Stories from Sunday, November 28, 2004

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Herald Very few people win national championships. Even fewer win a national championship in their first year of competition. David Hope, who started drag racing motorcycles this year, is one of those few, coming from behind to win the 2004 All Harley Drag Racing Association Super Sport National Championship at the final race of the year on Oct. 24...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Herald The Nevada R-5 School District has released the annual school district report for 2003-'04. For several years the district has been Accredited with Distinction for High Achievement and it again was rewarded with that accolade...

By Ben Holman Nevada Herald The day after Thanksgiving is known traditionally as "Black Friday," across the nation. No, it's not called Black Friday because everyone's in bed all day with the curtains drawn trying to sleep off the previous day's gluttony; nor is it a day when the stock market takes a traditional dive as the name might also imply. ...

PAR Electric, which provided the tools and equipment, and IBEW Local 53, which provided the manpower, teamed up with Judy Knowles to trim the branches overhanging some of the utility poles along Austin Boulevard in Nevada on Friday. Work went quickly thanks to fair weather that day. ...

Five-month-old Kaydiance Bennett gets a taste of pumpkin pie during her first Thanksgiving dinner from Connie Swink. Bennett and Swink were two of the 60 area people who had their traditional Thanksgiving dinner with Nevada's American Legion Leon Ogier Post No. ...

Willard Clark Henderson, 82, Rich Hill, died Nov. 24, 2004, at his residence following an illness of several months. He was born June 1, 1922, in Schell City to Edward James Henderson and Bessie L. Hizer Henderson. He was married Aug. 14, 1947, in Berryville, Ark., to LaVern Barker, and she survives of the home...

Kenneth Wayne Wallace, 69, Nevada, formerly of Archie, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 26, 2004, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., following a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 28, 1935, in Excelsior Springs, Mo., to Rial Hunt Wallace and Marjorie Rella Riley Dodd. He married Shirley Ann Burris on Oct. 29, 1955, and she preceded him in death. He then married S. Irene Henderson on Nov. 30, 1975, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Goodbye turkey, hello reindeer Hi neighbors. Another Thanksgiving is behind us and hopefully won't end up ON the behinds of some of us! The dinner was good and the leftovers are still around. I, for one, am very thankful for leftovers. As long as there are leftovers and microwaves, I don't have to actually cook anything. I even enjoy cold turkey sandwiches. I look forward to a few days of living out of the fridge...

Thanks, John Ashcroft John Ashcroft picked up the nickname "Straight Arrow" when he was governor of Missouri. It wasn't because he shot straight (which he did), but because his religious beliefs and principles disciplined him not to smoke, drink, cuss or dance...

100 years ago: Robbery at Stotesbury The little village of Stotesbury was visited by two robbers Sunday morning who entered the Kansas City Southern depot and carried away two mail pouches. The thieves gained entrance to the building through a window and found the mail pouches which were to have been placed on an early morning train. The general opinion is that the mail pouches did not contain any valuables...

Nevada Herald Brent and Reina Davison, Denton, Texas,announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of Michaela Anne Quinley Davison to Christian Andrew Nuckels, son of Earl and Martha Nuckels, Denton. The bride-elect is a 2001 graduate of Denton High School and is currently attending the University of North Texas, majoring in elementary education. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Herald The Nevada wrestling team is shooting for January. That is when head coach Larron Hurst hopes to have the Tiger grapplers hitting their peak. When you return only four wrestlers with varsity experience and your team is battling an illness, the more time to get ready, the better...

By Chuck Schoffner Associated Press AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State had just lost to Texas A&M 34-3 early last month and coach Dan McCarney was scrolling through his e-mail. Up came one from a fan in California. ''He said, 'Coach McCarney, I really appreciate what you've done at Iowa State,''' McCarney said. '''You've had a great 10-year run. Things probably aren't going to work out for you this year, but I think you belong on the search committee for your replacement.'...

By Scott Charton Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Columbia renamed its new sports arena with a school nickname, "Mizzou," Friday, just days after the original namesake, a 22-year-old Wal-Mart heiress, was accused of academic cheating at another college...

When my wife Donna, prepared her family's Thanksgiving dinner, she didn't have to do much grocery shopping. Most of the food that was put on the table was collected in the wild. As on past holidays made persimmon bread, wild plum pudding, wild grape wine and hickory nut pie -- all as a result of her fall outings as well as her famous venison stew in a pumpkin shell. But, its the main course of the meal -- a wild turkey she shot that inspired the most pride...

It took an incident as ugly as what took place in Detroit on Nov. 19 for the NBA to take a long, hard look at itself and what it has become. I used to be a big NBA fan, years ago. I even attended old ABL games in Kansas City and ABA games in New Orleans. ...