Stories from Sunday, September 24, 2006

By Steve Moyer Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Troy Raney, the Cubmaster for Cub Scout Pack 117, is excited. Pack 117 has developed its own Web site, www.nevadacubscouts.com, and it could be the only pack in the district to have one. "To the best of my knowledge, we are the only cub scout pack in our district who can now be found on the information highway," Raney said. ...

By Brett Dalton Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- Making exercise fun is one of the best ways to get children to enjoy getting a solid fitness workout. That's the philosophy behind Sportwall, an interactive fitness program that was recently installed at Winfield Scott Elementary School in Fort Scott, Kan...

By Michael Glover Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A judge on Friday ordered a Fort Scott man to complete a drug treatment program in Johnson County, warning him that it is his last chance to straighten up or he'll be spending time in prison. Bourbon County District judge pro tem Harry Warren, sitting in for an absent Gerald Hart, sentenced 41-year-old Bobby E. Gunnels to enter the drug program at Johnson County Community Corrections...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald -Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- The United Way of Bourbon County organization is ready to "focus on the future." That's the theme for the local organization's 2006 campaign, as was announced at a kickoff event conducted Thursday at Fort Scott Community College that was planned by the United Way Board of Directors...

By Lynn A. Wade Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Once again this year Nevada Middle School sixth grade boys will have a special club all their own -- it's Boys Zone, and in the club, once a month, boys have the chance to relax, have fun and a bite to eat -- all while learning social and life skills that will help them in the future...

By Nancy Malcom Herald-Tribune Sheldon, Mo. -- The Sheldon Christian Church will be hosting the Show-Me Christian Youth Home children and organization on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. The presentation, titled "Extreme! 4 Christ" is a 30-minute musical drama aimed toward teens and adults. The program is open to the public...

Willus Lee Englis, 89, died Sept. 24, 2006, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law near Amsterdam, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 24, at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home in LaCygne, Kan. Burial will be in the New Lancaster Cemetery. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service...

Mr. and Mrs. Nick Gilkey, Rich Hill, and Tori are proud to announce the birh of their son and brother, Gabriel Allen Bruce Gilkey. Gabriel was born at 9:39 a.m., Sept. 18, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Hubert A. Rogers, 63, Horton, Mo., passed away Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo. He was born Aug. 26, 1943, in Emporia, Kan., to Reber Austin Rogers and Beatrice Bernice Schellenger Rogers. He and Nancy L. Milford were married on July 7, 1968, in Nevada, Mo. She survives of the home...

Hi neighbors. Our neighboring town of Fort Scott is having a big celebration this week. October fourth through seventh will see the 18th Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity provided by the Gordon Parks Center. Gordon Parks was a nationally known photographer, film maker, novelist and composer. He died just this year and throughout his lifetime was awarded over fifty honorary doctorates and many other awards...

Hi neighbors. Our neighboring town of Fort Scott is having a big celebration this week. October fourth through seventh will see the 18th Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity provided by the Gordon Parks Center. Gordon Parks was a nationally known photographer, film maker, novelist and composer. He died just this year and throughout his lifetime was awarded over fifty honorary doctorates and many other awards...

"Could I please have your autograph, Mr. Impellitteri?" "Sure, kid!" the swarthy and impeccably dressed man in the seat in front of mine, turned around and croaked pleasantly, as he smilingly accepted my new, blank red-and -black autograph book and dark green Waterman fountain pen. "What's your name, kid?"...

James Dobson tells the story about "A Great Cup of Tea:" Have you noticed that children sometimes try to be helpful, but it only makes your life more complicated? I heard a story about a mother who was sick in bed with the flu. Her darling daughter wanted so much to be a good nurse. She fluffed the pillows and brought a magazine for her mother to read. And then she even showed up with a surprise cup of tea...

Laura Janell Cartmill and Aaron Patrick Beese were married July 15, 2006, in Hall Park in Norman, Okla. Mark Robinson of Wildwood Community Church performed the ceremony. The reception was held in Wildwood Community Church of Norman, Okla. The bride was attended by Hannah Cartmill, of Nevada, Mo., Lauren Hammett of Springfield, Mo., Jennifer Yirak, of Portsmouth, N.H., and Kathleen Moy, of Dallas, Texas...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune COFFEYVILLE, Kan. -- One of Fort Scott's major goals Friday night was to re-establish control of both sides of the line of scrimmage. The Tigers did that and a little more as they dominated Coffeyville, 38-12, in Southeast Kansas League play at Veterans' Memorial Stadium...

Herald-Tribune MOUND CITY, Kan. -- Uniontown opened the Three Rivers League portion of its schedule with a six-touchdown night from senior quarterback Chad Hays, as the Eagles blasted Jayhawk-Linn, 44-8, at Donald L. Hoppes Field Friday. Hays passed for Uniontown's first three touchdowns and ran for the next three. Uniontown, 4-0 overall, led 38-0 at halftime...

By Joe Warren Herald-Tribune NEVADA, Mo. -- The Carthage Tigers had six touchdowns on only six offensive plays in the first quarter as they jumped out to a gargantuan lead and held off a furious Nevada rally to win Friday, 69-25. Carthage, ranked sixth in the state in Class 4, scored on the first play of the drive in four of their first five possessions (they needed two plays to score on the fifth), as they rode the legs of speedy Caleb Sanders and a bevy of Nevada mistakes to a 41-6 lead before the hosts even knew what hit them.. ...

In the early 1980s, the Kansas City Royals coaching staff read like a who's who for the Kansas City Athletics. The first of them to wear the uniform of Kansas City was Webb Citian Cloyd Boyer, who had been sent to St. Louis' Triple A affiliate Rochester, and was claimed on waivers prior to the 1955 season, the first for the A's in K.C...

Herald-Tribune Ed Streich, 1975 Nevada High School graduate, was inducted to the NHS Athletics Hall of Fame during halftime of the Nevada-Carthage football game at Logan Field Friday. Streich was a two-sport star athlete, gaining all-conference and all-district honors as a defensive back in football and at one time holding the Nevada track and field pole vault record. He competed in track at Central Missouri State University...

Herald-Tribune PLEASANTON, Kan. -- A 13-0 lead over a perennial playoff contender at halftime fell by the wayside Friday night when visiting Sedan rallied to defeat Pleasanton, 14-13, in a non-league contest. The Blu-Jays saw Josh Fairbanks score on a three-yard run with 9:17 left in the first quarter and Danny McCullough kick the extra point...

Going into the second week of the three-week early teal season, hunters were a little more optimistic as cooler and wet weather made it feel more like duck hunting and new birds were moving into the state. While hunting on the Schell-Osage Wildlife Area last week, it looked more like I was fishing than hunting. ...

Going into the second week of the three-week early teal season, hunters were a little more optimistic as cooler and wet weather made it feel more like duck hunting and new birds were moving into the state. While hunting on the Schell-Osage Wildlife Area last week, it looked more like I was fishing than hunting. ...

Herald-Tribune The Hume Hornets continued a good start to the fall baseball season by dropping Leeton recently, 10-1. Senior Caleb Franklin had four RBIs to pace Hume, and sophomore Andy Yarick had two. Sophomore hurler Ryan Austin pitched a complete game to get the victory, his third of the season. Austin has given up only three runs in 19 innings pitched in the fall season. Meanwhile the Hornets have scored 31 runs during those same 19 innings...