Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh R-7 School District is holding three events in August to allow their students and families to become more acquainted with new staff, rules and day-to-day school activities. It will hold an open house on Aug. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. Students and families from preschool to grade 12 can come and meet the faculty...

Nevada Daily Mail The 73rd annual Hume Fair has begun and will run through Aug. 1. The "community-centered" fair, which reorganized in 1942, has a way to showcase everyone's special talents, said Karen Irwin, member of the Hume Fair Board. The fair promises to have something for everyone, Irwin said. Some of the popular events include The Hume Olympics Thursday -- a two person man and woman event where the team has to work together with challenging obstacles...

Nevada Daily Mail While children prepare for the start of the new school year, Nevada's Community Outreach continues to prepare for their Back to School and Backpacks of Love programs, which will provide food and supplies to students. On July 15, Paige Hertzberg, 9, held a lemonade stand outside Hertzberg Furniture, her family's business, to help raise money for the Backpacks of Love program, asking for donations toward that cause. ...

Nevada Daily Mail With the final numbers in from the 2015 fiscal year, which ended June 30, the financial committee of the Nevada Regional Medical Center discussed the bottom line at their monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon. Interim chief financial officer Mike Harbor gave the end of the year report, which showed a loss of less than $1.1 million, when NRMC had budgeted for a loss of more than $2 million...

The Nevada Neptunes swim team finished in second place in the A-division at the Joplin Tri-State Invitational Swim Meet, July 18-19. The meet took place at the Joplin Aquatic Center's Schifferdecker Pool. The event featured more than 500 swimmers from 12 regional teams, including, 46 Neptunes. Finishing in first was Joplin...

Nevada Daily Mail After making an instant-impact as a freshman center on the Nevada Tigers basketball team, Clay Gayman is hoping to take his game to the next level. Gayman, a 6-foot-4, 205 pound sophomore-to-be, averaged 11.4 points per game, and 9.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field during the 2014-15 season. (Gayman's official blocked shot totals were not available)...