Stories from Friday, September 28, 2007

Happiness, as you well know, comes in all shapes and sizes. My triumph of the week came at one of our local convenience stores where you can pay at the pump to fill up your car. Even though I consider myself to be credit-card literate, I have never mastered the do-it-yourself checkouts of the world. Not at convenience stores. Not at supermarkets. Not at major retailers...

Mike Gundy, head football coach at Oklahoma State University has just elevated himself to my top 10 list. Last week end following a victory over conference rival Texas Tech, Gundy let loose a tirade against a reporter at the post game news conference. Sports news, and any other news for that matter, is information, not fiction...

Dear editor: I'll pass on Julie Tietz's invitation (9/20) to "learn more about what I don't understand" by tuning in some dubious Web site or other. I'm content with books; and I'll venture I've read far, far more of them on Islam (including the Koran, several translations, every word) than she...

The Southwest Conference will be history after this year; and the Central Ozark Conference, Big 8, Show-Me West and West Central Conferences have all turned down Nevada's request for membership, leaving Nevada looking for a new home. The Southwest Conference, which Nevada has been a member of since it was organized, began to unravel when Webb City announced earlier this year that it was applying for membership in the Central Ozark Conference so it would not have to look so hard to opponents in football.. ...

Nevada's A and B teams took losses in a match at Neosho on Thursday. The B team took its match in two games, 16-25 and 13-25, finishing the season with an 8-3 record. The A team fought a hard battle but also fell in two games, 23-25 and 23-25. Nevada A will play in the Tri-County tournament at Webb City on Monday, Oct. 1, at 5 p.m., vs. Joplin North. The game will be played at the Webb City Middle School, located just east of the high school...

Nevada varsity cross country boys placed fourth in an invitational at Pittsburg on Thursday. Paola was first, with 52; Chanute, second, 60; Pittsburg was third. The Tigers' cross country team will run again next Thursday at Carl Junction.

Begining in October, the Nevada City Hall will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to better serve Nevada residents and the telephone will be answered until 5 p.m. Bill McGuire, city manager, said this change has been planned for several months and will not add any costs to the city operations...

"The cold, icy rain pelts the outside window. The fear swallows the darkness. The pounding of the heart is louder than the silence. The crystal clear tears become blood red as they run down the cheek. The screaming words echo within the soul. The pain vibrates against the walls. This isn't what I expected when I heard the words 'I love you.'...

Fire was one of man's earliest inventions and once man had fire it wasn't long before he found a way to contain it and draw the smoke away. The problem is that most fuels burn incompletely and leave behind soot and other deposits such as creosote, which is flammable. ...

Tuesday evening the Nevada Regional Medical Center board of directors approved the first phase of a massive update to the computer system at the hospital. The old software system is more than 20 years old, it was originally installed in 1986, and no longer serves the hospital's needs. ...

Kim Barille, of Nevada, will be a "hot seat" contestant on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" on a show slated to air on Monday, Oct. 1. In 2001, Kim donated a kidney to her younger sister, Lori. Lori came with her to NYC and sat in the "Millionaire" audience as her on-air companion for the show. ...