Stories from Tuesday, July 8, 2003

Jessie Bell, 16, Harwood, Mo., was killed July 7 when her car, a Pontiac, struck a ditch approximately one half mile west of El Dorado Springs on U.S. 54 Highway and flipped end over end. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Bell was ejected from the vehicle. ...

Three local cities are one step closer to success in their quest to upgrade drinking water systems. Bronaugh, Schell City and Sheldon are three of 14 cities around Missouri to receive grants from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to pay for engineering report services. ...

Pat Chambers (right) presents plaque and $1,000 check to Nevada Griffons' head coach Daryl Byrd after Griffons' claimed the championship at the NBC World Series qualifying tournament, the Tournament of Champions, at Lyons Stadium on Saturday. The Nevada Griffons exploded for 12 runs late in the contest to blow past the Springfield Generals, 16-5, and capture the inaugural Tournament of Champions at Lyons Stadium on Saturday. ...

Soul mates -- two little words, one big concept. A belief that some one, somewhere is holding the key to your heart and all that you have do is find them. So where is this person? And if you love someone and it didn't work out does that mean that they weren't your soul mate? Does it mean that they were just a runner up in this game show we call 'happily ever after?' And as you move from age box to age box and your contestants get fewer and fewer, are your chances of finding your soul mate less and less? Although I am in the prime of my life right now, where my age box is filled with endless possibilities of prospective soul mates, I sometimes wonder when my other half will arrive. ...

100 Years Ago -- July 8, 1903 The Nevada School Board met last night in regular session and we are glad to state that the heretofore deadlock over the election of Miss Bessie Kennedy was broken and everything is now working harmoniously for the betterment of our public schools. ...