Stories from Friday, October 15, 2010

The Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation will host a Whitetail Deer Management seminar in the Nevada High School auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Department of Conservation personnel will present information on several aspects of deer management. Biologists will use PowerPoint presentations and discussion to inform the audience about using food plots and other effective ways to manage deer habitat...

Area businesspersons will have the opportunity to explore the world of social media with the University of Missouri Extension's new class "Successful Social Media Marketing," from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 8, at the Nevada Telecenter. University of Missouri Extension business development specialists Kathy Macomber and Chrystal Irons will help participants create a social media plan tailored for their business and aid them in setting up various accounts...

A farmer just east of Nevada combines soybeans on Wednesday afternoon. Grain producers throughout Vernon County are harvesting beans while the warm, dry weather lasts. The harvest is "going good" according to Jamie Sullivan of Producers Grain in Walker. Sullivan said she would estimate the harvest to be about half done and the yield is good on some farms and not on others, "the late beans seem to be doing better," she said...

Demonstration puts VCAD cardiac care skills on display

The Cottey Comets volleyball team traveled to Springfield, Mo., on Friday, Oct. 8, and came home with a pair of much-needed wins. The Comets defeated Central Bible College, 25-18, 25-22, 25-16, and Barclay College, 25-12, 29-27, 25-13. Game two in both matches was the tough one for the Comets as CBC and Barclay put up a fight in the middle of both matches. ...

WALKER, Mo. -- The Lady Hornets of Hume won a Golden Valley/Vernon County Conference match from Northeast Vernon County Tuesday evening, 25-9 and 25-18. For Hume, Makena Thompson scored nine points, including five aces, and was credited with five kills, six assists and two blocks. ...

September 24 Betty Laning was arrested for shock incarceration. No bond. Amy Inman was arrested for hold. Bond is $500. Kevin Lee was arrested for possession of meth, possession of cocaine/opium, trafficking drugs and attempt to traffick drugs. Bond is $100,000...

It was a warm Friday morning on May 5, 1961. I was one of close to 30 sixth grade students, seated in our Bryan Grade School classroom. Ms. Marie (Hensley) Thomas (my all time favorite elementary teacher), had suspended all of our normal classwork for that day, as everyone of us listened intensely to the radio, to hear coverage, of the launch into space of America's first astronaut, Alan Shepard...

After one full week, I can report that retirement is easy. As a matter of fact, I'd retire again, if I could. The question I get most often (those of you already retired have heard it too) is, "What are you going to do with your time?" Who knew that you could spend an entire morning properly watering your newly aerated and seeded lawn?...