Stories from Thursday, December 16, 2010

Jessica Marie Grant (Mahana), 27, of Nevada, passed away on Dec. 13, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Jessica graduated from Nevada High School in 2001. Jessica moved to Nevada in 1996 with her parents from Lenexa, Kan., and had previously attended the Shawnee Mission School system grades K through 7. Jessica excelled in speech and debate in high school and modeled for Hoffman International. Jessica was a successful manager of several area finance companies...

Alisha Hunt and Colton Sharp of Jerico Springs, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their baby daughter, Brooklyn McKenzie Sharp. Brooklyn was born on Friday, Nov. 11, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Did you know that there are about 3,400 households in Nevada with an average size of 2.2 people and of those households, about 41 percent were made up of people living alone, 33 percent were married couple families, and 23 percent were other types of families. Three percent were counted as nonfamily households...

Public health officials encourage Missourians to get vaccinated. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says that the flu vaccine is your best defense against the flu. "The best way to fight the flu is to prevent it and people need to know it is not too late to protect themselves and their families by getting the vaccine," said Margaret Donnelly, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services...

On Tuesday, the Bryan Elementary School, first grade class of Mrs. Courtney Baker completed the class project they started in October by presenting Mr. Floyd McComas with a Quilt of Valor, a set of QOV dogtags and "A Letter Book of Thanks" in recognition of his military service to the country. ...

Nevada Regional Medical Center held their annual Holiday Festival on Sunday, from 1-4 pm. The event brings in approximately 150 children and their families each year. "This event is such a great thing for the kids in the community. We enjoy getting people into the hospital for reasons other than being sick," laughed Aimee Meyer, community relations director...