Stories from Thursday, July 17, 2003

On Aug. 5, Vernon County residents will be asked to vote on a county-wide sales tax that is earmarked to build a new county-city law enforcement building and to finance the installation and upkeep of a enhanced 911 system. Included in this building will be a new county jail. ...

The Nevada R-5 Board of Education met Monday and covered several items. Ted Davis, superintendent, updated the board on the status of a charitable gift to the district from the estate of Frank and Ella Maxwell. Davis said the expectation is to receive between $700,000 to $750,000. ...

LIBERAL, Kan.. -- The Liberal BeeJays continued to feast on Nevada Griffon pitching. Liberal swatted five home runs while sweeping the Jayhawk League doubleheader, 6-5 and 7-3, at Brent Gould Field on Wednesday. The losses dropped the Griffons out of third place in the Jayhawk League standings by percentage points to the BeeJays. ...

July 17 100 Years Ago -- July 17, 1903 SOCIETY and CLUB NEWS -- One of the social functions of the summer season was the 20th wedding anniversary reception given by Mr. and Mrs. C.F. White at their palatial residence on West Austin Street from two until 10 o'clock this evening. ...

Poor David P. Giboney just had no luck at all. As if it weren't enough losing his life early in the Civil War and having his body subject to indignities by his Kansas killers, he goes down in history ("The History of Vernon County") incorrectly as "D. ...

Weather can be a friend or a foe, and sometimes it is both things at once. The thunder storm last Friday night that brought hail as well as all the fireworks of a midwestern storm, came just as my family members who had come from all corners of the U.S. ...