Stories from Thursday, September 4, 2003

Saturday, Sept. 13, the Sesquicentennial Committee will hold an open house workshop at the Bushwhacker Museum from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering Vernon County residents past and present, a unique opportunity to become a part of the annals of history. During the Bushwhackers Days activities in June 2005, Vernon County will observe its 150th birthday. ...

The Nevada Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring the 2003 Adopt a Bike program and is planning a special event Sept. 6. Officer Mike Galimberto, Community Resource Officer, is in charge of the program, which was recently turned over to the parks department, after years of having been administered by the police department. ...

A meeting was held Wednesday with state officials at Katy Allen Lake, in Nevada, to discuss the future of the Birdscape Project and a possible changing of the face of the lake. Cecil Pritchett, president of the Osage Valley Resource, Conservation and Development Council and head of the Birdscape project, hopes to transform the Katy Allen Lake into a wetlands area -- complete with decorative gardens for birds and butterflies. ...

PLEASANT HILL, Mo. -- Nevada High School girls golf team opened its season with a 27-stroke victory over Pleasant Hill on Wednesday. Contested on the front nine of the Quarry Course, a 2,518-yard (ladies tees), par-36 layout at the Country Creek Golf Club, the Tigers top four scores totaled 241 to 268 for the Chicks. ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Calvary Christian Eagles girls volleyball team split a season-opening twinbill on Tuesday. Rally scoring (the offensive or defensive team scores on each possession) format was used in the best-of-three sets. In the first of two matches, both held at Eagle Heights Christian School in Kansas City, Mo., Calvary dropped games by scores of 25-8 and 25-21 to the host team. ...

I enjoy listening to the car radio. The music relaxes me and I often begin to think back to other times and other places. One of the most common themes of my reminiscences is the travel I did as a child with our family. We did not have a radio to play soothing music, or for us kids to argue over which station we wanted to hear. ...

100 Years Ago -- September 4, 1903 BELLAMY BULLETINS -- Oscar Wood and Miss Angie Adkerson were married August 25th. Wood did not let the boy's charivery very long but march them up town and passed around cigars. They will make their home with Dr. Adkerson for a while. ...