Stories from Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Jean Leigh, 79, Nevada, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada where she had resided for more than a year. She was born on Feb. 12, 1929, in Miami, Okla., the daughter of Quinten Shellhammer and Faye Hudson Shellhammer. She married Charles Wesley Leigh in Nevada in 1948, and he preceded her in death in 1994...

Ruth Norine Phillips, 92, daughter of Robert Preston and Ruth Elnora Hill Moberly, was born Sept. 24, 1916, and passed away Jan. 9, 2009, at Community Springs Nursing Home, in El Dorado Springs. On Nov. 10, 1935, she was united in marriage to Frank Phillips, in Nevada. She was a homemaker and spent most of her life in Vernon County until their retirement in 1976, when they moved to El Dorado Springs...

Gertrude Christianna Heitz, 79, died peacefully in her sleep at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center, in Nevada, on Jan. 9, 2009, after a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 8, 1929, at Neustadt/Aisch, West Germany, the daughter of innkeeper Andreas Steinle and Augusta Marguarita Ficht. Gertrude attended public schools in Neustadt while growing up and later attended two-year academy for young girls in a nearby town...

Georgia O'dell Key Baldwin passed from this life at 90 years, and three months on Jan. 7, 2009. Georgia was born on Oct. 7, 1918, the oldest of Seth Thomas and Bertha Carolina (Klumpp) Key in Pashaw, rural Vernon County. On Feb. 3, 1940, she married the love of her life Kenneth Leon Baldwin. They were blessed with three sons: Connie Leon, Gerald (Jerry) LeRoy, and Randall (Randy) Keith...

Ashley and Derek Greer, of Nevada, and big brother William, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister Brooklyn Mae Greer. Brooklyn was born at 6:30, on Jan. 6, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Maternal grandparent is Rose Thornton. Maternal great-grandparent is Melvin Ladwig...

Donna Marie Schnichels, 49, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, Jan. 10, 2009, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She was born Oct. 17, 1959 in Fort Scott. Funeral services for Donna will be 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, with burial following at the Centerville Cemetery in Devon, Kan. ...

Jan. 7 At 4:58 p.m., there was a report of a kitchen fire at 8181 W. Austin. On arrival, interior crews found fire on the stove top and up the wall. The fire was extinguished and was confined to the wall and vent hood. The cause was determinded to be from items left cooking unattended. Damage was estimated at $700...

Judith Feuquay, president and chief executive officer of Nevada Regional Medical Center, was elected to a one-year term as president of the Missouri Hospital Association Southwest District Council. Her term began Jan. 1. As district council president, Feuquay's responsibilities include presiding over council meetings and guiding discussions on association policies and activities. ...

Weedy field borders and brushy fence lines may not be attractive to some people, but for many Missouri farm wildlife and game species, those places are prime real estate. Bobwhite quail, cottontail rabbits and many songbird species thrive in areas composed of native grasses, weeds and small shrubs. ...

Last year the Walton Family Aquatic Center lost about $26,000 and the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course lost more than $150,000. Although the City Charter specifically exempts the city parks from needing to show a profit, the Nevada City Council and the parks board would like for them to come as close as possible to breaking even...

Al Fenske remembers World War II because, as a child of 11-years-old, he was living in the middle of it. "In West Prussia during the war, a British prisoner of war walked by our farm to work at another farm and I watched him come and go. There was no guard. There was a camp not to far away and as kids will do, we wandered around. We found their dump. The cans were written in a language (English) we couldn't understand, but we did make out plum pudding," Al related...

The Nevada Lady Tigers suffered two tough losses recently to some solid competition. The Webb City Lady Cardinals came into Saturday's game on the final day of the Carthage Lady Tiger Classic with a strong 9-2 record on the season and were hoping to improve on that with a solid performance. The Lady Tigers, however, game into the game at 2-6 and were looking for redemption from the previous night's 61-18 defeat at the hands of Nixa...

The Cottey College Comets basketball team completed a visit to St. Louis Saturday afternoon with a 61-56 victory over St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley. On Friday evening, the Comets fell to St. Louis Community College-Meramec 69-61. The Meramec Magic have been one of the top teams in Region XVI the last couple of season and are always tough competition for the Comets, especially on their home court in St. ...

The Nevada High School Varsity Wrestling team went to Monett, Mo., for a 13-team tournament on Saturday and took an 11th place finish. The tournament was attended by Class 2 and Class 3 schools in Missouri and one out of state school, Clinton, Okla. The wrestlers were put into A or B pools, based on rankings by the coaches from previous matches this year. Wrestlers competed in a round robin format in their pool...

The Lady Tiger freshman basketball team fell to McDonald County High School Thursday night. The Lady Tigers struggled in the first half and quickly found themselves down 16-2 at one point and as much as 21 points at 30-9 as they headed into the locker room for halftime. Nevada had a strong second half and was able to outscore the Lady Mustangs 17-16, but ultimately fell short...

Dear Editor, As reported, my comments at last Friday's Nevada Chamber luncheon need a minor correction. The correction involves the difference between a budget surplus/deficit and the Missouri Rainy Day Fund. The Rainy Day Fund is a distinctly separate fund from the budget and functions pretty much as it sounds -- money set aside for a rainy day. ...