Stories from Friday, August 15, 2008

July 22 Kiley J. Seydlitz, Nevada, petty theft. Aug. 5 Misty G. Brooks, Nevada, speeding 42/30. William P. Buffington, Nevada, speeding 43/30. Ladonna M. Norris, Redfield, Kan., expired license plates. Norma L. Yoos, Bronaugh, speeding 43/30. Aug. 6...

Two very interesting news items led me to this week's article. The first was the new conflict between Russia and the state she formerly controlled, Georgia. The second was the news about the fall from grace of John Edwards. For most of the first 40 years of my life, the Russians were the boogymen. They were the "Evil Empire," that we finally were able to bring down...

In the next few months, we'll be bringing you some fun, bold new coverage, but to do it right we need your help! We're looking for experts on the best places to go in Missouri and Kansas, your favorite things about the holidays, and your photos of holiday fun and holiday giving. ...

A tax rate hearing conducted during a regular meeting of the Nevada R-5 Board of Education Wednesday night, failed to draw a single member of the public. The board approved changing the tax levy and eliminate the 98 cents formerly set aside for the teacher fund and instead include it in the incidental fund, which is now 3.5469 and to raise the debt-service levy to 15.4 cents for a total levy of 3.7009...

The annual rite of fall begins as new students move to Cottey College and Nevada. First-year students begin arriving Friday, Aug. 22, followed shortly thereafter by the arrival of the second-year students on Sunday, Aug. 24. The citizens of Nevada and surrounding communities are to be advised of the forthcoming increase in pedestrian traffic on Austin Boulevard and are asked to exercise caution...

The No Child Left Behind program came into criticism from the board during a discussion of the district's performance on the Annual Yearly Progress Report. For several years the district has received an 'accredited with distinction award' for the district's efforts to educate Nevada area youth, however the school is in a Level I Improvement status based upon the district's student performance in communication arts and math on the MAP test...

During a meeting Wednesday night, the Nevada R-5 Board of Education considered refinancing the bonds issued by the district but Dr. Allan Crader and Heather Mudd of L.J. Hart and Company explained that the cost of doing so would be prohibitive. Instead, the two said a pre-payment of principal would save the district money without going to the expense of calling the current bonds and issuing new ones...

There's a lot going on at the Balltown Cemetery and the activity can be credited to Robert Seater, a retired naval officer who has adopted the cemetery as a multi-year project. A new monument and flagpole honor veterans of all branches and eras of service, a research project brought in a ground penetrating radar to investigate the Grand Army of the Republic area of the cemetery to locate potential graves west of the known grave sites and the GAR space is being rehabilitated with new granite curbing and posts that copy the original limestone and the markers are being repaired and set upright once more.. ...