Stories from Sunday, October 19, 2003

Rachel Bjork is giving a voice to the voiceless. In an effort to raise awareness for the conditions of factory chicken farms Bjork is riding her bike across the country and protesting KFC's along the way. Taking a pause from her cross-county bicycle odyssey Friday Bjork, a member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), stopped at the Nevada KFC, where she stood quietly holding a poster depicting a blood splattered Colonel Sanders stabbing a plucked, screaming chicken. ...

100 Years Ago -- October 19, 1903 Civil Engineer W.H. Wood has finished locating the line for the extension of the Nevada and El Dorado Railroad from El Dorado to Stockton. The line of extension is practically straight, running along the divide between two streams and having one bridge of a hundred foot span. ...

ANDERSON, Mo. -- Another ugly loss for the Nevada Tigers. The Tigers fell to McDonald County 36-6 in a Southwest Conference matchup at Mustang Stadium on Friday. "Another tough one," said Nevada coach Jerry Cornelius, "but I don't feel as bad as I did last week. ...

NEOSHO, Mo. -- The Nevada Tiger cross country team, host of the Class 3, District 7 meet scheduled for November 1, tuned up at the Neosho Invitational on Thursday. The Tigers, with 113 points, placed fifth in the seven-team meet, won by Springfield Parkview. ...

About 13 percent of elementary and secondary students in Missouri can be classified as having special needs in education under federal guidelines. That means up to 13 percent of the children now enrolled in public schools will need some sort of accommodation, Individual Education Plan or other measures to help them succeed in school. ...

After 30 years of little or no growth in the area, it is hard for some residents to believe that in the next year or so, the Nevada area could be home to about 1,000 new jobs -- many of which will be in manufacturing. "I've been working on getting these jobs here, and I have trouble believing it's really going to happen," Craig Hubler, city manager said. ...

Kylene Marchiano, former resident of Nevada, has been chosen along with six other contestants for the American Royal Superstar singing competition. Kylene started out as one of 200 contestants ages 16-24 years old who submitted tapes for review. Entries were from as far away as Nashville and New York. ...

Members of Nevada Impact Tourism Committee are gearing up for a fall festival of genuine old-time crafters, set for next weekend. On Saturday, a host of rug weavers, spinners and wool crafters, broom makers, candle makers and other old-but-not-forgotten crafts will be setting up demonstrations and wares for sale at Candle Creek, on North Osage in Nevada. ...

Hi neighbors. Pour your coffee and let's sit and "ponder" a bit today. Anyone who has lived in Vernon County, or anywhere else in the USA for long, has to know how many on-going discussions there are about the Civil War. I think one reason the Civil War is such an interesting topic is no one now living was there to fight in it. ...

If you are my age or older, you can remember when all football coaches were attired in suits while they patrolled the sidelines during games. And if you think about it, this was at all levels from high school to the NFL in a day when dress codes permeated society not only in the traditional Catholic girls schools where the standard attire seemed to always be blouses, pleated skirts and knee socks, but at every level of American life. ...