Stories from Sunday, September 14, 2003

Last Wednesday afternoon Don Flagor was called upon try to make an extraction and rescue attempt for thousands of tiny, special beings whose lives were disrupted by construction activity. The victims were bees, and Flagor is a beekeeper. Earlier that day, construction workers at the corner of Cedar and Sycamore were using heavy equipment to demolish a house, and as workers knocked over wall, they had the surprise of a lifetime. ...

Finding the money to continue paying for a school resource officer for the Nevada R-5 School District has been increasingly difficult, but with the help of the city of Nevada, the district will be able to fund the position for this school year. During a regular meeting of the R-5 Board of Education, administrator Christi Peterson said the city council had given its initial stamp of approval to a proposal to pitch in half of the money to pay School Resource Officer Pat McCarty's salary and enable the school district to continue having a police presence on the grounds. ...

Defensive struggle or offensive ineptitude. Take your pick. At any rate, the Nevada Tigers had enough in the tank at the end to chalk up a 19-0 Homecoming win over the El Dorado Springs Bulldogs on Friday. "It was one that we needed," said Nevada coach Jerry Cornelius. ...

100 Years Ago -- September 14, 1903 The Mexican War veterans of 1846 held their 32nd Annual Reunion at the Courthouse today. The number of Vernon County veterans of the Mexican War is gradually decreasing and so now there are only seven veterans. Thirty-one years ago, the Mexican veterans organized their association and a that time the number of veterans then residing in this county was thirty one. ...

Hi neighbors. Another September 11 has come and gone. I personally could only watch a little of the television news coverage. The images of the people and the Towers are all still too painful. The attack on the World Trade Center two years ago forced Americans to turn to each other as they had not done before. ...