Stories from Sunday, November 30, 2003

Hi neighbors. I hope some all of you got your tummies full and got to watch all the televised sports you could handle. Of course how much of each varies from individual to individual. There was a big surprise on television Thanksgiving day. President Bush appeared with all the stealth of Santa Claus at a mess tent in Baghdad. I thought since he was going to Baghdad, a place where there was food was a good choice...

Christmas shopping season is in full swing in Nevada and area merchants are looking for big year-end sales and are buying everything from major appliances to plastic storage boxes. Dana Cavener thinks the unique nature of the items stocked in Cavener's Library and Office Supplies is the key to success this season while Phil Vinyard, Vinyard's Farm and Home see's the diversity of items and the local store's connection with national franchises as the way to go...

They stand in the cold, wet, or, as luck would have it, sometimes even warm November weather to help raise money that will help someone else this year. Sometimes, it's so cold their noses are as cold as the familiar red buckets next to them. The Salvation Army's bell-ringers are one of the most visible, and audible, fund-raisers in the area...

Editor's note: In the second of a three part series the Daily Mail and Herald looks at trends and predictions in the constantly fluctuating agriculture markets. Today's story takes a close look at the future of hog production. Last Tuesday agriculture lenders, FSA and Farm Credit Services representatives from West Central and Central Missouri converged on Clinton, Mo. to educate themselves on agriculture market trends and possibilities for not just the next year, but the next decade...

While the firearm deer hunters were winding down their season, waterfowl hunters were busy last weekend. The cold weather had pushed thousands of ducks and geese into the state and, as of Saturday, the entire state was open for hunting. The latest count of waterfowl resting in Missouri was in the hundreds of thousands including more than 300,000 snow geese at Squaw Creek along with nearly 125,000 ducks...

The primary thing I can say about the recent furor and hubub over the misuse of steroids by athletes is it's about time. Athletes, all the way from high schoolers to professionals, have been bulking up illegally for years now. A great deal has been said and written about the four Oakland Raiders who tested positive for THG, an apparently newly discovered steroid. ...

Basketball is a relatively simple game. In its purest form, the team that puts the round ball in the round hole with the most frequency wins. The 2003-04 Nevada Tigers have to find out who can put the ball in the hole. With last season's two leading scorers, Drew Clark and Mike Nichols, graduated, 33 of the 53 points-per-game team average went with them...

Nevada Regional Technical Center FBLA Chapter would like to announce their annual charity drive to collect donations for the March of Dimes Walk America. Starting December 1st through December 20th members will be accepting donations of one dollar or more to support the March of Dimes efforts in saving babies' lives. Persons interested in donating should contact either Mrs. Martha Cubbage or Mrs. Stephani Beckett at (417) 448-2090...