Stories from Sunday, August 28, 2005

Some time around Jan.1, Nevada residents will get a belated Christmas present from the city government -- free access to the citywide wireless network without the need for an Internet connection. This was what city officials planned to do when they unveiled their plans in the fall of 2002 to build a network to provide high-speed digital communications for city emergency workers as well other city workers in the field. ...

Nevada R-5 school district has 48 buses and 45 full-time drivers plus teachers, coaches and part-time drivers. For 16 years Cliff Pettibon, transportation supervisor for R-5 schools, has been responsible for the safety of the children who ride his buses...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds drivers that most traffic crashes involving young drivers (under the age of 21) in 2004 occurred between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., when school typically lets out. "Last year, Missouri experienced 1,318 traffic crashes involving school buses. ...

For the first time, a collection of works by local artists from the Vernon County Arts Council is on display in the PEO Foundation Art Gallery at Cottey College. The exhibit includes photos, watercolors and acrylic paintings, sterling silver jewelry, fiber art and works in a variety of other media as well...

The Vernon County Sheriff's Office, Nevada Police Department and the Southwest Missouri Major Case Squad Drug Task Force served three search warrants on Aug. 26, which led to the arrest of area men on drug related charges. Joe K. McIntire, Nevada, was arrested on drug-related charges, and bond was set at $100,000. ...

Darren and Amy Mead, El Dorado Springs, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Gracie Ruth Mead. Gracie was born at 6:36 p.m., on Aug. 10, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 18 inches. Paternal grandparents are Jack and Skip Mead, Nevada. ...

Daniel and Melissa Williams, Carthage, and Brayden and Trevyn, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Rheagan Kierra Williams. Rheagan was born at 9:22 a.m., on May 26, 2005, at Cox-Monett Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. ...

Roger George Schlueter, 67, Rich Hill, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at Bates County Memorial Hospital. He was born April 27, 1938, to George Walter and Helen B. Radunz Schlueter in Hutchinson, Minn. He married Dixie Catherine Lee on Feb. 20, 1960. He grew up in Hutchinson, Minn., and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1956. ...

Now that the number of body bags containing the corpses of U..S. kids killed in George Bush's war in Iraq and Afghanistan has exceeded 1,864, and the war's once modest popularity here at home has shrunk to an all-time low, it's pretty clear that the U.S. military is currently having one devil of a time "making mission."...

Coming off a two-win season in which the Nevada Tigers lost their final seven games in a row, second-year head coach John Skeans is looking for vast improvement from his football team this year. "We've got to play as well as we can play," Skeans said. "We've got to play unselfish, and we've got to limit penalties."...

With four seniors leading the way and another returning varsity letter winner, the Nevada Lady Tiger golf team is looking to make a string case for the district championship this season. While it will be tough for Nevada to knock off perennial powers Sacred Heart and Clinton, don't put it past this group led by first-year coach Brian Leonard...

Maybe the hardest working and most overlooked team in the fall sports season is the cross country team. The Nevada Tiger cross country team started preparing for the 2005 season early in the summer, running three times a week early in the morning on jaunts all over the city of Nevada...

The Missouri outdoors hold surprises for everyone including seasoned veterans. Last week my son Brad, came by from Florida and was interested in some property near Mack's Creek off U.S. Highway 54. On the way there, we stumbled across a place we didn't know existed, but were glad to see it...

And now they call poker a sport. You know, every time someone comes up with something so utterly preposterous that you think it can never be topped, someone comes up with something like this and tops it. There is no way on this green earth of God's that any reasonable human being can actually think like this. It's all marketing and just another way to milk money from a gullible public. But you don't have to call it a sport...

Randy and Vicky Kahl of Neosho, Mo., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Lee Kahl, to Cody Joe Dixon. Cody is the son of Larry Dixon of Granby, Mo., and Roy and Lori Scott of Hephzibah, Ga. The couple will be married on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at Silver Moon Full Gospel Church at 11 a.m...

Rochelle Diane Martin and Daniel Lynn Borgaila exchanged wedding vows on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004, in the Fort Street Christian Church in Omaha, Neb., where the couple are members. Mark Chitwood, pastor, whose message to the couple and guests was based on Psalm 18:2, solemnized the vows of the ceremony...

Beverly (Atkinson) Winfrey, daughter of David Atkinson of Lebanon, is engaged to be married to Eric Denney, son of Norma and Tom Mooneyhan of Nevada, and Larry and Sue Denney of Warsaw, Mo. The bride-elect is a graduate of Lebanon High School and is self-employed as a Broker/ Associate at Four Seasons Realty in Lake Ozark. The prospective-groom is a graduate of Nevada High School and Southwest Missouri State University, and is employed as a Team Leader for Missouri Eagle of Lebanon...

Hi neighbors. Is it too early to look for woolly worms, persimmon pits, or spider sacks in trees? Is it just my arthritis, or are the "signs" predicting an early, cold winter? Since it is still technically summer, I'm hoping my premonitions are based only on the fear of having to buy a new furnace...