Stories from Thursday, January 29, 2009

George Andrew Gilmore, 85, Adrian, Mo., formerly of Milo, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo., following a sudden illness. He was born March 26, 1923, in Milo, to Reuben Andrew Gilmore and Harriet Marie Fenton Gilmore. He married Mary L. Wells on June 9, 1964, in Milo, and she survives of the home in Adrian...

Jan. 26 All games postponed due to weather Jan. 27 All games postponed due to weather Jan. 28 All games postponed due to weather Jan. 29 At Nevada Middle School Girls Game 1: 5:30 p.m. Carthage vs. Kansas City Northeast Boys Game 1: 7 p.m. Kansas City Renaissance vs. Kansas City Westport...

The 10th annual Nevada Classic basketball tournament has been forced to undergo substantial scheduling changes for the second time. However, the induction of former Nevada High School track athletes Nate Lewis and Tracy Werner will still go on as planned in the Nevada High School gymnasium Friday evening...

Senator David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, has been appointed by Senate Leader Charlie Shields. R-St. Joseph, to serve on the newly created Senate Select Committee on Oversight of Federal Stimulus Plan. The committee is charged with studying and analyzing strategies for securing the maximum amount of federal dollars for Missouri that will likely come from a projected federal economic stimulus plan this year...

The storm that hit Vernon County on Monday, Jan. 26, caused a lot of problems for motorists, but road crews for the city of Nevada, Vernon County and MoDOT have done their job and most of the roads are once again safe to travel. It has been a fairly mild winter and the supply of winter road treatment materials is in good shape for all three organizations...

For 16 years the firefighters of Nevada Local 3031 have labored all year to make the Fourth of July a special day with fireworks, watermelon and, some years, free music. This July, unless some other organization steps up to the plate, the fireworks display won't go on...

After spending more than an hour Wednesday evening evaluating the qualification packages from firms interested in renovating the City-County Community Center and selecting the three top firms to come back Feb. 3 to make presentations at a special parks board meeting, Matt Schneringer, Osage Prairie YMCA executive director, surprised most of the board members, as well as parks director Robin McHugh, by proposing that the YMCA add onto their facility and take over the day-to-day operation of the community center, with the city paying to furnish the facility.. ...

RESIGNATION AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This resignation and settlement agreement is made by and between the City of Nevada, Mo., ('city.') and William MeGuire, City Manager, ('Employee') this 21 day of November 2008. WHEREAS, th parties wish to terminate the employment agreement between the parties, subject to the terms herein expressed, and wish to accomplish a complete, full and final resolution of any and all differences, charges, claims and disputes between the parties,...