Stories from Saturday, December 1, 2012

Dwane Rosegrant, 61, Nevada, passed away at his home on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. He was born on March 20, 1951, in Texas. His parents were Thomas Acker and Wilene Hall Acker. Dwane was raised in Texas and Arkansas and graduated from Bismark, Ark., High School. He has lived in Missouri since 1978 and worked for Shade Tree Service in Nevada for 15 years until he retired in 1994 due to a disability. Dwane later worked for B&R Furniture for a number of years...

Lucille Henry, 96, South Coffeyville, Okla., formerly of Vernon County, Mo., passed away on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at her home in South Coffeyville. She was born on June 23, 1916, in Kingfisher, Okla., to Joseph E. Ruhl and Emma M. Harmon Ruhl. She married William R. "Bill" Henry on May 6, 1936, in Kingfisher, Okla. He preceded her in death on Jan. 1, 2007...

Mary Cook, 96, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at Fort Scott Manor. She was born April 13, 1916, in Auxvase, Mo., the daughter of Scott Golden and Belva Shirkey Golden. Following high school, she obtained her two year teacher's degree from Pittsburg State Teachers College. She married Paul Asher Cook on Dec. 23, 1944. He preceded her in death on March 22, 1999...

A Dearborn couple made Powerball history by winning half of the game's largest jackpot ever and the state's largest prize. Cindy and Mark Hill said they are in shock after discovering they held one of two tickets that matched all six numbers drawn to win the record Nov. 28 jackpot worth $587.5 million...

"I wanted a shawl, but I couldn't afford it," said Dawn Parker of Fort Scott, Kan. Parker tried on shawls of all kinds and colors in a triangular shape and decided somehow she must have a shawl like this. The loom was less expensive than the shawl. So Parker bought a Tri Loom three years ago and began weaving her first shawl. ...

BRONAUGH -- This southwest Vernon County town's vexatious water quality problems are being addressed by the Board of Aldermen, which has hired a new set of engineers to determine how to handle sediment that clogs appliances and makes citizens chary of taking showers...

Work has started on the new, nearly $5 million performing arts center and multipurpose building project at Nevada High School. A groundbreaking ceremony was conducted Oct. 24, and Crews are currently bring in dirt to level the site and the concrete pad should be poured in the next three weeks. Meanwhile, a committee has been charged with the task of naming the facility.(Ralph Pokorny/Herald-Tribune)...

The Nevada Park Board voted 6-0 during its Nov. 28 meeting to recommend that the city council increase all park and recreation fees an average of 5 percent for 2013. The hikes are on the city council's agenda for its 7 p.m. Dec. 4 meeting in the council chambers of the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St...

Fatally wounded by the relentless onslaught of time, a little brick building central to local history was reduced to dusty rubble Friday. Called the "summer kitchen" when it was used to cook meals for prisoners, the building adjacent to the Bushwhacker Jail at Main and Hunter streets was later employed as an office for some four decades by the late Vernon County Historical Society founder Patrick Brophy...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The holidays are a busy time for the Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County as members prepare for the group's biggest fundraiser of the year. The 33rd annual Homes for the Holidays tours, as well as the annual Moonlight and Mistletoe tour and Stocking Stuffer craft show, bake sale and barbecue, are scheduled for the weekend of Dec. 7-9. Activities will include tours of homes decorated for Christmas, shopping, music, crafts and food...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- For the past couple of years, Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene Pastor Scott Moore and Washington Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche, also of Fort Scott, had been trying to figure out a way to bring part of the popular reality show "Duck Dynasty" to town...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A Fort Scott woman is $10,000 richer after claiming a winning Powerball ticket from the Saturday, Nov. 24, drawing, a news release aid. After watching a friend purchase a Powerball ticket last Saturday, Melissa Arne decided she may as well buy herself a ticket, too, the release said...

Local residents Anne Emerson and Patty LaRoche talk in the background during the "Chair-ity Auction" Friday evening at the Gordon Parks Museum on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. LaRoche's husband, former professional baseball player Dave LaRoche, and sons Adam and Andy, both professional baseball players from Fort Scott, signed the canvas on the director's chair that was part of the event's live auction. ...

A card shower has been requested for Don and Anita (Robinson) Ayre, of Redfield, Kan., who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in December. The family notes that faith and commitment to Christ has been the couple's marriage major, with a minor in "hardwork" and "never give up!"...

Bill and Carol (Elliott) Poole of Grants Pass, Ore., celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. The Pooles were married in 1957 at the First Christian Church in Grants Pass. They have four sons, two grandsons, and two granddaughters...

Marine Corps Pfc. Brytani M. Musick, daughter of Melissa A. and Robert A. Musick of Butler, Mo., earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. For 13 weeks, Musick stayed committed during some of the world's most demanding entry-level military training in order to be transformed from civilian to Marine instilled with pride, discipline and the core values of honor, courage and commitment. ...

SHELDON, Mo. -- At the end of every season, the Southwest Missouri Track and Cross Country Coach Association votes on girls' and boys' All Southwest Missouri Coaches' First, Second and Honorable Mention teams. This year, one local athlete made the second team based on those votes. Kasey Jones, Sheldon, Mo., was chosen for this year's All-Southwest Missouri Cross Country Second Team. Jones is a senior at Sheldon High School...

BRONAUGH, Mo. -- The Bronaugh varsity basketball teams hosted a doubleheader Thursday night against Montrose. Bronaugh won the boys' game, but the Lady Jays cruised to a 20-point victory. In the girls' game, Natalie Collins, Mikayla Engeman and Hannah Boden all score double figures for Montrose, giving the Lady Jays more than enough of an offensive spark to pick up the victory by the final score of 43-23. ...

PLEASANT HILL, Mo. -- The annual Steve Leslie Invitational tournament began Friday night at Pleasant Hill High School and ultimately brought a mixed bag for the Nevada wrestling squad by the time its opening night of competition was over. "It wasn't quite as good as what I was hoping, but not bad," Nevada head coach Devin White said of his squad's performance in the first four rounds of pool bouts. "I saw some things that looked good, saw some things that need improvement."...