Stories from Friday, August 3, 2007

"We've got to do this, but how are we going to pay it back," Don Hutchison said Thursday afternoon. Hutchison believes the annual bond payment will be about the same as the user fees collected annually if the city borrows the entire $15 million estimated for the new sewer treatment plant and other sewer line improvements, and that's a concern to him...

For 30 years, Dr. Ron Jones and nurse Brenda Richards have tended to the cuts, bruises, burns, sore throats and other calamaties faced by area children and others, at Nevada Medical Clinic. He jokes that he "didn't get very far," referring to the fact that he was born in a home about a block from the clinic, and now lives in a home just down the street. ...

"We need to upgrade the sewer treatment plant so we can begin to bring industries and growth to Nevada," Nevada city councilman Tim Wells said Thursday in an interview with the Daily Mail. "In order for Nevada to grow we have to have infrastructure that will fit the needs of the 21st century and right now we don't have with the (current) sewers," he said...

The Nevada Regional Medical Center has saved more than $400,000 on health insurance since switching to a self-pay plan six months ago according to Ronald Dutton, CEO of the employee benefit and consulting service, R.J. Dutton, Inc. Dutton gave his report to the hospital board Tuesday evening during the boards regular monthly meeting. The hospital paid out $827,273 in health care claims compared to an insurance premium cost of $1,246,549 for the same period...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The city of Nevada, the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce and Aquila have teamed up to host a special "going-away party" for crime and drugs in Nevada. Area residents are urged to attend the National Night Out celebration from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the Nevada Aquatic Center, located at Atlantic and Ash streets...

The Nevada High School Student Council, and Drug Free Schools are sponsoring a back to school dance today, Aug. 3, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m, for all Nevada High School students and 2007 graduates. The dance will take place at the Elks Lodge Bingo Hall, and will have a $5 admission...

The New York Yankees continue to score in bunches -- even in losing efforts -- while A-Rod still is in search of his elusive 500th homer. The White Sox and Yankees scored eight runs each in the highest-scoring second inning in major league history on Thursday. Jermaine Dye homered twice and doubled twice, including the go-ahead drive that led Chicago to a 13-9 victory at Yankee Stadium...

San Francisco's Barry Bonds remained at 754 homers. The Giants slugger had a single and a pair of walks in San Francisco's 4-2 victory over Los Angeles, and is hitting .188 since July 1. After three more homerless games, Bonds leaves Dodger Stadium and heads south to San Diego where Greg Maddux will try to keep him from hitting the single home run he needs to tie Hank Aaron's record...

BASEBALL 'ROUND THE CLOCK Today's games At Wichita Lawrence Dumont Stadium 8 a.m. -- (Game 40) CMC (Texas) Steelers vs. Seattle (Wash.) Studs 10:30 a.m. -- (Game 30) Casa Grande (Ariz.) Cotton Kings vs. Kenai (Ark.) Oilers 1 p.m. -- (Game 15) Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Superstars vs. San Diego (Calif.) Stars...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Thursday's game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals that was postponed due to the bridge collapse in Minneapolis has been rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Friday, Aug. 31, at the Metrodome. According to the Twins, the rescheduled game will begin at 1:10 p.m. and the regularly scheduled game will start at 7:10 p.m...

It's paramount that the Nevada Griffons develop a sense of urgency as they head back to the Wichita area for the National Baseball Congress World Series this weekend. The Griffons play the Tulsa Cards tonight at 7:30 in a losers' bracket game of the double elimination tournament. ...

The first day of practices for all six Nevada High School 2007 fall sports programs is Monday. The Tigers' varsity football team, under first-year head coach Shannon Jolley, begin two-a-day drills on Monday. They will practice from 8 to 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. ...

RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- It was only a routine interception during 11-on-11 drills, nothing that won't be repeated a hundred times in training camps all over the country. But it gave Ty Law, who has been struggling for three years to regain the form that made him a five-time Pro Bowler, more satisfaction than the pick he returned 47 yards for a touchdown in the Super Bowl...

Nevada Middle School's cross country team begins practice on first day of school for Nevada R-5 -- Thursday, Aug. 16.

Fern Yokley was born Dec. 11, 1919, and passed away Aug. 1, 2007, at the age of 87. She was the third of ten children born to Liel Webster Short and Katie (Bewley) Short. She had four sisters: Wretha, Oleta, Kathleen, and Irma Jean, and five brothers: Harry, Warren, Merl, Winfred, and Howard...

Dakota Twenter and Brittany Sprouls, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Izabelle Makenna Sprouls-Twenter. Izabelle was born at 9:36 a.m., July 18, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 20 inches...