Stories from Saturday, September 20, 2008

A group of local students have an opportunity to jump to the front of the lunch line. However, these students can not seize this opportunity without the help of their families. In observance of the eighth annual Family Day, which is on Monday, Fort Scott Middle School is conducting a promotion aimed at getting families together for dinner. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A novel approach to helping meet health care needs in the Fort Scott area is being addressed by a newly formed group call Women in Philanthropy. Women in Philanthropy, a program of Mercy Health Center Foundation, is an organization open to all women who support the work of Mercy and recognize that women as donors have the capability of making an impact on health care in the community. ...

Mrs. Willa Faye (Buchanan) Gover, 91, of Taberville, Mo., died Sept. 18, 2008, in Nevada. Funeral services will be today, at 10:30 a.m., at the Sheldon Funeral Home, in El Dorado Springs.

Steve Gayman, 39, of Walker, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at the Pentecostal Assembly of God Church, in Nevada, with brother Mark Harwell officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, Maple and Second Street, Schell City. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, in Schell City...

Sept. 18 There was a report of a theft from a motor vehicle on the 600 block of north Cedar, made by Randall Elliott, of Nevada. He reported cash, a MP3 player, cologne and a key stolen.

Hi neighbors. The Bushwhacker Museum and Vernon County Historical Society held another History Day event for all Vernon County fourth-graders Thursday. If you had a child or grandchild who attended, I know you've heard all about it. This annual event takes a lot of preparation and planning to run smoothly; but the children always leave happy. The purpose of the day is to inspire an interest in history and to give today's students a glimpse into the lifestyles of the children of yesterday...

Ordinarily, I get my daily world news, my sense of living in a "real world" (those two words my Cottey students used to denote that fabled place to which they were headed from this monastery, after graduation), by skimming through this almost-daily newspaper, reading selected articles in Time and Newsweek, and watching the "NBC Nightly News, with Brian Williams."...

In his book, "A Touch of Wonder", Arthur Gordon talks about self-renewal: In the South, when a lady reaches a certain age and a certain eminence, she begins once more to be called by her first name with a Miss in front of it, a title laden with affection, pride, and respect. ...

Nondi Marie Breneman and Matthew David Boggs were married Aug. 2, 2008, at 4 p.m., at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Chapel Hill, N.C. Bishop Gregg Ginn officiated the double-ring ceremony. A reception immediately followed. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Breneman, Apex, N.C., and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Breneman, Apex, and Mrs. Margie Swarnes, Nevada, Mo., and the late Alfred Swarnes...

Dan and Margaret Hope announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Hope, to Jason Bean, son of Mark and Cindy Bean. Jennifer is a graduate of Nevada High School and received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Southwestern College in 2004. Jennifer runs a therapeutic massage practice and is an avid cross-country cyclist...

Army National Guard Pvt. Jonathan D. Foster has graduated from the Petroleum Supply Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Lee, Petersburg, Va. The course is designed to train students in receipt, storage, issue, shipping, and distribution of petroleum, oil and lubricant products used by the Army. ...

The Fort Scott Community College Greyhound Band wants to go to Mexico next year and a special fundraiser is designed to help them do just that. The 26-member FSCC band has been participating recently in the "Rent-A-Kid" program, a fundraiser sponsored by the FSCC Music Department in which students raise money for travel expenses and the music department. In the program, band members rent themselves out to the community to perform basic chores for minimum wage...

The Missouri-Kansas border area has been at the center of the struggle for freedom since the first skirmish of the Civil War pitted anti-slavery leader John Brown and future Confederate Colonel Henry Clay Pate at the Battle of Black Jack, on June 2, 1856, nearly five years before Confederate troops lay siege to Fort Sumpter in Charleston, S.C., harbor to formally start the Civil War...

Jeannie Wray stood before the collection, carefully arranging and re-arranging the necklaces, bracelets and earrings in gold, silver and copper, keeping company with similar creations ornamented with beads and gems of all shapes and sizes. Each piece had been individually crafted, so that none other exists that is exactly like it. ...

Fort Scott and Nevada residents recently had the chance to see a man near the halfway point of his once in a lifetime journey. Doug Dawkins made his way through Nevada Wednesday and left Fort Scott Friday morning to continue his voyage from one end of the country to the other. However, the distance he is traveling is far from the extent of Dawkin's feat...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's defense showed improvement against Pittsburg in a key Southeast Kansas League game at Frary Field Friday night. However, the rival Purple Dragons managed to hold off the Tigers just enough to come away with a 14-12 win, which dropped Fort Scott to 0-2 in the league and 1-2 overall...

Herald-Tribune The Nevada Lady Tigers golf team competed at Pleasant Hill Thursday afternoon with marked success. The Lady Tigers finished first overall of the three teams competing with a final score of 206 and took three of the top five and four of the top 10 individual scores. Lakyn Mansfield again turned in the best score of the team, coming in second overall with a 49, just six strokes behind the individual best of the match...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune The Nevada Tigers suffered a very hard fought loss Friday night at the hands of the Pleasant Hill Roosters, 19-13. After a short kick and good return coverage by Nevada, the Roosters took the game's first possession at their own 27-yard line. Pleasant Hill was able to put together a strong drive and used up nearly half of the first quarter until the Tiger defense stepped up and came through with a big third down sack near the Nevada 35...

Herald-Tribune MOUND CITY, Kan. -- Uniontown improved to 2-1 with a 34-20 win over Jayhawk-Linn in a non-league football contest here Friday night. Meanwhile, Jayhawk-Linn remains winless on the season. The Eagles broke things open a bit in the late part of the second quarter and in the third, when they scored 22 unanswered points...

Herald-Tribune CHERRYVALE, Kan. -- Fort Scott and Pleasanton's cross-country teams took part in the Parsons meet at Big Hill Lake near here Thursday evening. Fort Scott's junior varsity girls' team swept honors as the Tigers won the team title and Morgan Tourtillott won the individual crown. Tourtillott finished in 15 minutes, 22 seconds while Fort Scott scored 20 points to beat Chanute by 15 points...

Keith Nelson and Carl Thomas, Independence, Mo., were waiting and watching for teal near Four Rivers Wildlife Area when the subject of fishing different lakes came up. Both anglers have fished tournaments before and were comparing lakes they had fished. It might be of value to other anglers who usually don't give a thought about the water they fish in...

Herald-Tribune OSAWATOMIE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team took two of three matches as the Tigers played non-league opposition in a quadrangular here Thursday night. The Tigers lost to Louisburg in two games but bounced back to beat Osawatomie in three and Prairie View in two...

Herald-Tribune The Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team dropped an eventful match against Webb City Thursday. Whitley Del Rosario had to come from behind to pick up one of Nevada's two individual wins and remain undefeated on the year. Del Rosario came back from a 2-5 deficit to take the win 8-5...

Herald-Tribune RIVERTON, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team won two of three matches against bigger schools at Riverton Thursday night, beating Class 4A Columbus and 3A Galena while falling to Class 3A Riverton. The Eagles beat Columbus and Galena in two games and fell to Riverton in three games, each of which were decided by five points or less...