Stories from Friday, September 17, 2004

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In hearing a challenge to Missouri's compulsory school attendance statute Wednesday, the state Supreme Court did an abrupt about face from disbelief that a parent could reasonably conclude that her daughter's 60 percent attendance rate complied with the law to bewilderment that the mitigating fact of the child's pregnancy during the period in question was not raised at the parent's trial...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail U.S. code states that, "the flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning." Last Saturday, Boy Scout Troop 42 retired a number of American flags that had become tattered and torn. The ceremony began with the presentation of the American flag and the "Pledge of Allegiance."...

Retriever clubs aren't just for duck hunters, said Loel Wilson, Nevada. Wilson is a member of Southwest Missouri Retriever Club, the organization coordinating retriever demonstrations for the Four Rivers Sportsman's RecFest, Sept. 25-26, at Four Rivers Conservation Area...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County will be the site of a weekend-long celebration of the retriever, the duck hunter's best friend, during the Four Rivers Sportsmen's RecFest, Sept. 25-26. At Four Rivers Conservation Area, a few miles north of Nevada, just of U.S. 71, retriever demonstrations are scheduled every hour throughout the event, 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday...

Preschoolers, with friends and family members, work on a craft related to the Nevada Public Library's theme for this month's Story Time, a program for children ages 3 to 5. This month's story and craft related to apples.

Births Gage Lee Duvall Arron and Amy Duvall, Kirksville, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Gage Lee Duvall. Gage was born at 9:10 a.m., on Sept. 10, 2004, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 21 inches. ...

Friends One of the things I was looking forward to when we knew we were going to retire back to Vernon County was to be with my good friends again. I had friends here that I had known all my life. Some were like sisters, others like counselors. All were fun to be with and were eager to find new experiences...

A Boston Globe article from August 23, 2004, states that a mixture of red and blue will somehow critique our children's homework without aggressively attacking them. The article quoted color psychologists who consider red to be a shade too offensive for our nation's youth...

100 years ago: Rich Hill smelters closed The following dispatch was sent out from Rich Hill and is of interest in Nevada. Rich Hill, Mo. Sept. 15 -- The Rich Hill zinc smelters have closed down indefinitely, throwing 100 men out of employment. The management gives as the reason the high price of ore and the shortage...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Middle School took on Lamar Tuesday, with mixed results. The seventh-grade team hosted Lamar, winning both the A-team and B-team matches handily. The A-team won 25-11 and 25-21, while the B-team won 25-11 and 25-13. Both NMS seventh-grade squads are now 2-1 this season...

Michael Moore (65), a 2002 Nevada High School graduate, is running for the Tulane Green Wave cross country team. In these photos he is competing at the Tulane Invitational in New Orleans on Sept. 3. There were 10 teams of men and women who competed in the invitational...

By Gail Agee Nevada Speedway Track Reporter Wow, what a night. Excellent racing was on tap as drivers drew for starting positions in the heats with those finishes determining their starts in the Features. The annual Ugly truck contest will be held Sept. ...

The Nevada High School Cheer Squad led a Cheer Clinic for future cheerleaders Saturday. The clinic was held at Nevada High School with help from donations by Coca-Cola. They will be performing Friday night at 6:20 p.m. before the football game Lexie Heckadon stretches at the clinic...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- At least one man engaged in a lively competition at middle linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs is not very happy about it. Monty Beisel went to training camp last July as a former defensive end who had been asked to take off weight and retrain himself as a backup outside linebacker. ...

Polls are worthless. Whether it is the top 25 In college or the top 10 in high school, polls are about as useful as the political party conventions. Both look good but really don't tell you anything. That is why I cringe every time I think about how the BCS works and how the champions in NCAA Division I-A college football are crowned...

The federal government spends about $250 billion a year on goods and services, and Missouri businesses sell many of the products the government needs. But small businesses often struggle to compete with large businesses in order to sell their products and services to the federal government. ...