Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Just outside Vernon County, the community of Hume lies quietly in mourning, They're mourning one of their native sons who gave his life in defense of his country. Staff Sgt. Jamie Huggins, a paratrooper from Missouri died Sunday when a roadside bomb blew up near his vehicle in Iraq, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. ...

RICH HILL, Mo. -- Familiar foes Hume and Northeast Vernon County advanced to the semifinal round of the Class 1, District 10 volleyball tournament at Rich Hill on Monday. Sixth-seeded Hume eliminated No. 3 Ballard, while No. 7 NEVC toppled No. 2 Archie. ...

Josh Underwood (#26) rips off a gain for the Nevada Tiger freshmen team. Underwood was incorrectly identified as Kyle Quick in the Oct. 21 Daily Mail. Both players were wearing No. 26 in the combined freshmen/junior varsity game. The Nevada JV lost 12-0 to Harrisonville on Monday night, while the Tiger freshmen were defeated 42-0 by the Wildcats...

Mallori Adams (left) was voted second team all-Southwest Conference and second team all-District 12 as an infielder. Senior Whitney Smith (center) was selected, a second team all-district and honorable mention all-conference pitcher. Afton Baldwin was a second team all-district and 2nd team all-conference pick as a utility player...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Calvary Christian Eagles placed seventh in the 14-team Missouri Christian Schools Athletic Association state volleyball tournament. Calvary defeated New Covenant Training Center of Garden City, Mo., 25-13 and 25-9, for seventh place. ...

The Nevada Tiger softball program, four years in existence, concluded the 2003 season with its best-ever record of 4-15. Individual award winners were: ( senior Kortney Kurtz, most inspirational player; junior shortstop Bridget Baldwin, top defensive player; sophomore second baseman Mallori Adams, most improved player, and freshman Afton Baldwin, top offensive player with a .389 average...

PLEASANT HILL, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers pulled off a mild upset in the first round of the Class 3, District 12 volleyball tournament on Monday. Nevada, the fifth seed, rebounded from a first game loss to take two straight from fourth-seed Warrensburg. ...

Lessons learned in the classrooms of Harlem are helping Nevada students improve their grades. Rhonda Leonard, fifth grade teacher at Truman Elementary, said she heard about a book for teachers and after reading it applied some of the knowledge she gained in her own classroom. ...

It may have started off innocently enough, a well dressed young couple step off the train in a small town. However, in short order they began to argue and soon they are fighting vigorously as they walk down the tracks into the darkness. Several days later, the woman's body was found alongside the railroad tracks. ...

Joe Bowmaster, Nevada High School senior and son of Jay and Kim Bowmaster, was in Russia from August 2002 through July 2003 as an American Field Service foreign exchange student. Founded in 1947 by the multi-national ambulance drivers of World War I and World War II, the AFS has had more than 300,000 participants. ...

100 Years Ago -- October 29, 1903 During the past two weeks many of our people have been taking advantage of the ideal fall weather and have spent the day in the woods and have gathered many bushels of hickory nuts and eaten many ash roasted potatoes. ...