Stories from Sunday, February 22, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald The first robin of spring may not have arrived but local homeowners have started the season fixing up around the house. Spring is always a busy season for contractors who do remodeling as homeowners shake off the winter blahs by getting an early start on jobs around the house that were put off by bad weather. "When spring comes around people start fixing up the things that have broken during the winter," Chris D'elia of D'elia and Son Construction, Nevada, said...

Justin Baldwin/Herald Friday afternoon area firefighters responded to the burning storage shed of Jim and Cheryl Smith of rural Nevada. Cheryl Smith reported that they were able to save the boat and camper but some 4-wheelers and other items were lost. No injuries were reported...

T.M.Deal Lumber Company of Nevada is closing its doors. Manager J. C. Wiseman has decided that after 50 years working, he is going to cut back his hours. "I'm looking forward to having Saturdays off." And well he should. Since he was 12 years old, he has worked Saturdays and most evenings. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Herald It's a drama based on a 2,000-year-old story. Folks are saying it's violent. In fact, it's rated R -- for sequences of graphic violence. It speaks of heinous acts against mankind, and one man in particular, in a chronicle of the last 12 hours of Christ's life -- in short, promoters say, it speaks of "The Passion of the Christ."...

Hi neighbors. My friends in England and Ireland say they have crocus popping through the ground already. I thought I saw a hint of spring this week here. The robins finally left last month but should be back any time. I've noticed several blue birds and cardinals this year, more than I've seen in several years...

100 Years Ago -- February 22, 1904 The rebuilding of the Nicholson smelter in this city by A.B. Cockerill is not only a good thing for Nevada's material progress but will have the effect of expanding other enterprises and possibly bring others here. ...

Sandra Kay Thomas, 59, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday morning, Feb. 20, 2004, at the Mercy Health Center Emergency Room. She was born May 6, 1944, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Ernest Eldon Goddard and Loreta Vernice Thomas Goddard. She graduated from Richards High School in 1962, and Fort Scott Community College in 1965. ...

Hello, coach John Skeans. Welcome to Nevada. I fully intended to be at Nevada High School the morning you went there to meet the players, students and media, but conditions, over which I had no control, prevented it. I'm still anxious to meet you and I know I will someday, I hope, not too far in the future...

TROUT!!! It's a word that stirs emotion in many Missouri anglers, but doesn't do much for others. During the last days of February, it gets lots of anglers fired up. For fishermen like Robert Walker, a veteran trout angler, trout is a word that really gets him started. Walker has opened the season at Roaring River or Bennett Spring for more than 30 years and has made many trips to these streams in-between...

Nevada Herald WALKER, Mo. -- The Bronaugh Wildcats completed an undefeated conference season with a hard-fought 61-53 win over Northeast Vernon County on Friday. Bronaugh, led by junior swingman Tyler Judd who poured in 37 points, improved to 16-5, 6-0 in the Vernon County Conference...

Nevada Herald GARDEN CITY, Mo. -- A 10-0 first-quarter advantage proved to be the winning margin in a 40-30 victory for the Calvary Eagles over the Garden City Training Center on Thursday. After shutting out Garden City in the first period, it was Calvary's offense that struggled during a four-point second quarter as the score tightened to 14-10 at the half...

WEBB CITY, Mo. -- Very simply, the Lady Tigers didn't finish well; Webb City did. The Nevada Lady Tigers dropped their regular-season finale to Southwest Conference rival Webb City 68-60 on Friday night. The loss dropped Nevada to 16-9 overall, 3-5 in the conference...

By Larry Lewis WEBB CITY, Mo. -- Thirteen was very unlucky for the Nevada Tigers. A 13-0 Webb City run late in the second quarter killed any Tiger hopes of capturing a Southwest Conference win this season. Nevada went down to a 56-36 defeat at the hands of traditional conference rival Webb City on Friday...