Stories from Sunday, October 29, 2006

By Lynn A. Wade Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- The portrait of Missouri Appeals Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge, Western District, now hangs in the Associate Courtroom in the Vernon County Courthouse. Breckenridge's likeness joins those of Vernon County's prior associate circuit judges, also known as probate judges or magistrates, carrying on a time-honored tradition...

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Herald-Tribune Residents of Fort Scott and Nevada do not have to traverse long distances to view their share of spooks and hear their share of morbid tales. Halloween is upon the area, trick or treating, candies, hay rack rides, shorter days and children dressed as baby pumpkins...

Nevada, Mo. -- Brianne Jones, left, and Katrina Penk, right, decorate pumpkins for the Second Annual Pumpkin Walk at Benton Elementary School Friday evening. Students and their parents attending had the chance to take trip throuch a hay ball maze, get a tattoo or have their faces painted. ...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald -- Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- Clint Walker remembers when his most memorable Veterans Day took place, and what he considers to be the true meaning of the national holiday. The 50-year old Mapleton resident, who is a retired sergeant first class in the U.S. ...

By Michael Glover Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- A Fort Scott man was bound over for formal arraignment Friday after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing on allegations he tried to kill his wife. Shawn W. Pulliam, 39, will enter a formal plea at an arraignment hearing that has not been scheduled yet. ...

Beverly Lena Thompson, age 72, a resident of Arcadia, Kan., entered the House of our Lord at 9:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. She was born May 30, 1934, in Gettysburg, S.D., to Carl and Clara Kursave Titze. She grew up and attended school in Lebanon, S.D. ...

Mary L. Harper, age 86, passed away Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, at Spring River Christian Village, Joplin, Mo. She was born in Bourbon County, Kan., Aug. 1, 1920, the daughter of Rufus Ezra and Lola Mary Carson Pellett. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1937 and married Charles E. Harper at the Girard, Kan., courthouse on Feb. 7, 1938...

Weldon T. Duncan, 91, Olathe, Kan., died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 30, at Green Mound Cemetery, Harwood, Mo. Memorials are suggested to the Olathe Good Samaritan Center, Olathe, in care of the funeral home...

Hi neighbors. If you missed out on October being Family History Month it's not too late to do something about it. Actually, with Thanksgiving coming soon, what would be a better time for exchanging family stories, photos and information? Most of us gather together at holidays with several generations represented...

Back in the 1970s, a pair of polar opposites hit the American scene. One, the super-conservative, was William F. Buckley, the owner and publisher of the National Review, the country's first conservative magazine, who had written a book, "God and Man at Yale," shortly after he'd graduated from that college. ...

The following excerpt is from "Chicken Soup for the Grandparents' Soul." It was written by Barbara Cornish, and is titled, "Thoughts from a Three-Year-Old." "Children are unpredictable. you never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next."...

Casey Renee Pugh and Mark Joseph Lewis have announced their engagement. The bride-elect is the daughter of Gary and Lu Anne Pugh, of Pittsburg, and the granddaughter of Harlan and the late Louise Snyder, of McCune, and the late Cecil and Dorothy Pugh. She is a 2002 graduate of Pittsburg High School and graduated from Pittsburg State University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Recreation Therapy and Psychology. She is employed as the coordinator for the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center...

Howard and Agnes Armstrong celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Oct. 26, 2006. They were married Oct. 26, 1941, in Columbus, Kan., by the Rev. Ernest Jones. They were blessed with two boys and two girls. The couple celebrated with a family reception. Cards may be sent to their home at 623 Eddy St., Fort Scott, KS 66701...

Gene and Wilma Snyder of Bronaugh, Mo., will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today (Oct. 29, 2006). The couple reared four children -- Steve, Ron, Julie and Monte. They have seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The couple have enjoyed traveling in their motor home over the years and visiting numerous national parks and other points of interest. Cards and letters may be sent to the Snyders at R.R. 1, Bronaugh, MO 64728...

Melvin and Sharon Seaver celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on the evening of Oct. 5, 2006. They were married in Fort Scott on Sept. 29, 1946. After dinner out with their daughters and families, the evening was completed with a decorated anniversary cake, and a gift of a specially made anniversary photo frame...

By Joe Warren Herald-Tribune SENECA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers committed nine turnovers and lost starting quarterback Ronnie Herda to injury as their Class 3, District 11 hopes were crushed in a 35-12 loss to the Seneca Indians Friday. The Tigers (2-7) threw five interceptions and committed four fumbles (all on center-quarterback exchanges) as they were dealt a sixth consecutive loss...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team was unable to maintain the momentum from a first-game win and dropped a non-conference match to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at Arnold Arena Friday night 28-30, 30-21, 30-21, 30-10...

I sat in the Logan Field press box on Sept. 22, just as I had for the past 31 seasons, surveying the sizable crowd, dismayed that a program I have so loyally followed since 1956 had fallen to this. I suppose a lot of this dates back to that cold 1979 night at Clinton when the Nevada Tigers lost that infamous shot after the buzzer district semifinal basketball game to Warrensburg. ...

Jason Kuessner, Stockton, kept an old family tradition going this month as he slipped his jet boat into the cool waters of the Sac River. "I guess I have been gigging since I was old enough to get into the boat," he said on a recent outing. "My daddy said when he was young enough to go with my cousins and uncles they were going gigging for food unlike for fun like we are doing here tonight."...