Stories from Wednesday, October 1, 2003

National and state budget cuts are having an impact on a local institution. The University of Missouri Outreach and Extension Office is feeling the pinch of the scaled down Missouri budget that has caused a rise in the amount of the postage bill the office must pay, and has led to the office's charging for formerly free guidesheets. ...

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100 Years Ago -- October 1, 1903 ITEMS -- J.T. Welborn, a substantial and well-known farmer citizen of Moundville Township was in Nevada today to deliver for shipment, 16 head of Angora goats, which he sold to Geo. Wilson. The stock will be shipped to Highland County, Virginia. ...

The Calvary Eagles varsity improved to 6-4 with a win over the El Dorado Springs Buffaloes at the Nevada YMCA on Monday. Calvary won 25-11, 25-16. Heather Rippetoe scored 13, with three aces, to lead the Eagles, while Rachelle Talley added eight service points. ...

The unbeaten Nevada Middle School eighth-grade football team picked up two more wins. The Tigers defeated Carthage 20-6, then toppled Neosho 12-6. On the Carthage victory, Nevada coach Jamie Alexander said, "It turned into a real dogfight early, but, in the end, we wanted it more than they did." Leading only 6-0 at halftime, the Tigers put the game away with 14 second-half points. ...

If there was a Prozac-like remedy available to cure the up-and-down swings of a volleyball team, Nevada coach Sharla Wilkerson would probably be first in line to get it. "It's a total roller-coaster ride and, right now, we can't stay uphill long enough," said Wilkerson. ...

The unbeaten Nevada Middle School eighth-grade football team picked up two more wins. The Tigers defeated Carthage 20-6, then toppled Neosho 12-6. On the Carthage victory, Nevada coach Jamie Alexander said, "It turned into a real dogfight early, but, in the end, we wanted it more than they did." Leading only 6-0 at halftime, the Tigers put the game away with 14 second-half points. ...

If there was a Prozac-like remedy available to cure the up-and-down swings of a volleyball team, Nevada coach Sharla Wilkerson would probably be first in line to get it. "It's a total roller-coaster ride and, right now, we can't stay uphill long enough," said Wilkerson. ...

The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade "A" spikers have probably seen enough of Webb City for a while. The Tigers (10-3-1) finished second to the Cardinals in the Nevada Middle School Tournament on Saturday, then lost a competitive three-game match to its Southwest Conference rival on Monday. ...

Nevada firefighters and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a one-vehicle crash along northbound U.S. 71 Highway, between the interchange for U.S. 54 Highway and the on ramp for Osage Boulevard. According to the patrol's report, Gina Hodge, the driver of the tractor-trailer, lost control of the vehicle which hit the inside guard rail and jack-knifed before sliding into the ditch on the east side of 71. ...

It has moved from drawings to reality -- a new Senior Center for Vernon County. It now is only a few weeks off until the senior center will be moving into a new home. In recent months we have observed the building being constructed on the corner of Hunter and Main. ...