Stories from Sunday, October 26, 2003

Students in Jill Maxfield's class at Nevada Regional Technical Center and preschool children help each other through the Early Childhood program. The high school students get valuable training for future careers and parents get quality pre-school education for their children. Above, Kerry Daulton and Jenny Gardner read to the pre-schoolers after snack time...

Thursday evening the Sheldon gymnasium was awash with laughter as parents and students gathered to listen to and learn from Bill Sanders. Sanders, a motivational speaker and parenting counselor from Kalamazoo, Mich., is the author of 13 books on the subject of parenting, with a special emphasis on dealing with teenagers. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald David A. Sands and his wife Charie run, who live a short distance from Nevada, have opened Proverbs 21:13 Mission, named after the verse with the biblical warning that those who don't give help to the needy won't receive help themselves. ...

They're small, colorful and smell funny. During the fall they seem intent on invading your house. No, it's not trick-or-treaters, it's harmocia axyridis, the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, otherwise known as a ladybug. West Central Region Agronomy Specialist for the University of Missouri Extension Office Pat Miller said that this year has been especially bad for ladybugs. ...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada High School Tigers, looking for a light in the tunnel, found only an oncoming train. The Harrisonville Wildcat "express" rolled over the Tigers 50-12 in the opening Class 3, District 12 game for both teams on Friday night. ...

Nevadans, there's a baseball shrine right here in your own backyard and longtime Nevada resident Jim Novak is nearly ready to open the doors to the public. Novak has been collecting baseball memorabilia since the late 60s and will soon display it in a museum on the upper floor of the old Thornton Bank Building on Cherry and Main Streets. ...

100 Years Ago -- October 26, 1903 Nevada is going to have a Golf Club composed of Nevada society ladies and gentlemen and no doubt before many weeks pass, the person with the golf sticks will be a familiar picture. Golf is a great game, affording the player splendid exercise as well as an enjoyable sport. ...