Stories from Saturday, October 31, 2015

I remember when my family got our first cell phone. It was a large gray box that had a flip open cover and an antenna you had to pull up. There was one small display that only showed large green numbers when you dialed. At the time, this was a state of the art device and I thought it almost seemed like something from the future...

Hi neighbors. We are in for a scary weekend! Tonight the ghouls, monsters, witches and ghosts will be out in equal numbers with the cowboys, spacemen, robots and superheroes. Some of them must have special powers, because they can make all of our clocks turn back one hour over Saturday night! Now that is scary...

Nevada Daily Mail During the Nevada Regional Medical Center's Board of Directors meeting, numbers revealed the Moore-Few Care Center and NRMC had taken a hit financially in September. Steve Branstetter, the long-term care administrator, said there was a net loss of $26,681 for September...

Nevada Daily Mail The lower level of Radio Springs Park will be closed to vehicles starting Monday to facilitate the installation of the Christmas lights for the annual Lights at the Lake drive through Christmas light display, Dana Redburn, Nevada Parks and Recreation director, said during Wednesday's monthly park board meeting...

Nevada Daily Mail Remember to set clocks back one hour Saturday night and recover the hour of sleep lost in the spring.

Temperatures around 50 degrees and light rain did not seem to bother the hundreds of costumed children and their escorts who made the annual pilgrimage around the Nevada Square Friday afternoon. Photos by Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail

Nevada Daily Mail Next year crossbows will be legal during the archery, deer, and turkey seasons ---- if the final decision by the Missouri Conservation Commission approves the change at their December meeting. The archery season for the 2016-17 season will open on Sept. 15, running through Nov. 11, and then resuming from Nov. 21 thru Jan. 15...

Cottey Comets head volleyball coach Marla Kannady-Foreman was delighted with her team's play during an Oct. 26 home victory over Labette Community College (Kan.) The Comets defeated Labette in a five-set thriller, 25-21, 25-17, (25-22), (25-14), 15-13...

Second-year Cottey Comets head coach Stephanie Beason ex_pects an exciting brand of up-tempo basketball from her team this season. The Comets, who finished 12-11 last season, experienced heavy roster turnover as they return only three players. Among Cottey's key losses, included starting point guard Ciera Wong, Machela VenGennip, and Linsey Denney...