Stories from Sunday, October 3, 2004

By Marc Powers Nevada Herald JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Two days after the August primary elections, the all-star squad of the Missouri Democratic Party appeared before a crowd of thousands assembled on the Capitol lawn to see the presidential ticket of U.S. ...

The rain held off just long enough Friday night for Bridget Baldwin, escorted by Ben Wilson, to be crowned NHS 2004 Fall Sports Homecoming Queen. Shortly after the ceremony the rain began to fall, postponing the start of the Homecoming game with the Carthage Tigers for about 35 minutes. The parade, which featured floats and several other participants concluded with a rally, including music from the high school and middle school marching bands, on the Square in Nevada...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald A century ago, 25 hunting enthusiasts joined together to create a club that would preserve the hunting and fishing environment at Stultz Lake, just a few miles northwest of Nevada, for future generations. One hundred years later, that mission lives on with the Stultz Lake Hunting and Fishing Club...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald City workers are finishing a project John Pilcher, 54, Nevada, started before a sudden illness took his life. It's not a city project, but volunteer effort by Pilcher's friends. A lifelong resident of Vernon County, Pilcher was a 15-year volunteer for the Nevada Fire Department and worked full-time for Phillips Towing. Pilcher's son, Shawn, gets around with the aid of a wheelchair and the porch on the Pilcher home is several feet off of the ground...

Deaths Ray Ramsey Ray Ramsey, 89, Nevada, died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at Christian Health Care. Funeral arrangements and family information will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Whatever happened to air-pockets? A few days ago, coming out of the local Burger King, I noticed a twenty-something young man wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap. "How long you been a Yankee fan?" I asked. "Oh, my dad was a Yankee fan before me. I go back to Ricky Henderson."...

I'm not running for president! Hi neighbors. I hope everyone listened to the presidential debate Thursday night. It was pretty enlightening I thought -- and more entertaining than I expected it would be. There were a couple of times I thought the debates might break down to a wrestling match or a good old fashioned fisticuffs battle instead of just a battle of words...

100 years ago: Water works committee drafts proposal Proposition made to the committee but its terms are not known The result of the conference held by the taxpayers committee with J.B. Quigley has not been given out to the public, at least in detail. Quigley made a proposition to the committee and will submit the same in writing...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald For the second straight week Nevada played a ranked Class 4 team in football, and for the second consecutive game the results weren't pretty. Nevada hosted Carthage -- ranked 10th in the the state in Class 4 -- for homecoming Friday at Logan Field, and were shut out 41-0...

Nevada Herald The Nevada Middle School football teams had considerably better luck against Carthage than the varsity team this week. In eighth-grade football, Nevada beat Carthage 40-24. Camron Cartwright threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Colby Shepherd to open the scoring...

Nevada Herald The Nevada Tigers tennis team finished third in the Thomas Jefferson Tournament Friday. Lisa Pendrak finished second in the number-one singles bracket, losing to Thomas Jefferson's Felicia Owen 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Pendrak had beaten Keary Deck of Springfield Catholic and Kristin Norwood of Lamar to advance to the final. In her first two matches, Pendrak only lost one game, winning 8-0 over Norwood and 8-1 over Deck...

Archers basking in season of turkey and deer As the leaves begin to change their color and footballs fill the air, Missouri archery hunters are in the woods after whitetails and turkey. The archery season for deer and turkey that opened early this year on Sept. 15, has attracted another record number of archers as Missouri bow hunters celebrate the 57th anniversary of their sport...

USA Men did not play real basketball The last thing I would ever have thought is that a day would have come when the United States would not be playing for a gold medal in the Olympics and I wouldn't even care. Except for the track and field events, I always loved to watch Olympic basketball. ...

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The stitches came out of Dante Hall's infected lower lip and Kansas City's Pro Bowl kick returner was back at practice Friday. Hall said he expected to be back to full speed in time for Monday night's game at Baltimore...