Stories from Wednesday, October 8, 2003

Tuesday evening, area agriculture producers gathered at the fair grounds to research the details of nutrient management and how it applies to cost share opportunities. A Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan, is a program of dealing with animal waste. ...

100 Years Ago -- October 8, 1903 Dr. W.T. Stephenson, editor of the Kirksville Democrat, was here today visiting his brother J.P. Stephenson and looking into the oil and asphalt prospect again in the Bellamy Field. Stephenson was located in the practice of medicine in Nevada some years ago. ...

The Calvary Christian Eagles lost to the Association of Christian Homeschool Fellowship Lady Lions on Monday. ACHF of Joplin, Mo., defeated the Eagles 25-16, 25-20, at the Nevada YMCA. Calvary, led by Heather Rippetoe's seven points, fell to 6-6. The Calvary junior varsity (1-6) suffered a 25-22, 25-17 defeat to ACHF. Rippetoe and Amber Goodwin scored a team-high six points for the Eagles. Sarah Hall contributed 10 saves. Calvary hosts Southwest Christian of Neosho, Mo., on Monday...

The Tiger varsity volleyball team won its second straight match with a three-set win over Carthage on Tuesday at Wynn Gymnasium. Nevada (11-8-2) improved to 3-1 in the Southwest Conference. Nevada won the first game, 25-20, then dropped the second by the identical score. ...

WEBB CITY, Mo. -- Nevada fell to Webb City 10-0 in a five-inning run-rule loss on Monday. The Tigers (4-14, 0-6) were limited to one hit by Southwest Conference champion Webb City (20-4, 8-0). Senior Julie King collected the Nevada hit. Defensively, the Tigers highlight came in the first inning when Courtney Hinkle gunned down a Webb City runner at second base, as she tried to stretch a hit into a double. ...

RICHMOND, Mo. -- A young, relatively inexperienced Nevada Tiger girls golf team concluded its season with a fifth-place finish in the seven-team Class 1, District 6 tournament at Shirkey Country Club on Monday. The top two teams qualify to advance, as well as, the top five individuals not on a qualifying team. ...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tiger tennis team slipped past Harrisonville, 5-4, in its final regular-season match on Tuesday. With the match tied at 4-4, the outcome rested on the result of the final match of the evening, the No. 3 doubles teams of Meredith Hoberock and Emily Teepe vs. ...

The Nevada Tiger eighth-grade "A" volleyball team, the Southwest Conference Tournament champion, capped its season on a winning note. The "A" squad (14-3-1) defeated Lamar 25-17, 25-5. Lindsay Rice led the Tigers with 11 points, while Cassie Engle scored seven. Lindsey Webb and Lauren Silvola had four each. The "B" team (9-4) also won its season finale, 25-17 abd 25-9, over Lamar. Emma Dreyer and Kourtni Gilmore paced the Tigers with nine and eight points, respectively...

For the last two months most of America has been watching the recall election in California. It is now time for Nevada residents to begin thinking about the annual city council election that will be held next spring. Tuesday night, the city council gave preliminary approval to an ordinance setting that election for April 6, 2004. ...

"Two wars was enough, he told us," said Pat Houser. Her nephew, Cpl. Josh Person of Nevada, came home for good last weekend, trading in his U.S. Marine Corps uniform and life in war-torn Iraq for civvies and college life in Kansas City. "He's only 23. ...

This week is National 4-H Week, a time when the Vernon County 4-H members join with 4-H members throughout the nation in sharing information about 4-H with the public and helping people to have a greater awareness of this special educational program for all youth. ...