Stories from Thursday, August 21, 2003

Adam Lawler, Nevada High School senior, is headed to Las Vegas on a trip paid for by the Missouri Grocers Association to compete for cash and a chance to be on the David Letterman show. Adam competed at Tan-Tar-A Resort at Lake of the Ozarks Aug. 16, winning a competition that included baggers from all over Missouri. ...

Nevada will not be participating in a statewide sales tax holiday in August 2004. The state legislature has set the second weekend of August 2004 as a sales tax holiday to allow people to purchase school related supplies without tax. The law allows local governments to opt out of the event. ...

100 Years Ago -- August 21, 1903 NOTICE- Through the columns of this paper, notice has been given of our Iowa Settlers' Picnic. We want to call the attention of the public to the fact that it will be a basket picnic. We will have music, instrumental and vocal. ...

I liked school- all the way from kindergarten through college. I only had one or two teachers that I didn't either like, or at least respect, if I didn't particularly like their personality. I was fortunate that I had a very good educational background from public school before I got to college. ...