Stories from Sunday, November 16, 2003

Hi neighbors. If you want a breather, drink your coffee slowly and get to bed early. Better do it this week because it might be your last chance to relax this year. This is an odd week. It's just stuck in there between two holidays. Of course, it has it's own claim to fame. Since 1940 this week has been National Newspaper Week...

100 Years Ago -- November 16, 1903 No work was done on Cherry Street today on account of the weather but will be again started tomorrow morning. The car track in the first block will be lowered; the grade and the work of setting the curbing will be continued. ...

Nevada Tiger senior running back Steve Branstetter, whose name was inadvertently omitted off the original list submitted, was a second-team All-Southwest Conference selection. Branstetter, the Tigers leading scorer, also was a Bad Cat Award winner for most touchdowns in a single game (three versus East Newton) and the season (nine)...

Saturday, November 15, is a date that more than 400,000 Missouri deer hunters have had marked on their calendars for some time and as it approached, they were busy getting ready for the big day. Last weekend, two Independence hunters, Kent Sexton and Bob Martin, went out to sight-in their rifles when, on the way to the country, they saw one of the largest bucks they had ever seen...

The story of my life has always been summed up in the saying, "Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday." And so it goes watching the Kansas City Chiefs. As I look back on being a fan of this team for 40 years, some of my favorite and most disheartening times came in the same season. But, for all the seasons, I never had a chance to enjoy this many consecutive prosperous Sundays (and a Monday, too, I suppose)...

For 40 years community mental health centers across Missouri have helped treat those with mental illness or substance abuse problems, but who were still able to interact with society. "We are talking about outpatient care," said Shawn Schmidli, of Pathways Community Healthcare. "These people can function in society but not without community support."...

An accident Monday at the crosswalk west of College Street has stirred up echoes of a sleeping, but not forgotten, controversy over the future of College Street. Cottey student Jane Skinner, 19, Craig, Neb., was struck by a car while crossing Austin...

Nevada Parks and Recreation Department maintenance crews transport the Mayor's Christmas Tree to its holiday location at Radio Springs Park. The park is temporarily closed while workers prepare the holiday light display, which opens Nov. 28.

The Anti-Van royalty lines up at one of the Anti-Van events on Thursday, Oct. 30. Front row, left to right: Matt Dabon, Audrey Pennock, Kara Foster, Jill Osbourn and Klem Ast. Back row, left to right: Blake Sandson and Spencer Thompson.

Jennifer Thomas, 28th Circuit juvenile officer and board member of the Children's Center of West Central Missouri, receives a donation of $620 from members of the Millennium 4-H who have voted to make raising funds for the Children's Center a year-long project. From left: Jennifer Thomas, Lindsay Baldwin, and Ethan Baldwin...