Stories from Sunday, January 21, 2007

By Steve Moyer Herald-Tribune Sometime this year Nevada will receive visiting royalty. No, not one of the Kansas City kind, not the kind that every high school generates and not those crowned at various community festivals, but the real deal. His Serene Highness Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Margarita of Romania will be in Nevada according to Sam Foursha, Romanian honorary consul...

n Award honors the contributions of today's special seniors. Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- The search is on for Missouri's most outstanding older worker, and Bill Thole of the Experience Works (a resource that can be accessed through the Missouri Career Center, 621 E. Highland, Nevada) believes that worker might be in Nevada...

By Robin Hixson Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- After months of rumors circulating about a Walgreens drugstore to be built in Fort Scott, confirmation came this week when Key Construction, Inc., a Wichita contractor, issued bid requests to prospective sub-contractors for various parts of the construction project...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune UNIONTOWN -- USD 235 continues to prove that size doesn't necessarily matter. West Bourbon Elementary School and Uniontown Junior Senior High School are two of 80 school districts in Kansas that are scheduled to receive 2006 Challenge Awards from the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force, according to a recent statement from the Kansas State Department of Education...

Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Go For Baroque, an Oklahoma chamber music ensemble, will perform at Cottey College on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m., in the Missouri Recital Hall. Promoters say that "performing serious music in an entertaining fashion" has been a trademark for Go For Baroque since its inception in 1985. ...

Donald Lee Barnett, 73, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Jan. 19, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center following a brief illness. He was born in Springfield, Mo., to Wilbur and Mary Lee (Rountree) Barnett. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1951 and then joined the U.S. Navy, and served on board the U.S.S. Abbott...

Hi neighbors. While watching the ice accumulate and feeling the burn from frostbitten faces and fingers while scraping windshields or pounding ice off our sidewalks, a lot of us will be thinking about going inside and getting warm. Through the years people have done everything they could think of to stay warm in the winter...

Today, when one hears or sees the word Jayhawks, it normally refers to the mascot of the University of Kansas. However, during the Civil War "jayhawk" and its' derivatives had very distinct and different meanings. As a noun, jayhawk, jayhawks or jayhawkers normally referred to Union soldiers from Kansas. ...

Our thanks to Helen Long for sharing this story: I've always known that there is a huge difference in the way my husband and I view things. This became abundantly clear on the first of December when we got about 16 inches of snow. I saw this as an excellent chance to get some Christmas decorating done and work on the Christmas cards. ...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune BASEHOR, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's girls' basketball team was unable to hold onto a narrow lead going into the fourth quarter of the seventh-place game of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational Friday night and took a 49-39 loss to Bonner Springs...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tiger Classic basketball tournament being held this week at Wynn Gymnasium has added a late entrant to the field in the Girard Trojans. The Trojans join the boys' field, bringing the total number of schools visiting to six...

Herald-Tribune HIGHLAND, Kan. -- Tiffany Coppage exploded for 31 points Wednesday night as Fort Scott Community College's women defeated Highland, 82-74, in overtime in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. This was a career high for Coppage, who made 11 of 23 shots from the field and seven of 14 three-point shots. ...

Herald-Tribune PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's wrestling team swept Southeast Kansas League duals from Parsons and Coffeyville at the Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium Thursday night. The Tigers defeated Parsons, 56-18, and Coffeyville, 54-9, to improve to 3-0 in league duals and 8-2 in all duals...

Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's freshmen basketball teams swept the Pleasanton junior varsity at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. Tiger girls won the opener, 31-11, with Jolee Sharp scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Fort Scott led 11-0 after one period of play and remains undefeated at 6-0...

It's that time of the year when the outdoors moves indoors as Boat, RV and Sportshows get going, bringing in thousands of fishermen, hunters, vacationers and campers who are looking for products that help them enjoy their sport. Many outdoor adventures begin at these shows and with the holidays behind, now is the time to look forward to spring and summer outdoor activities that outdoor people enjoy most...

This column is exceedingly difficult to write, what with my teeth chattering and my fingers trembling. Oh, wait a minute. I can't be cold because Algore says so, and he's the guru of global warming. I sometimes wonder what globe he has reference to...