Stories from Sunday, October 24, 2004

Nevada Herald Two candidates for Missouri's 31st District Senate seat have wide disparity in background as well as ideas in many, but have similar positions on some of the issues confronting the legislature and the people of Missouri today. Background and affiliations...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald On Thursday, Heartland Behavioral Health Services in Nevada hosted a luncheon for members of the community. Heartland CEO Mike Ham addressed the group of community leaders, business people, and educators saying that the monthly meeting was intended to get the community involved with Heartland and to keep them informed on current news...

Nevada Herald During this time of year, deer are on the move. Deer are more active during evening and nighttime hours and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is urging drivers to be aware of behavior changes of deer associated with this time of year. This time of year is mating season for deer, which may cause an increase in roadway crossings. Hunting and crop harvesting may cause these graceful animals to be in places where they aren't easily seen...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald A panel discussion on women's body images in the media brought a crowd of more than 75 people to the Missouri Recital Hall on the Cottey College campus. Before the discussion Kansas City artist Larry Kirkwood discussed his work and how he came to specialize in art depicting the body, then joined the other panelists...

Patrons peruse paperbacks and hardbacks at the Nevada Library Book Sale Saturday morning. Bookworms of all ages pored over copies that were collected by the library for the sale. The books offered for sale are library books that were rarely checked out along with books that had been donated. Books were priced from 50 cents for paperbacks to $2 for coffee table books. Proceeds from the sale go to the Nevada Public Library...

Births Tanner Lee Wait Mr. and Mrs. Travis Wait, Moundville, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Tanner Lee Wait. Tanner was born at 12:32 p.m., on Oct. 10, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces. Paternal grandparents are Tommy and Kathy Wait, Bronaugh. ...

New looks at old places Hi neighbors. It's beautiful weather for walking these days, or driving to go exploring familiar places. A few months ago I joined the Cedar County Historical Society and decided to attend a meeting. I had gone last month, but went on the wrong day and missed the meeting altogether...

It never rained on that day Soon, I'll hear the front doorbell ring, open the door, look out at adult height, see nothing, be about to close the door again, look down, see a little tyke carrying a basket or bag half full of candy bars, and try my level best to look taken aback...

100 years ago: Men stop a runaway team of horses A big team of horses hitched to a road-wagon became frightened on the square Saturday night and started down Cherry Street at a break-neck speed. Harry Mitchell and Sheldon Blue saw the team and did the strenuous act of stopping the horses before any serious injury resulted...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald The rain came down, the field turned to mud and nothing was pretty for the Nevada Tigers in their district opener Friday. Nevada entertained defending Class 3 champion Harrisonville at Logan Field and received a lesson in execution from the second-ranked Wildcats, losing 49-0...

Nevada seventh-grade football player Austin Baldwin (left) prepares to stiff-arm the Joplin Memorial defender during Nevada's 22-0 win at Logan Field Tuesday. The win marked the end of the season for the team. The Tigers also beat Joplin North on Monday, 24-14. Baldwin scored five touchdowns during the two games...

Nevada Middle School had three cross country runners in the inaugural season of the program. They practiced and traveled with the high school athletes. Here they take off from the starting line at the Nevada Invitational at Marmaduke Park Thursday, along with two runners from Neosho. The Nevada runners are (middle) Todd Brior, and (two on the right) Daven Smith and Emily Watts...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If Jim Mora is upset about being kicked out of his bedroom to let Dick Vermeil get a good night's sleep, then maybe this is a revenge game. It turns out Sunday's clash between Mora's surprisingly good Atlanta Falcons and the venerable Vermeil's unexpectedly bad Kansas City Chiefs will not be the first time the two have met...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When Kansas City Chiefs executive Lynn Stiles welcomed a group of about 50 fantasy league players to Arrowhead Stadium this week, he assumed they were loyal fans. They may have been loyal, but this bunch was far from happy...

Just before the fall firearm turkey season opened, I dug out my favorite shotgun that has been with me since the early 1960s. Just like most legendary heroes in western folklore, one gun was always the only firearm used in every situation, most hunters have a favorite gun they use most of the time...