Stories from Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Senator David Pearce, R-31st District, announced on Friday, Aug. 28, that six companies in the 31st Senatorial District will receive funding from the Missouri Job Development Fund for the Missouri Customized Training Program. The companies will receive a combined $177,500 to train 706 employees...

Current economics are favoring crops over beef cattle. So some producers are taking old pasture or hay fields and putting them into crop production. It is pretty simple to use a burn down herbicide, no-till plant herbicide-resistant beans and then spray again. But this doesn't deal with some of the other issues that may occur on these fields...

Forrest K. "Keith" Brown of Nevada was killed in a motorcycle crash on Sunday, Aug. 30, on Highway 23, south of Eureka Springs, Ark. According to a report from the Arkansas State Police, Brown was riding a BMW motorcycle, heading north, at 2:48 p.m., Aug. 30, when a southbound 1999 Dodge Ram pickup driven by 22-year-old Jesse R. Rusch of Eureka Springs crossed into the northbound traffic while attempting to negotiate a curve, striking Brown's motorcycle head-on...

Precision Aero Services of Nevada is pleased to announce the addition of Robert Ulrich as the company's chief operating officer. Ulrich comes to the 152,000-square-foot, state-of-the- art facility with 45 years of experience in the aerospace industry; working for The Boeing Company for 23 years and serving as a private consultant with his company, Applied Materials and Processing Technology, Inc., since 2005...

The Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children is changing, adding healthier options and encouraging more women to breastfeed their babies. It is the first major changes to the program in more than 30 years. Lyn Konstant, Missouri WIC director, said the changes would improve the health of many Missourians...

"Every time we have a game like that, then they all laugh at me in the locker room like they did it on purpose." The Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball team gave head coach Becky Lowery a good reason to sweat during Monday night's home opener at Wynn Gymnasium as they needed three sets -- and extra points in the third -- to beat the Lady Tigers of Lamar for their first victory of the season...

The Cottey College Comets traveled to Joplin, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 29, to open the 2009 volleyball season against Ozark Christian College. Ozark swept the young Comets in three games 25-22, 25-14, and 25-19. The Comets brought seven freshmen and two sophomores to the match while Ozark returned all their starters from last year, including three juniors and one senior. ...

Evelyn "Louise" Smith, 84, Nevada, passed away Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 at her home. She was born Sept. 26, 1924, the daughter of the late John and Opal (Cook) Parks. On March 16, 1946 she was united in marriage to Eugene William Smith. He preceded her in death on Aug. 29, 1990...

Aug. 27 There were reports of suspicious activity in the Harwood area, trespassing in the Moundville area, threats in the Schell City area, a suspicious vehicle in the Walker area, and an abandoned vehicle in the Nevada area. Frances M. Patterson, 47, of Nevada, was arrested and processed by the Nevada Police Department on charges of passing bad checks. He was released in lieu of a $225 bond...

Aug. 18 There was a report of a petty theft from a motor vehicle in the 1100 block of north Washington, made by Thomas Schmidt, of Nevada. He reported a generator and an air compressor stolen. Aug. 21 An accident occurred at 9:44, in McDonald's parking lot, involving a SUV driven by Jenet L. Hill, of Nevada, and a car driven by John H. Stover, of Drexel, Mo. No injuries were reported...