Stories from Friday, September 7, 2007

Wednesday morning a group of Iraqis and a group of Vernon Countians got together face to face and discussed ways to improve the Iraqi economy in Babil province. The Iraqis met at the South Central Regional Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters in the Regional Embassy Office in Al Hillah, Iraq, and the Vernon Countians met at the Nevada Regional Technical Center. ...

Cottey College students placed top in the nation at the National Phi Beta Lambda Competition conducted this summer in Chicago. Phi Beta Lambda is a collegiate business organization. Cottey student Volha Charnysh placed first in the nation in the individual International Business Competition. ...

DEERFIELD -- Prairie Pride, Inc., a combination soybean oil extraction-biodiesel refining facility near Deerfield, Mo., is tentatively scheduled to begin operations in early October, company officials said Tuesday. The company, which is already marketing its products, is a new generation producer cooperative that requires a producer to be a member in order to sell to the plant. ...

The Vernon County Commission plans to conduct a public information session regarding the progress of the new Vernon County Jail, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the home economics building at the Vernon County fairgrounds, Nevada.

LIBERAL -- The Nevada High School volleyball is finding road match victories hard to come by. The Lady Tigers dropped to 1-3 on the season after falling in a three-game match at Liberal on Thursday. Liberal defeated NHS 25-20 in the first game before the Lady Tigers leveled the match at 1-1 with a 25-18 win in the second game...

GIRARD, Kan. -- Adysen Mertens and Natalie Bird finished 1-2 in the final standings, leading the Carl Junction High School golf team to an overwhelming victory over the rest of the pack Friday afternoon at the Girard Invitational. Mertens fired an 85, including a 39 on the front nine, and Bird finished at 90, including a 43 on the first nine holes...

Nevada High School's varsity tennis team lost to Neosho 6-3 on Thursday at the NHS tennis courts, dropping to 1-3 on the season. Whitley delRosario of Nevada won 8-6 in No. 2 singles, while Elise McNeil won 8-4 in No. 5 singles. Nevada High School Varsity Tennis...

EL DORADO SPRINGS -- Clinging to a 5-4 lead, Nevada High School scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning for a 9-4 non-conference softball action at El Dorado Springs on Thursday. NHS (2-4) broke a scoreless game in the third and made it 4-0 with three runs in the fourth...