Stories from Friday, September 12, 2003

A crashing crescendo from the Nevada High School Marching Band drowned out the thunder as the dedication ceremony for Nevada's newest mural, "Vernon County Valor," on Patriot Day, Sept. 11, the second anniversary of the destruction of the Twin Towers. ...

Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt spent the day in Nevada Sept. 11, participating in a handful of local events. Blunt made an appearance at the dedication of Nevada's newest mural, "Vernon County Valor," which hangs on a wall in the 100 block of S. ...

LATE MODEL Heat 1: 1. Alan Vaughn, 2. Kerry Schultz, 3. Herb Nagy. Heat 2: 1. Dustin Mooneyham, 2. Jack Simmons, 3. Eric Anderson. A Feature -- 1. Alan Vaughn, 2. Jack Simmons, 3. Dustin Mooneyham, 4. Kerry Schultz, 5. Gary Webb, 6. Robert Coffman, 7. ...

100 Years Ago -- September 12, 1903 C.F. Strom, of the Dempsey Candy Company, is in receipt of information by letter that the citizens of Lockwood have received the assurance of the Rock Island Railway Company they would render financial aid in building a road from the Lockwood Station to Jerico Springs. ...