Stories from Thursday, October 14, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Cottey students gathered Thursday night to express their feelings on the prospect of Wells College, an Aurora, N.Y., college converting from a women's institution to a co-ed college. The gathering was part of a nationwide day of solidarity and protest Cottey students initiated on behalf of their collegiate sisters attending Wells. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada R-5 school board voted to instate a new tuition rate for out-of-state students served at Heartland Behavioral Health Center in Nevada, at the rate of $11,056 per year per student. Under the new rate plan, the fee for educating such students would be charged only for hours each student attended classes based on that annual rate, because the number of students served changes frequently. ...

Football boosters create program that involves younger students. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Twila Morrow, a busy mother of four Nevada students, has two of her children in the football program, Seth Baker, eighth grade, and Heath Baker, 11th grade. With two boys in the program Morrow has become very active as a Nevada Tiger Football Booster mom...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Casually walking his bike along the shoulder of U.S. Highway 71 near Nevada, Darrell Brooks slowly creeps his way southward. Though the day is damp and cold, he trudges on, one goal in mind -- Florida or bust. All his worldly possessions are strapped to a small trailer attached to his bike. ...

Births Cale Whitley and Colin Patrick McConnaughey P.D. and Chasidee McConnaughey, Bronaugh, are proud to announce the birth of twins, Cale Whitley and Colin Patrick McConnaughey. Colin was born at 3:05 p.m. on Oct. 11, 2004. He weighed 6 pounds, and 15 ounces. ...

The wheels are still turning Going places and doing things used to be a high priority in my life. If something was going on somewhere, I wanted to be there to experience it. When I was a child, the neighbors thought I was a fixture in the family car. ...

Lessons of election time Dear editor: How quickly Summer has passed and Fall is here, Thanksgiving just around the corner. I know time is passing faster these days, it can't just be that I am older! It doesn't seem possible Nov. 2 and the election will soon be upon us, I do hope everyone will take their "right and duty to vote" seriously this year and vote your convictions for the good of this world we live in!...

Fighting obesity begins at a young age No parent wants his or her child to pick up a bad habit, but it seems that too many of our nation's youngsters are doing just that. They've been watching what adults eat and noting how little they move about -- and are doing the same...

100 years ago: County looking for a big victory this November Today was Democratic day in Nevada and all the highest hopes of the County Democratic Central Committee were more than fulfilled and the banner of Democracy was raised high and gracefully floated upon the balmy breeze while a vast throng of enthusiastic Democrats met here and made possible the biggest and most enthusiastic political meeting held in this county in recent years...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Coming off three straight losses the Nevada Tigers have perhaps their biggest game of the season when McDonald County comes to town Friday. The psyche of a rebuilding program can be fragile at first, and not having experienced the positive feeling of a win in almost a month, the Tiger football team might fall into that category...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols made sure the St. Louis Cardinals got off to another fast start. Pujols homered in the first inning of the NL Championship series Wednesday night, just as he did in the first round. Although he had a quiet night otherwise, he set the tone for the Cardinals' 10-7 victory over the Houston Astros...