Stories from Tuesday, September 23, 2003

The Vernon County Local Emergency Planning Committee will be performing its annual disaster drill on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The drill is scheduled to begin about 6 p.m. and will be used to provide an opportunity for NRMC and the Nevada Fire Department to learn to use their portable chemical decontamination units. ...

 This Saturday, Sept. 27, marks the final Vernon County Farmers' Market Square Days on the Square in Nevada.  Saturday's events will begin at 9 a.m., featuring a Harvest Celebration and a National Knit Out and Crochet Too exhibition which ends at 1 p.m. ...

Residents of Walker were out en force over the weekend enjoying their annual Walker Fun Days. Vendors were on hand to slake thirsts and satisfy anyone's desire for kettle corn or barbecue and organizers had plenty of contests for the revelers to enjoy. ...

Fasten your seatbelt and hold on to your hat because Nevada is about to take a whirlwind ride into a prosperous future. For the last 10 years, Nevada has been losing jobs right and left, with few new ones created to replace those lost. That is changing rapidly. ...

The Nevada Lady Tiger varsity volleyball team ran into a buzzsaw in the person of the talented Pleasant Hill Chicks on Monday at Wynn Gymnasium. Nevada (3-5-1) lost 25-3 and 25-13 to the senior-dominated Chicks. "I knew they were good," said Nevada coach Sharla Wilkerson. ...

The Calvary Christian Eagles (3-4) won game one, but couldn't close the deal against the Camden Crusaders at the Nevada YMCA on Friday. Camden won games two and three by scores of 25-16, 25-10 to capture the match. The Eagles were victorious in the first game, 25-20. ...

The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade football team was chomping at the bit to see some action. They finally got their chance, after several rainouts, and made the most of it with a 38-6 dismantling of Joplin South at Logan Field on Monday. "We had great execution, especially up front," said coach Ken Eastwood. ...

The Nevada Tiger softball team had to make a last-minute move to Lamar for its scheduled "home" game on Monday. The Tigers (2-8) lost 10-2 when Lamar broke open a close contest with four runs in the fourth inning, then tacked on single runs in both the sixth and seventh. ...

100 Years Ago -- September 23, 1903 An event of special interest to the ladies of Nevada will be the fall opening of millinery at the Roy Starkey Millinery Department on the East side of the Square. Starkey has been very fortunate in his buying for the fall trade and has many beautiful creations to show the ladies. ...