March: Dr. Cue visits, students earn honors

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The first half of the month of March was filled with a number of significant events in Nevada.

The month got off to a quick start when Tom "Dr. Cue" Rossman visited the Osage Prairie YMCA on March 2. Rossman is one of the founding fathers of the sport of artistic pool and trick shooting and thanks to Frank Briscoe, a long-time friend of Rossman's and a local business owner and pool enthusiast, came to Nevada to showcase his talents while also providing a bit of comic relief throughout his routine.

Rossman has been practicing what is now known as artistic pool since the late 1960s, long before the Trick Shot Magic, World Cup of Trick Shots or World Trick Shot Championship tournaments that have gained worldwide popularity thanks to the ESPN family of television networks. Rossman has since become known as "the father of artistic pool," paving the way for other such showmen as Mike Massey, Jeanette Lee and Stefano Pelinga, who regularly dazzle television audiences across the nation and even the world.

At the time of his visit to Nevada, Rossman had won more than 30 artistic pool championships in all eight disciplines and regularly performs more than 200 artistic pool exhibitions per year. Throughout his career, he has written artistic pool training books as well as produced a number of videos and DVDs.

On March 5, it was announced that the Nevada High School forensics and debate team took first place in overall sweepstakes at the Exeter Tournament. Nearly every member of the squad competing brought home individual honors and Nevada had finalists in every individual event category in that tournament.

Under the direction of Angie Bin and Erin McCullough, the squad took two more first place trophies at the tournament as freshman Tucker Wingert took the top spot in Original Oratory and freshman Joseph Hutchins won Live Radio Speaking. Several other members of Nevada's squad went on to place in the top six in the tournament as well.

Cottey College got its share of the spotlight for the month on March 9, when it was announced that the school was named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor Roll award, recognized more than 700 colleges and universities for their impact on issues from poverty and homelessness to environmental justice. On campuses across the country, thousands of students joined their faculty to develop innovative programs and projects to meet local needs using the skills gained in their classrooms. Business students served as consultants to budget-strapped nonprofits and businesses, law students volunteered at legal clinics, and dozens of others organized anti-hunger campaigns.

The month came to a close with yet another big announcement for Nevada High School as it changed principals for the second time in as many years with the hiring of Debra Workman. Workman, who taught in Nevada from 1989-1993, comes to Nevada after spending the past five years as an assistant principal at Raymore-Peculiar High School.

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