Stories from Thursday, June 30, 2011

Paul Edward Peterman, 88, Rich Hill, Mo., passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Willow Lane Nursing Home in Butler, Mo. Paul was born on Nov. 17, 1922, near Rich Hill, Mo., the son of Joe Peterman Jr. and Clara (Hall) Peterman. He graduated from Rich Hill High School in 1940. ...

The AAA Nevada Red sox swept a doubleheader with the Lee's Summit Bulldogs 12-4 and 14-1, Tuesday night. In Game 1, Kevin Martin picked up the win going 6 1/3 innings and Trey Barger went 3-4 with three RBIs, leading the Red Sox hitting. The Red Sox pounded out 17 hits in game 1 and took a 3-0 lead after the first inning and never looked back. ...

The Firestix 12 and under traveling softball team took first place at the ASA State Tournament held June 26-27 in Springfield, Mo. This win earned them a spot in the ASA Class A 12U Nationals in Montgomery, Ala. Team members are, front frow, left to right: Breann Johnson, Tyra Felty, Makaila Leonhart, Sydney Samuel, Katlyn Frazier and Lauren Strobel. ...

The 2011-'12 operating and capital budgets for Nevada Regional Medical Center and Moore-Few and Barone Alzheimer's care centers are optimistic documents projecting brighter financial pictures sketched on expanded services. With the additions of four doctors, an eight-bed geriatric psychiatric wing and new magnetic resonance imaging unit going into service this year, NRMC's operating budget calls for revenues to climb from $33,577,992 this year to $37,843,080 next year...

Nevada City Manager JD Kehrman answers questions during a public forum to explain the reasons for renewing the city's 1/2 cent parks sales tax at this time, rather than waiting until closer to its expiration. During the forum, held Wednesday evening the in Bingo hall at the Nevada Elks Lodge, Kehrman also addressed the need for a new public safety building and how the renewal of the parks sales tax will make that possible by changing the focus of the tax to include operation and maintenance expenses. ...

Two days after the Joplin tornado, Nevada resident and quilter Judy Laquidara wrote on her blog at www.patchworktimes.com that she wanted to do something to help the victims of the devastating storm that hit the southwest Missouri city on May 22. What Laquidara proposed to her readers was that they send her a $25 check made payable to the American Red Cross and that she would give them to the local office here in Nevada and let them take care of getting the money to storm victims...