Stories from Thursday, September 11, 2003

If all goes according to plan, Nevada families will not have to leave town to visit a water park next summer. During a meeting Tuesday night, the Nevada Parks Board voted to send a design proposal for renovating Walton Pool to the city council for final approval. ...

With the refurbished Sen. William Joel Stone memorial due to be rededicated on October 11, perhaps it's time for another look at the man himself. As a longtime fixture of the courthouse yard the monument tends to lead modern Nevada folk to fancy Stone's link to the community was more intimate than it really was. ...

100 Years Ago -- September 11, 1903 FROM EL DORADO, KAN.-- A meteor, which fell near Keighly, about eighteen miles south of El Dorado at 8 o'clock yesterday evening, caused a shock resembling an earthquake to be felt all over the county. The El Dorado people ran from their homes, fearing they might fall. ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada High School volleyball team evened its season record at 1-1, 1-0 in the Southwest Conference, with a straight-set win over Carthage on Tuesday. The Tigers defeated conference foe Carthage 25-18 and 25-20. "It was nice to start off with a win in conference play," said Nevada coach Sharla Wilkerson. ...

ADRIAN, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade girls volleyball A and B teams ran its records to 2-0 with wins over Adrian. The A Tigers won their first game 25-20, then went overtime to claim a 27-25 decision over the Blackhawks. Abby Ruddick and Kristen Badgley paced the Tigers with 18 and nine service points, respectively. The B Tigers had it a little easier with 25-14, 25-13 wins over Adrian in the best-of-three format. Caedran Audley tallied 11 points and Kourtni Gilmore added seven...

EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. -- Calvary Christian Lady Eagles corralled the Buffaloes of El Dorado Springs Christian in a varsity volleyball match on Tuesday. The Eagles (2-2) won three straight in the best-of-five format, 25-15, 25-14 and 25-11. Calvary's junior varsity lost its best-of-three match 25-11, 25-21 to El Dorado. Calvary meets Faith Christian Academy of Osawatomie, Kan., and Hope Christian School of Kansas City at Osawatomie on Tuesday at 5 p.m...

There's good news and bad news when it comes to the Nevada R-5's performance in meeting state and local school improvement goals under the state's MAP testing program and the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The good news is that, overall, Nevada students improved their scores in most MAP testing areas, and have steadily shown improvement in four core areas -- math, communication arts, social studies and science -- since the test was first officially implemented as the Nevada R-5 district's baseline in 2000. ...

Most people only have one face. It is the face that they were when they go to work, watch TV or hang out with their family. But there are some among us with more that one face. Like superheros, they don disguises and masks with the purpose of giving hope. ...

Today marks the second anniversary of the terrorists' attack on the two New York Trade Center Towers. The memories and anger are still fresh; the sense of utter helplessness and marginality still weigh heavily. If it's hard for some of us to understand people who, like the hijacker pilots, would willingly give up their lives to kill so many hundreds of unwitting Americans, can we really understand any better the hundreds of New York City firemen and policemen who gave up their lives to save the lives of countless strangers? I saw a 35-page play last night that is as bright and true an example of the "cathartic" in theater as I've seen in all my life. ...

Two weeks ago we were sitting outside on our dry lawn looking out at our rapidly shrinking pond. There was about ten feet of dirt, grass etc. lying exposed where water would usually have covered it. We commented that the only part of the lawn that needed mowing was that little strip where the grass/weeds had enough moisture to send up stalks of grass. ...