Stories from Sunday, August 3, 2003

The Vernon County Ambulance District has come a long way since picking up its first patient in 1978. Just a year earlier, ambulances were dispatched from funeral homes. Drivers essentially picked up their charges, then rushed them to the hospital as quickly as possible. ...

There is more to lifeguarding than sitting around getting a tan. Mostly high school juniors and seniors, with a few of college age, these young men and women go down to the Walton Pool every day not to play and goof around, but to protect swimmers. Becoming a lifeguard is somewhat of a process. ...

Most of Nevada's sanitary sewer system was built about 50 years ago and like most things that have been in continuous use for 50 years is need of repair. On August 5, Nevada voters are being asked two questions: first, to renew the city's one-half cent capital improvement sales tax that paid for a new water treatment plant and constructing new water mains, to make needed improvements to the city's sewer treatment plant and the sewer lines, and second, to approve issuing $5.2 million in sewer bonds. ...

100 Years Ago -- August 3, 1903 Lawn Committee chosen to award to award the A.B. Cockerill lawn prize spent the morning driving all over the city and at noon drafted the following report: After a careful examination of the Nevada lawns, we have awarded the first prize of $50 to Mrs. ...

After filming a fishing show on Stockton Lake with guide Les Jarman, another angler came up to me as I was taking a limit of walleye from the livewell. He said, "How come you always seem to catch fish when I was out today and never caught a thing?" After talking with this unsuccessful angler, I learned that he, along with many other anglers, fished the same water in the same way he always had and if their favorite methods don't work, they go home skunked. ...

If that's the way he feels, good riddance. You're not the type we want. Carlos Beltran is who I'm speaking of. And I do respect him for one thing. He's not out there lying about how badly he wants to play for a winner so he can get a chance to play in the World Series. ...

Hi neighbors. I feel people in general find comfort in discussing subjects they face one on one and day to day. For instance, some recent topics were mammograms, six versus four cylinder car motors, dogs, why toddlers cover themselves with lotion then roll on the carpet, books, storytelling and the weather. ...

I haven't kept close tabs on what's been happening in California politics, but I think I have a vague sense of it. My understanding is that, having given Governor Davis sufficient opportunity to govern wisely, Californians have finally said, "Okay, Pal, you've had enough time to prove yourself in national office. ...