Stories from Sunday, May 20, 2007

By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- Area resident Theresa Davenport will celebrate her fifth year as a cancer survivor this fall. The Farlington, Kan., resident was first diagnosed with a Stage-3 type melanoma in September 2002, when she discovered a tennis ball-sized growth in the lymph nodes in her neck. She visited Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, where a surgeon there ran tests and informed her that she had cancer...

Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Plans are being finalized for the kickoff of the 43rd Annual Bushwhacker Days celebration. Wednesday evening, June 13, will be the start of a fun-filled, family-oriented, four-day event on and around the Vernon County Courthouse Square...

By Crystal D. Hancock Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Eco-Troubadour Stan Slaughter of Lee Summit, Mo., visited Truman Elementary in Nevada early Friday morning, in hopes of enlightening the students on the importance of recycling and preserving the earth...

By Brett Dalton Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- Fort Scott Middle School students received educational lessons earlier this week from a unusual source -- a drag racer. On Wednesday, Sam Parton and Jerry Porter of Team Thunder, a Top Fuel educational racing team that engages students from kindergarten through the post-secondary level, visited FSMS to talk to students about the importance of education. ...

Tommy Zibung, the son of Thomas Zibung, a former Moran, Kan., resident who died May 14. as the result of injuries he suffered after his motorcycle struck a deer three miles east of Moran on U.S. Highway 54, is interviewed by a KOAM-TV reporter following Fort Scott Community College graduation ceremonies on Friday in Fort Scott. ...

By Robyn Correll Special to the Herald-Tribune BOONVILLE -- The children were what Missouri National Guard Staff Sgt. Jude Florek, 48, a Pepsi vending technician in Columbia and Boonville resident, remembered. "They'd come up to the front gate, and we'd give them candy or played soccer with them," he said. "A lot of children were happy to see us." It was the children who waved and raised their hands to their smiling faces in salute, he said, whenever they saw Soldiers going by...

English teacher Richard Daut receives a pie in the face from senior Katie McLemore Friday, May 11. The seniors won a contest to see which class could raise the most funds for Renaissance. The seniors won with more than $120 raised.

Hi neighbors. I don't know if you receive any catalogues in the mail or not; but I got one last week. Usually I only get book catalogues, that's about it. This was the first cool stuff catalogue I've gotten in the mail in at least a decade. After glancing through it, I don't know how I've survived so long without all these neat things they offer! This stuff usually sells for twice as much, but is on sale in this catalogue. ...

Note: As some of you older readers might remember, my wife Ginny and I used to own a highly literate Irish setter named Molly Bloom. Molly did all the things normal Irish setters do -- break through the bathroom window to chase a squirrel on the lawn outside; chew up a leather wallet the writer's Mom had given him for his birthday; ate five chocolate eclairs Ginny had baked for a Saturday night party and the pet cat Bojangles had swept from the kitchen counter onto the kitchen floor. ...

Dear editor: Recent flooding in this state serves as a reminder of the costly effects of flooding on homes and businesses. As river levels start to fall across the state, Missouri consumers should begin to think about the future risk of flooding on their property. Flood damage is not covered under a standard homeowner's policy...

By Joe Warren Herald-Tribune NEVADA, Mo. -- It could be a dream come true for Nevada athletics. For almost a decade Nevada officials have been daydreaming about the possibility of returning to its roots, rejoining the Big 8 Conference. If things fall into place over the next few weeks, that fantasy could become reality...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune IOLA, Kan. -- It's a low number for Fort Scott High, but eight individuals qualified for next weekend's Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Meet in nine events from the Iola Class 4A Regional Meet at Riverside Park Friday...

Two months ago I was calculating mileage and searching driving routes on the internet for the best way to get to schools such as Logan-Rogersville and Reeds Spring. It appeared Nevada would be headed to the Central Ozark Conference along with the other Southwest Conference schools, having their hands forced by Webb City...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Kansas State High School Activities Association released its State Baseball Tournament brackets Friday and Fort Scott High's baseball team, which has had a tough time just getting games in this season, then had a tough road through the regional, will open with a tough opponent in a tough Class 4A tournament at Mulvane, Kan...

Where do fishing and hunting license revenues go? Most sportsmen don't know. To find out, 2,125 sportsmen and women were asked last month by Anglers Survey and HuntersSurvey.com. Only 39 percent of anglers and 47 percent of hunters knew the correct answer. ...