Stories from Saturday, October 17, 2009

Martha Olene Phipps Armstrong, 98, Nevada, passed away Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a brief illness. She was born Dec. 12, 1910, in Sheldon, Mo., to Benjamin Phipps and Margaret Baldridge Phipps. She was married to Arvin Frank Armstrong on May 4, 1933, in Lamar, Mo., and he preceded her in death in 1974...

Aileen Bell Beeny, 87, formerly of Sheldon, Mo., passed away Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, with her children at her side. She fought a long battle following a stroke in 2003. Aileen was a resident of St. Mary's Manor in Blue Springs, Mo. She was born Feb. 13, 1922, in Washington, Kan., the oldest daughter of Charles and Flora Nutter...

Delbert Dean "Sonny" Readinger, 74, formerly of Fort Scott, more recently of Nevada, died Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 14, 2009, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 16, 1934, in Harwood, Mo., the son of Charles Frank and Emily Elizabeth (Allison) Readinger. He married Leota Carpenter Oct. 16, 1954. They later divorced. He married Eva Mae Bowen Graham Nov. 3, 1984, and she survives of the home...

Ginger Hickman Rogers, 76, Independence, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., surrounded by her family. Ginger was born to C.W. and Lydia Louise (Tyree) Hickman on Sept. 7, 1933, in Sheldon, Mo. Ginger joined the First Baptist Church of Nevada in 1948 and continued her spiritual journey throughout her life. She retired from a long career in Civil Service in 1993, having worked for several agencies in the U.S. and Europe...

The first freeze of the fall ends the growing season for crops, but extended cool weather before frost may have stopped crop maturity early, said a University of Missouri Extension agronomist. "The science of low temperatures and photosynthesis is not perfect, but we expect some reduced yields in both soybean and corn fields because of unusual fall weather," said Bill Wiebold, MU Extension soybean and corn specialist...

Nevada, Mo. -- The Children's Center is looking for a few good men - and women, to serve on the board of directors. The board should consist of eight to 12 people from a variety of backgrounds; law enforcement, medical professionals and the general public. The board met in the new Vernon County Jail Friday morning to discuss recruitment and other issues facing the center...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Spirit Girls Night Out event has become one of the most popular Spirit of Women events to date, organizers said this week. Tickets for the free Mercy Health Center-sponsored event became available about a month ago, and all outlets where tickets were available had run out by Oct. 7, Spirit of Women Coordinator Tina Rockhold said...

The Vernon County Health Department has received its first limited supplies of the H1N1 influenza vaccine. In Missouri, allocations to each county are based on population, and the health department expects to receive weekly shipments. The vaccine which the Health Department has received is the nasal spray which contains a live virus and is used for children and young adults between age 2 and 25, and caretakers under age 50 of infants who are 6 months or less. ...

Get out your whisks, your measuring cups, your rolling pins and a dash of fun -- we're cookin' up a big batch of fun this November for the holidays! It's the first ever SHE magazine cookie contest! Winners get a cash prize. On Thursday, Nov. 5, we're asking area cooks to bring us a sampling of their best cookies, along with the recipe, to the Fort Scott Tribune, 12 E. ...

Missouri residents can call a new toll-free number for information about the H1N1 flu, from symptoms and basic medical advice to the availability of the new H1N1 vaccine. The number. 1-877-FLU-4141 will be answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week...

You can tell it's hunting time since I received my official snipe hunting field guide, which included a master snipe hunter patch, a booklet of snipe hunting lore and a printed snipe gunnysack. Yes, there is such a bird called snipe and yes, hunters do shoot them with a shotgun and never use a gunnysack to catch them, in spite of what you may have heard...

With the weather cooling down, I thought it was a good time to share a previous article: Do you ever wonder what we did before we had wind chill indexes? As I watch TV and listen to the radio, all the weathermen and weatherwomen seem to be obsessed with giving us the wind chill somewhere in the Great Plains and warning us over and over that we shouldn't go outside. ...

Hi neighbors. As we watch this season of changes we should all take a little time out of our busy lives to reflect on not only the beautiful foliage, but the lessons offered from their beauty. Looking back on my life I can see a long procession of seasons and the changes that came with them. But the seasons are short compared to our lives...