Stories from Wednesday, October 3, 2007

High school baseball players who live in Nevada, anywhere within Vernon County and those with addresses in the Hume or Rich Hill school districts are invited to an informational meeting about the new American Legion program, the Nevada Red Sox, which will begin play next summer...

The Cottey College Comets split a pair of volleyball matches over the weekend. On Friday, the Comets were swept in three by Independence (Kansas) Community College 22-30, 20-30, and 23-30. On Monday, Cottey got their revenge on another Kansas squad as they defeated the Fort Scott Community College Greyhounds in three 30-22, 30-26, and 30-20...

The Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball teams faced off against Carthage Tuesday night, with the junior varsity team netting a win and the freshman and varsity teams falling to the Carthage Tigers. The freshman team lost the match in two games, 15-25, 21-25...

Nevada Lady Tiger golfer Lakin Mansfield's score of 110 qualified her for a slot in the All-District team for District 7. The Class 1, District 7 MSHSAA Championships were held on Monday, at the Sedalia Country Club. The top 15 qualify for All-District...

The old terminal building at the Nevada Municipal Airport is gone, the ground is leveled and the members of the airport board are planning to hold a groundbreaking for the new terminal building at 2 p.m., Oct. 9. All they need now is to finalize the financing for the entire project...

During a regular meeting Tuesday night, the Nevada City Council adopted Resolution No. 1209 renaming the soccer field at Walton Park as the Joe McHugh Memorial Soccer Field, at the recommendation of the Nevada Board of Parks and Recreation. McHugh, who died Aug. 12, was active in youth soccer, a certified soccer referee, and active in Nevada Little League Baseball for a number of years...

On Monday, Oct. 8, Cottey College students and other members of the community are making plans to gather at the steps of the Cottey campus chapel to deliver a simple but powerful message: straight people are demanding an end to bullying and hate crimes toward gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans and their families...

Snuggles and Attica, two therapy dogs regularly visit the Bee-A-Reader Program at Benton Elementary once a month but made a special visit this week to Paula Shafer's second grade classroom and brought another friend with them, Cookie, a miniature horse...

Errica Gayman, a math teacher for Nevada high school was elected to participate in the design of a new test for Missouri high schools. Gayman was one of 45 teachers from around the state to be invited by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to assist in the development of a new high school testing system. The new testing format, referred to as End of Course exams, was approved by the State Board of Education in February 2007...