Stories from Thursday, March 11, 2004

By Steve Moyer Members of the Vernon County Relay for Life met at Casa Azteca for a planning meeting Wednesday for the upcoming survivors walk around the Square in July. The lunch was hosted by Warren Schooley, chairman of the Vernon County Chapter...

By Lynn A. Wade Recent heavy rainfall in Missouri has brought Vernon County out of drought conditions, a trend area agriculture producers no doubt hope will continue, according to Wayne Prewitt of the Vernon County University Extension and Outreach Office...

By Steve Moyer Cottey College seniors on a trip to Madrid came close to the dangers of terrorism on their annual overseas trip. Despite the explosions in the train stations in the city of Madrid the Cottey students and their chaperones are all safe. ...

When you read this column I will be ending a week at the YMCA of the Ozarks near Potosi, where I am leading one of the classes in an Elderhostel. I have written several columns about the joys of attending Elderhostels and I hope that many of you will check out the schedules in the catalog in the library to find one that you would find interesting. ...

100 Years Ago - March 11, 1904 The Missouri State Fish Commission is preparing to stock the waters of southern Missouri with young fish. The new farm recently acquired by the commission has a capacity of from 60,000 to 100,000 of young fish. It will be supplied at the state hatcheries at Forest Park, St. ...

Richard Edward Farmer, 80, Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at the Beverly Health Care Center in Nevada, Mo. He was born in Devon, Kan., June 24, 1923, the son of Earl E. Farmer and Genevieve Hall Farmer. He graduated from Fulton High School and attended Fort Scott Community College and Pittsburg State University. ...