods to decrease wounding of small foul...

During a regular meeting Wednesday night, Nevada R-5 superintendent Craig Noah updated the district's board of education on the various construction projects in the district and praised the companies working on the projects. "The elevator project is coming along nicely," Noah said. ...

Police and fire marshals are investigating a fire that was apparently intentionally set at a home in the 1200 block of E. Locust Thursday afternoon. According to a report from the Nevada Fire Department, firefighters responded to a call about smoke coming from the structure. ...

Wilma Wynona Stong, 89, Nevada, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2007, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following an illness of 11 years. She was born Jan. 10, 1918, in Coffeyville, Kan. She was the third of the five daughters of Homer Roberts and Eva Smith Roberts...

At the conclusion of the Nevada High School varsity football team's drills, as darkness fell over the practice field adjacent Logan Field, the Tigers huddled at midfield and began chanting. It was topped off with a rallying cry, perhaps a sound byte from Thursday's spirited practice as the first week of the Shannon Jolley era winds down...

The Truman State Bulldogs held an open practice at Nevada's Camp Clark. This year's team includes defensive lineman Nathan Vickers of Nevada. It will have a scrimmage at Logan Field on Sunday at 9 a.m. It is open to the public, and there is no admission...

IRVING, Texas -- Wade Phillips keeps saying he likes getting the ball to his best players. So it probably wasn't a coincidence that the first play of his first game coaching the Dallas Cowboys was a pass to Terrell Owens. Owens caught it for 8 yards, and didn't have another catch in his brief playing time in the preseason opener. ...

RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- So far, there's no clear leader in the competition between Damon Huard and Brodie Croyle and to become the Kansas City Chiefs' starting quarterback. But that could change as soon as Saturday night. ''It's even," Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards said. "It's been good competition. Now we get into the games.''...