Stories from Thursday, July 31, 2014

Joining Amalia Harris and Dazjah Bryant in the Cottey basketball recruiting class, are: Madison Coose, is a 6-0 post player out of Lockwood. Coose eclipsed the 1,000 point mark as a four-year starter in high school, averaging 13.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.8 steals per game. Coose was also a state medalist in track and field (high jump), and the 4 x 400 relay. Coose was All-Conference in three sports...

By Matt Resnick Daily Mail The recent induction of six former players and managers into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame reminded us again of the demarcation created by the steroid era. While the Hall of Fame doors swung open for Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa, and Joe Torre -- retired stars either suspected of, or implicated in steroid use, remain locked out...

When I was a child my mother was always cautioning me to leave early so that I wouldn't be late. That influenced me so that I was never tardy to school, work, or social events. She was particularly urgent about being early for a train connection. When she took my sister Ellen and me to the Union Station in Washington to spend our Easter holiday visiting our sister, Kathryn in suburban New York City, we usually had at least a half hour wait on the shiny wooden benches before we were even allowed to go down the stairs to get on the train. ...

In the Civil War, many words were used which are not commonly used to day. One of these words is haunts. Mr. Webster, who happens to be one of the author's best friends, defines haunts as "to visit often" or "to appear in the form of an apparition" or ghostly figure. This column is not about a paranormal experience, but is about what happened to the several huants of some of the Bushwhackers (Confederate guerrillas in Missouri) where they received sanctuary, refuge and supplies...

Three years ago, during the dog days of summer, I wrote the column "Cruising." Here are some more memories from those "Nevada/American Graffiti" days. As I mentioned in that first story, we had a regular route for our local cruise. Everyone knew the way, and waving, honking, and OMG "mooning," were common sights on the trek...