Stories from Wednesday, September 10, 2003

A missing signature on a bid may have cost a construction company a job and Vernon County $12,000. The job, a bridge project on 13 curves, is to replace a bridge and straighten out one of the curves on the road. It's located where Moore Branch runs into Little Drywood Creek. ...

A special judge assigned to preside over a suit against the city of Nevada announced Tuesday that he'll be taking a while to decide whether a violation of the Sunshine Law occurred. Nearly six months since the case was originally filed, the H&M Demolation vs. ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Nevada High School girls tennis team kept its perfect Southwest Conference record intact with a 7-2 win over Carthage on Tuesday. The Tigers (3-1, 2-0) won five of six singles matches and two of three doubles. Nevada's No. 1 singles player Gina Pendrak did receive a bit of a scare. ...

LAMAR, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle school girls volleyball A and B teams, coached by Jodie McNeley, swept Lamar on Monday. The A team, led by Abby Ruddick with 18 points and Kristen Badgley with nine, defeated Lamar 25-8, 25-10. The B team won 25-8, 25-18. Caedran Audley paced the B teamers with 11 points, while Kourtni Gilmore and Ashley Norman scored seven and six, respectively...

ANDERSON, Mo. --The Lady Tiger softball team is making strides. From an 18-1 run-rule defeat to McDonald County in late August, Nevada narrowly lost a 1-0 contest to the Mustangs on Tuesday. Nevada (1-4) fell to 0-3 in the Southwest Conference, but proved they can compete with conference rivals. ...

Baptist Bible College came back from a 1-0 deficit to sweep three straight and knock Cottey College from the ranks of the undefeated on Tuesday at Hinkhouse Center Gymnasium. Cottey (2-1) looked sharp in handing the Patriots a 30-22 loss in the opening game, then seemed to be out of sync for the rest of the match. ...

100 Years Ago -- September 10, 1903 C.C. Van Aradale of Osage Township tells a remarkable but true story of the death of a horse. Three horses were in Van Aradale's pasture recently when a band passed playing a splendid selection. The horses pricked up their ears and listened and seemed to be charmed with the music when suddenly one of the animals wheeled and fell dead. ...

It is far better to be in a position to say, "Tell me it will not happen to me," rather that having to say, "Why, did it happen to me?" I am talking about our nation's fastest growing crime -- Identity Theft. More than 700,000 people are victimized each year, and that figure is most likely on the rise. ...