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FRIDAY JULY 3, 2009

A Southeast Kansan was killed Thursday afternoon in a three-vehicle collision on U.S. 69 some five miles South of Fort Scott. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers say 72-year-old Charles Pfaff, Arcadia, was killed when his Chevy S-10 was hit by a Hyundai Elantra that crossed the center-line. The Elantra's driver, 33-year-old Christopher Budden, Alton, Iowa, and his passenger, 29-year-old Lizbeth Reyes, Orange City, Iowa, were taken to St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin. The third vehicle, driven by 32-year-old Stacy McIntosh, Dallas, Texas, hit the S-10 from behind. McIntosh and two passengers, 35-year-old James McIntosh and one-year-old Emma McIntosh, Dallas, Texas, were listed with possible injuries. The collision happened about 4:30 p.m.

 

The Nevada R-5 school board Thursday announced the appointment of Thomas Moore as the new principal at the high school. He succeeds Bryan Thomsen, who resigned recently to take the school superintendent's position in the North Callaway district. Nevada residents are invited to meet Moore between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at Nevada High School. Also approved during a special meeting Thursday morning were a contract for middle school social studies teacher Audra Doak and the appointment of Tammy Holcomb as the head softball coach at Nevada High School. She served as the assistant coach last Fall and succeeds Brandi Thomsen, who resigned to join her husband, Bryan, at Kingdom City, Mo.
 
 

Cottey College has announced the appointment of Nevada businessman Greg Hoffman to the college's board-of-trustees. His seven-year term began June 1. Hoffman's the principal at Hoffman Financial Resources, a Nevada, Mo. wealth management firm affiliated with LPL Financial, managing about $95-million in assets for its clients, helping with retirement planning and the preservation and transfer of wealth. The Nevada Rotary Club's citizen-of-the-year four years ago also is a member of LPL Financial's chairman's club, reserved for the top 4% of LPL's more than 11,000 advisors -- based on prior-year production. Hoffman is a graduate of the University of Central Missouri and has lived in Nevada since 1981. He and his wife, Melissa, have a daughter and two sons.
 

 

Residents of Barton, Dade and Polk counties might be eligible for some help after severe weather storms between May 8 and May 16. That assistance could include money to help pay for temporary housing, home repairs and storm-related expenses not covered by insurance. Application assistance is available, on-line, at www.disasterassistance.gov <http://www.disasterassistance.gov> and the toll-free telephone number is 1-800-621-3362.

Missouri motorcycle riders must continue to wear helmets when riding their two-wheelers. Governor Jay Nixon Thursday vetoed Senate bill 202 that would have repealed the helmet requirement. He said the cost of the repeal would have been too high. He said keeping the helmet law is a safe and cost- effective choice for Missouri. Also vetoed Thursday by Governor Nixon were bills related to the state treasurer, the general education development revolving fund, certain hotel and motel taxes and traffic violations.

A Bronaugh native is scheduled to be the featured speaker during the Summer meeting of the Vernon County Historical Society a week from Sunday. Dr. Lyndon Irwin's presentation is to include a discussion of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis and the great train wreck near Warrensburg that preceded the fair. Irwin's a history professor at Missouri State University and his book, There Will Be A Wreck, details the experiences of some Vernon Countians who were on the train on their way to Missouri Day at the World's Fair. The Historical Society meets at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at the Bushwhacker Museum, 212 W. Walnut, Nevada, and the public is invited.

Government offices and some businesses in the Nevada area are closed today for an extended 4th-of-July holiday. Closed for the day are the Nevada City Hall, the Nevada Library, the Vernon County Courthouse, the state license bureau, 113 S. Main and the state career center, 621 E. Highland. Nevada's six banks were to be open today and closed Saturday for the nation's Independence Day.

Rich Hill's Famous For The Fourth Celebration continues today and Saturday. A tractor pull begins at 1:00 p.m. and this evening's schedule includes a Rich Hill alumni gathering, the Little Miss 4th of July Pageant, the pie contest and auction and a "breakaway" concert. Saturday's schedule includes quilt, car, motorcycle and tractor displays, the fly-over and parade at 1:00 p.m., Veterans honors at 3:30 p.m., a performance by the Meyer Family Blue Grass band at 5:30 p.m., the Shenandoah concert at 8:00 p.m. and the fireworks spectacular at 10:30 p.m.