Stories from Friday, May 3, 2013

I remember the theme song from "Cheers" on television fondly. I used it as the basis for a talk I gave once explaining that we all respond better if the person talking to us, or teaching us, called us by name. This morning when I called "Time and Temperature" to see if we were going to be warm or cold today I was asked if I didn't like to go where people knew my name. ...

Dear Editor: I think it is unwise to cut funding to public schools. I think students from poorer families might lose the chance to get an education. I went to public schools and was always able to get a job. If more people are unable to work because of lack of education it will cause them to go on government assistance, which will cause bigher taxes...

Josh Gibson was 30-years-old when he was arrested in the parking lot of the Family Video store at the corner of Ash Street and Austin Boulevard in Nevada in June 2012. He was a wanted fugitive from the state of Oregon who had been living in Nevada under that assumed name for several years...

Despite Thursday's snow and the late planting season, the Nevada Farmer's Market will open as scheduled May 18, said Market Master Kelly Ast. The market will be located in Earp Park, just west of the Nevada Fire Department on Austin Boulevard, and will be open 8 a.m. to noon each Saturday until October, Ast said...

The Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team was scheduled to get back in action Saturday, taking on Hollister in the Forsyth baseball tournament, but Mother Nature has, yet again, thrown a wrench in the works. Tournament officials announced Friday that the tournament has been postponed and will now begin on Monday. Head coach Danny Penn's Tigers will still open the tournament against Hollister, but that game will now be played at 4:30 p.m., Monday, at Hollister High School...

The most significant development in fishing over the past 50 years is the advent of catch and release. Even though this seems beyond reproach, there are some detractors to the practice. Anglers get a lot of enjoyment by stalking and fooling fish, but after the battle has ended, the fish goes back into the water instead of a frying pan. Usually, the fish is no worse for wear and is ready to strike another's lure...

Everything didn't quite go as expected when votes were tallied for the Class 4, District 12 baseball tournament seeds, but Nevada Tigers head baseball coach Danny Penn came out of the proceedings with a smile on his face. Contrary to what Penn entered this year's deliberations believing would happen, his squad earned the top seed for this year's tournament, which is scheduled to begin on May 11. ...

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Three members of the Nevada High School boys' golf team were scheduled to head to Hidden Pines Country Club for the Class 3, Sectional 4 tournament on Monday, but due to wet conditions in the Warrensburg area, tournament officials have pushed the tournament back one day...

The Nevada Middle School track and field teams competed in the Tri-County track meet Thursday and came home with a number of strong performances. Nevada's eighth-grade girls' squad took second overall in the meet, with a total of three first-place finishes in individual events and relays. Nevada's only individual win came from Megan Hold in the 200-meter dash, but the Lady Tigers did win both the 400- and 800-meter relays...