Stories from Tuesday, October 21, 2003

Students at Bryan Elementary had a treat Monday as the Austin Street Kids from the First Christian Church presented a drug free program in the school's cafeteria. Puppets used slightly altered nursery rhymes to drive home the message to the young crowd. Associate minister David Rorabaugh and the two directors of ASK, Sandy Arneson and Janet DelRosario, were on hand to help the 13 puppeteers of ASK...

Rural Walker was awash with the continual rattle of gunfire last Saturday. No, it wasn't the start of deer season or the reenactment of a Bushwhacker skirmish. It was the Boy Scouts of Troop 265 having a shooting campout. "It's a great day," beamed Scoutmaster Ed Harris. ...

The Nevada Tigers posted a 14-0 win over Stockton in a combined freshmen/junior varsity game at Logan Field on Monday. Running back Thorne Penrod tallied twice on runs of five and 15 yards and Daniel Meisenheimer ran in a two-point conversion to account for the Tiger scoring. ...

The Cottey College Comets were swept by a strong Hesston College team, 30-23, 30-24 and 30-25, in its final home match on Saturday. Hesston recently defeated Johnson County Community College, which was ranked ninth in the nation. "We were able to upgrade our score in each game," said Cottey coach Marla Kannady, indicating the Comets willingness to compete hard throughout the match. ...

The Nevada Tiger volleyball team broke a six-game skid with a sweep of Butler at Wynn Gymnasium on Monday. Nevada defeated the Bears 25-19, 25-12 in the non-conference match to improve to 8-14-2, 3-4 in the Southwest Conference. Ashley Beckett paced the Tiger scoring with 15 service points, while Hillary Adams added 13. ...

100 Years Ago -- October 21, 1903 Rev. David Hogan, one of Vernon County's grandest men of the old school and one who has endeared himself to our people, especially the older residents and their families was here Tuesday and the Mail representative had the pleasure of meeting this excellent gentleman. ...