Stories from Thursday, June 19, 2003

The Bushwhacker Days parade winners were announced yesterday, with several honors going to local entries. The top honor, Best of Parade, however, went to the Marching Cobras, a Kansas City team whose lively performance charmed the crowd during the parade. ...

It seems that some people are taking a new look at bats as beneficial predators of insects such as mosquitos. Some are even looking for ways to attract bats as an alternative to pesticides in the battle to reduce the mosquito population and along with it reduce the threat of West Nile Virus. ...

New champion, same hometown. Once again, golfers from Carthage, Mo., won the championship flight of the senior division of the Men's Senior Golf Tournament held at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday. Tournament director Larry Testman hosted a full field of 66 teams from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma at the 12th annual two-man scramble. ...

Game 1 EL DORADO, Kan. -- The Nevada Griffons found themselves on the short end of a 2-1 pitchers' duel with the El Dorado Broncos in the first game of a Jayhawk League doubleheader on Tuesday night. Nevada starter Mike Zagurski, (1-1) was the hard-luck loser, despite a stellar outing. ...

100 Years Ago -- June 19, 1903 The street-paving question, we are sorry to state, is in a rather mixed up state and we fear that the work of paving Cherry Street will not be done in the very near future. The reasons for the delay are several however Mayor Wight says that if Mr. ...

When I hear "nature trail," I think of gravel or bark paths through the woods, mostly flat and clearly marked for visitors with interpretative plaques to identify flora or fauna. On the ideal nature trail for this plus-sized girl, one could wear and business suit and pumps and complete the route ready to go to the office. ...

I am convinced that we never really leave our past behind us. No matter how far we travel, no matter how old we get, we still keep running into pieces of our past. That is fine and very welcome if the past was a good place to have been. I think I have been blessed with a happy past as well as a happy present. ...