Stories from Saturday, September 13, 2008

Phil and Nancy Wimmer, Fulton, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Christi Rayann Wimmer, to Adam Jeffrey York, son of Jeff and Melissa York, Galena. Christi, a 2002 graduate of Rich Hill High School, received her Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Pittsburg State University in 2006. ...

Delroy and Sharon Bender, Ozark, Mo., and Roger and Sherry Kellogg, Springfield, Mo., announce the engagement of their children, Gracia Marie Bender and Dustin Frank Kellogg. Gracia is a 2008 graduate of Missouri State University, with a master's in speech-language pathology. She is employed by CMH, in Bolivar, Mo...

Stan and Suzy (Scott) McKeen, Fort Scott, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. The couple were married in Prescott, Kan., on Sept. 17, 1983. They have one son, Seth, Springfield, Mo., and one daughter Katie, who is a junior at Fort Scott High School...

Raymond Lewis Murphy, 83, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at Freeman Health System East, Joplin, Mo., following a recent illness. He was born April 3, 1925, in Metz, Mo., to John Lee Murphy and Goldie Mae Stowers Murphy. Raymond was born and raised in this area and spent most all his life here. ...

Ardella T. Haman, 93, of Osawatomie, Kan., formerly of Mound City, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at her home. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, in Mound City, Kan. Visitation will he held from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wedensday at the chapel. Interment will be in the Woodland Cemetery, in Mound City...

Sept. 11 There were reports of a vehicle in the Nevada area, a wrong way driver in the Nevada area, an assault in the Nevada area, an assault in the Nevada area, a 911 wrong number in the Nevada area, a 911 wrong number in the Nevada are, an animal in the Sheldon area, found property in the Deerfield area, a vehicle accident in the Milo area, a juvenile in the Nevada area and a juvenile in the Nevada area...

Hi neighbors. We have survived another Sept. 11. It is a new memorial day when the entire nation places a wreath for lost "family." I don't feel I'm capable of writing a summary of how the world has changed since the crashing of the Twin Towers. There have been too many comments, decisions, choices and actions made for better or worse by individuals and governments since that sad day for one mind to grasp all the future ramifications involved...

The "Union" pursuit of Confederate Guerrillas and Bushwhackers in Missouri was frustrating to the "Union Hounds" because the "Confederate Foxes" always seemed to mysteriously disappear into the bush, brush and timber. This was and is of course a key to the success of any guerrilla force or operation. ...

The annual family Labor Day camp-out festivities are now history. Nineteen people were in attendance this year, with ages ranging from 3 to 92. Eight of the 19 were children under the age of 14. Mother Nature favored us with a reasonably cool day, plenty of shade, a nice breeze, and a few angry hornets. My younger son irritated the hornets when he knocked their nest down on the porch, and they spent a few minutes looking for someone to sting...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- More than $7.2 million in disaster aid has been approved in Federal Emergency Management Agency grants and U.S. Small Business Administration loans for Missouri residents and businesses suffering damage from the severe storms and flooding between June 1 and Aug. 13, state and federal officials announced Friday...

By sponsoring a band, the city of El Dorado Springs, Mo. has overcome the generation gap. There are players from 15-year-olds, to those who have been playing 49 years or more. Then there is Lillian Sunderwirth, who has managed the band, organized the music and concert dates and kept the records since 1944. That is 60-plus years of giving up every Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday afternoons, plus many more hours in planning and programming, and enduring all kinds of weather in the park...

IOLA, Kan. -- About 200 people attended the 4th Annual Friends of Tri-Valley Foundation Gala on Tuesday in Iola, Kan., to support the foundation's mission to build homes for people with developmental disabilities. "The turnout for the event was beyond my expectations," Tri-Valley Developmental Services Executive Director Tim Cunningham said. "It was an evening of fun and food, all for a good cause."...

Through the Kansas Green Schools Grant program, area schools, students, and the local environment can reap various benefits. According to Kansas Green Schools, www.kansasgreenschools.org, an enormous amount of waste is collected each year. By teaching students ways in which this waste can be reduced, schools will have an influence that could possibly carry over into the students' home life...

NEVADA, Mo. -- They're relatively new to Missouri and many people have never heard of them but Boer goats are becoming a very popular meat goat. Introduced from South Africa the goats are a meat goat that does well on forage that cows turn their noses up at...