Stories from Tuesday, September 16, 2003

More than 40 citizens participated at the Sesquicentennial History Book Committee's open house/workshop held at the Bushwhacker Museum from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The history book committee was formed to produce a two-volume set history of Vernon County. ...

The Nevada R-5 School District's Renaissance program is doing more than ever to help students to achieve higher academics. The drug-free program also focuses efforts on an obvious goal -- keeping kids off drugs. According to coordinator Ranae Schulze, who presented an update about both programs to the school board last week, both the Renaissance and drug-free program reaches many students and rewards them for good work done, and leaders try to expand services each year. ...

The good news is that most of Vernon County rests on top of a large pocket of oil. The bad news is that it is heavy, shallow and hard to pump. However, Dr. Shari Dunn-Norman, from the University of Missouri Petroleum Engineering Department, conducted some experiments near Eve last Saturday, in an effort to devise a way to make shallow heavy oil extraction more economical. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's cross country team placed sixth in the nine-team Carthage Invitational on Saturday. Senior Jon Emery (18:07) was the only Tiger medalist with a 13th place finish. The top 15 medaled. Other individual finishers for Nevada were Jim Fay (19:04), 28th; Darren Chapman (19:44), 36th; Mason Benn (20:07), 42nd; and Curtiss Davis (20:56), 50th; all sophomores. ...

WILLARD, Mo. -- The Lady Tiger volleyball team got off to a good start, then fizzled. Nevada went 1-2-1 in pool play for a third-place finish. The top two teams in the two five-team pools advanced to the finals of the Lori Endicott Invitational at Willard on Saturday. ...

100 Years Ago -- September 16, 1903 OSCEOLA NEWS- The presence of Cole Younger and Frank James brought back to old-timers here the stormy war days and the even stormier times that followed. On Sunday the Sheriff, Mayor and Marshal went to Frank James and said they had heard the show was made up of grafters and plunderers. ...