Stories from Wednesday, November 18, 2009

As of 5 p.m., Tuesday, four candidates had filed for the April 6, 2010, election for the Nevada City Council seat currently held by Mayor Mike Hutchens, a three-year term. Debbie Bossaller, 741 E. Maple and Myron R. Damon, 508 Godfrey Lane, Sonya Tumm, W. Atlantic St., and James McKenzie 341 N. Washington, all filed Tuesday afternoon, prior to the 5 p.m. deadline...

The site of a Friday, Nov. 20 visit to Nevada by Vicky Hartzler, candidate for the Fourth District U.S. Congress seat currently held by Ike Skelton, has been changed. The gathering is now slated to take place at Moore-Few Care Center, 901 S. Adams, Nevada, at 4:15 p.m...

Nearly one in four Missourians still fail to regularly wear their safety belts when driving or riding in a motor vehicle. Among those least likely to buckle up: young males, pickup truck drivers and their passengers, people who live in rural areas and nighttime drivers...

The Bushwhacker Museum will be unofficially open this winter as volunteers do maintenance work at the jail and complete some unfinished exhibits at the museum at 212 W. Walnut St. The Bushwhacker Museum's board of directors voted Tuesday to continue its policy not to post regular winter hours, but to keep the facility open while workers reorganize the artifact storage room and spruce up the jail with some new paint...

Rickie Garr was one of numerous citizens that showed up at the Sheldon City Council meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12 to discuss an increase in the water rates, and while she was there, she wrote the city a check for $5,000 to help defray the cost of having an engineering study detailing a new water system brought up to date...

Samantha Pickett, of Nevada, is proud to announce the birth of her son, Leon William Travis. Leon was born at 7:10, on Nov. 8, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 19 inches. Maternal grandparents are Kathy Pickett, of Nevada, Lonnie Beisley, of Sheldon, and Randy Thomas, of Clayton, N.M. Maternal great-grandparents are Janice Rye, of Clayton, N.M., and Bonnie Beisley, of Sheldon. Maternal great-great-grandmother is Millie Elsworth, of Nevada...

Eric and Deanna Welch, of Rich Hill, and big brothers Brodie and Tyler, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Karrington Rose Welch. Karrington was born at 12:43 p.m., on Nov. 11, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Donnie and Lena Kleeman, of Sheldon, and big sisters Ella and Emma, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Adi Lynn Maree Kleeman. Adi Lynn was born at 8:17 a.m., on Nov. 16, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 20 inches...

Ruth Margaret Mayfield, 90, Nevada, died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Christian Health Care in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 21, 1919, in Milo, Mo., to Arthur Lee Danley and Elsie Pearl Livingston Danley. She was married Dec. 30, 1954, in Sheldon, Mo., to Albert Eldon Mayfield and he preceded her in death May 1980...

Ruth Ellen (Matthews) Seitz passed away peacefully at her home on Nov. 15, 2009, at the age of 80. She was born April 30, 1929, in Nevada, the youngest child of Andrew B and Helen (Terry) Matthews. She was united in marriage to Edwin "Ted" Seitz, on April 30, 1955, to this union one son was born.Ruth loved life...

Nevada Mayor Mike Hutchens told the Council that the annual Christmas Lighting Ceremony at Radio Springs Park will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 25, this year instead of on Thanksgiving Day as in past years. "Mayor Pro-tem, Jayne Novak, will preside over the lighting ceremony this year," Hutchens said, adding that he would be out of town visiting relatives...