Stories from Thursday, April 30, 2009

Sandra Kay Nelson, 57, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Oct. 6, 1951, to Walter Lynn Foote and Ella Ruth Pritchett Foote. She married Gary Lee Nelson on Aug. 17, 1976, in Denver, Colo., and he survives of the home...

Peggy Lee Peterson, 55, Lindon, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away on April 28, 2009, near Linden, Kan., as the result of an automobile accident. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

April 26 There was a report of a petty theft from a motor vehicle in the 300 block south Clay, made by Troy Matthews, of Nevada. He reported money stolen. There was a report of a petty theft from a motor vehicle in the 400 block of west Austin, made by Carrie Richardson, of Harrisonville, Mo. She reported medication and money stolen...

April 7 Brian Burlingame, Nevada, speeding 27/15. Dwain M. Francis, Richards, expired license plates. Pamela Jo Quinley, Nevada, expired driver's license. Judith R. Russell, El Dorado Springs, failure to stop at a stop sign and no proof of insurance...

A popular question asked of University of Missouri Extension specialists is, "what's pasture renting for?" In order to provide a good answer, every couple of years the University of Missouri Extension agricultural economics staff conducts a statewide survey of land and cattle owners to determine the range and averages of pasture rentals...

Heavy rains inundated the area again on Wednesday, and is expected to continue through the next several days, increasing the risk of flooding and leading the National Weather Service to note that many changes in flooding forecasts could change as weather events unfold...

The Western Missouri 911 Dispatch Center Board's first meeting netted just one decision -- to determine the board's fifth member before proceeding further. The four permanent members; Bonnie McCord, Vernon County presiding commissioner; Ron Peckman, sheriff; Harlan Moore, Nevada city manager; and Gary Herstein, chief of police; came together and intended to choose a slate of officers for the board but decided they needed to select a fifth, at-large, member of the board before doing so...

The Nevada Regional Medical Center board of directors were briefed on how the hospital's staff is to deal with patients with flu or flu-like symptoms during Tuesday's board meeting. Holly Bush said the hospital was receiving a lot of questions about swine flu and said the staff was updated daily on the situation. Bush said that staying home when you have symptoms is the best course of action and that if an office visit is necessary to let the staff know beforehand so precautions could be taken...

Representatives of the city of Nevada, Vernon County, local law enforcement agencies, victim's advocates and victims of crime participated in the March Against Crime by walking from 625 S. Ash Street to the Vernon County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 28. The event was organized by the Vernon County Domestic Violence Task Force to celebrate National Crime Victim's Rights Week the Victims of Crime Act...

Due to the continuing wet weather, Nevada High School has once again been forced to postpone a series of sporting events this week. The Tigers varsity baseball team is set to make up Monday's contest against Carl junction that was rained out on Saturday at 1 p.m., weather permitting. The freshman squad was scheduled to be in action at home Thursday afternoon, but that game was also rained out and has not been rescheduled...

A martial arts competition team made up of competitors from Spring City Martial Arts of El Dorado Springs and Lotusfire Martial Arts of Nevada, competed in the Grain Valley Open Karate Tournament on Saturday, April 25. The tournament was hosted by Long's Shotokan of Independence, Mo., and was sanctioned by the WKC and Pro-Am circuit. The Midwest was well-represented at the event and most of the circuit's best talent was present to represent their schools, teams and states...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America has announced the coast-to-coast route for its 15th annual motorcycle ride, to take place May 8 -- 17. NASCAR driver and Charity Ride founder Kyle Petty will lead a field of more than 200 riders as they wind their way from the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast in an effort to raise awareness of and funds for Victory Junction and other children's charities. ...

Nevada residents love a good car show. All you have to do is look around during Bushwhacker Days and see the attention the show cars receive. Dr. Ron Schowengerdt is an automobile enthusiast himself, so when he was thinking of some way to help Habitat for Humanity having a car show was a no-brainer. Schowengerdt's last name had a little to do with naming the event as well -- Schowe and Shine...

The "Help is Here Express" bus tour featuring the Partnership for Prescription Assistance bus was at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada on Thursday, April 30. For those who missed the visit, you can get the same help with prescription medications by calling the PPA at (888) 4PPA-NOW (888-477-2669) or visit the Web site at www.pparx.org...

The Nevada Parks Board voted 5-1 during their April 2008 meeting to recommend that the Nevada City Council allow the sale and consumption of beer at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course to help stem the $100,000 to $150,000 deficit at the course and to address the problem of golfers ignoring the ban on consumption of alcohol at the course...

There's still time to enter artwork for the North West Quadrant Exhibition at the Springs Gallery, El Dorado Springs. The event, also known as the Seven Counties Exhibition, is open o artists from Cedar, Vernon, St. Clair, Bates, Polk, Henry and Hickory counties...