Stories from Saturday, June 20, 2009

Margaret Jean (Tracy) Termer passed away peacefully on Friday June 5, 2009 at a care center in Boise, Idaho, two days before her 84th birthday. She was born to Darwin Frederick and Fern Denton Tracy on June 7, 1925 in Sedalia, Mo. Margaret grew up in Nevada, where she graduated from Nevada High School and Cottey College. She graduated from Pittsburg State Teacher's College. She majored in music with a minor in English...

Mary Jane Henderson, 88, Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Hospice House in Kansas City following a brief illness. She was born April 19, 1921, in Vernon County, Mo., to Harrison Payne and Lillie Susan Swafford Payne...

Nevada, Mo. -- Nevada Regional Medical Center is offering women faced with a suspicious mammogram or small breast lump a less invasive breast biopsy that keeps women out of the operating room and avoids the stitches and scarring associated with a traditional open surgical biopsy...

As temperatures have started to rise, so has the population at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center. According to SEKRCC Director of Security Jimmy Nichols, the population of the correctional center is increasing as is the trend during the summer months...

Norman Louis Noel and Rosemary Downie were married June 20, 1959, at Highland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala. The young couple resided in Monroe, La., and Jackson, Miss., before moving to the Noel farm at Bronaugh in 1962. The Noels are parents of three children and grandparents of nine. ...

Patrick and Lori Mendicki, Frontenac, announce the engagement of their daughter, Haley Mendicki, to Shawn Bugni, the son of Charles and Cindy Bugni, Frontenac. The bride to be is the granddaughter of Patricia Mendicki, Frontenac, and Lois Cooney, Fort Scott, the late Matt Mendicki, Frontenac, and the late Dean Cooney, Fort Scott. ...

Nicole Rene Brown and Joshua Ryan Lattimer announce their engagement and plans to be married on July 11, 2009, at Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Fort Scott. The bride to be is the daughter of Chris Brown, Fort Scott, and Dave Brown, Topeka. She is a graduate of Fort Scott High School and Pittsburg State University...

Randi Carter and Nathan Knight announce their engagement. Miss Carter is the daughter of Walt and the late Lyndy Kenney, of Nevada, and of Randy and Anna Messick, of Nevada. Mr. Knight is the son of Ron and Carol Knight, of Lafayette, Ind. Carter is a 2006 graduate of Northeast Vernon County High School and is currently attending Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield, Mo., for her degree in computer information science-web design. ...

Marissa Vaughn will wed Rocky Castlebury on June 27, 2009, at the First Christian Church in Greenfield, Mo., at 7 p.m., with a reception to follow. Marissa Vaughn is the daughter of Rick and Laura Vaughn, of South Greenfield. She is the granddaughter of Cleo and Rollo Vaughn, of Greenfield, and Dixie and the late Frank "Bud" Crouch of South Greenfield...

Casey M. Ater and Corey D. Holt announce their engagement and upcoming wedding, on July 18, 2009, at Mary Queen of Angels, in Fort Scott. The bride to be is the daughter of Tim Ater, Nevada, and Kathy and Randy Boatwright, Fort Scott. Casey is the granddaughter of Lois and Wayne Houston, Richards, the late Jean and Ivan Duncan, Fort Scott, the late Merl Dorsey, Fort Scott, Nellie Ater and the late Ivan Ater, Arma. ...

Zack and Leslie Reynolds, of Fort Scott, announce the engagement of their son, Adam Zackery Reynolds, to Autumn Danielle Marti, daughter of Roger and Nancy Marti, Liberal, Mo. Adam is a graduate of Fort Scott High School and Pittsburg State University with a bachelor's degree in sociology...

The Rev. Deane and Wilma (Richardson) Endicott will observe their 60th wedding anniversary on June 24, 2009. They were married on June 24, 1949, at the First Baptist Church, in Altamont, Kan. The Endicotts have two children, son Gary and wife Kathy Endicott, of Springville, Ala., daughter Rita and husband John Tiegreen of Fort Scott, and five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren...

The family of Dean and Fern Brown will host a reception in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary. The event will be held on June 28, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Fulton Community Center. The couple requests no gifts, as the family notes that the presence of family and friends is gift enough...

An "International Incident" involving a former foreign consul in St Louis, Mo., during the Civil War! Now wait just a minute! One would think that situations such as this happened in Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va.; and they did, but to have one west of the Mississippi River, that seems a bit far fetched. ...

The birds were singing, the bees buzzing and a gentle breeze blowing in the peaceful haven Joyce and Tom Newby have created south of Nevada. What started as a part-time job with Glen Brockmeyer who operated Hillcrest Nursery, has turned into a full-time passion for Joyce. She has 200 Hosta plants -- 52 varieties -- in her yard. Guardian Angel, Dance with Me, Blue Angel, Drinking Gourd, Holy Mole, and Sum and Substance are just a few of the names of the hosta varieties Joyce pointed out...

Editor's note: A staple of small-town life in America is the family business; small businesses passed on through generations, keeping tradition alive. Owning and operating your own business is tough. It usually means you are going to put more time and effort into it than you would a regular job; and in honor of Father's Day, coming up this weekend, the Herald-Tribune caught up with the Cliff, Jason and Scott Ring, the father-sons team at Ring TV and Appliance in Nevada; and with JJ and Monte Curtis, who work together at Curtis and Sons Realty. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Bourbon County residents and visitors will gather on the banks of the Marmaton River from 5:30-7:30 p.m., July 3, to celebrate the development of the Marmaton riverfront. The First Annual Riverfront Festival will be an old-fashioned wiener roast. It is open to the public and there will wieners cooked on an open campfiremm along with watermelon and desserts including s'mores...

In a very short appearance Judge Neal Quitno set the date for a preliminary hearing for Garrett Matthew Mason for Wednesday, Aug. 12. Mason is charged in the murders of two Nevada teens, Anne Reed and Kylie Leyva, who were stabbed to death at Reed's Nevada home on May 24...

I just attended my first Bushwhacker Days and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. OK, the rain the first night was not that much fun, but the following morning when everyone volunteered to get the tents up again they showed the unity of this community...

It is always good to see someone from Fort Scott do well. In an April 14th publication of the Southern Logging Times, one of the features was on Evergreen Wood Recycling with numerous quotes from Larry Simpson, a Fort Scott High School graduate from 1974. Simpson's parents are Carney and Estelle Simpson, who still reside here in Fort Scott...

Hi neighbors. Are you a "soap opera" addict? There is only one show I remember watching much of and I can't remember now if it was "Days of Our Lives" or "Another World." My mother watched both and I got them confused. The story line I remember from the '60s and '70s was about one family -- that of Dr. and Mrs. Horton -- and their children and grandchildren...

Fishermen sometimes wonder if color really does make a difference. Recently, we found out that it does. Fishing for crappie, my friend Brent and I worked a bank using different lures without success. However, when I put on a smoke colored twister tail jig, I started catching fish...

"I did really good at the Spring Nationals. I mean, there's other fast Cobra riders, but I'm the fastest Cobra rider they have so they sent me down there to show off the bike." Austin Forkner credited his performances at this year's Spring Nationals at Lake Whitney, Texas and Oak Hill Raceway in Decatur, Texas with earning him a trip to Belgium in July to compete in MX Master Kids -- an international motocross racing event in Limes, Belgium...

The Nevada Griffons made their return to Lyons Stadium Friday night in a rematch from earlier in the week against the A's of Clarinda, Iowa. The Griffons came into the night looking for revenge after Tuesday night's trip to Clarinda resulted in a 9-3 loss...