Stories from Sunday, March 19, 2006

Nevada, Mo. -- On March 22, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Heartland Behavioral Services and The Jason Foundation, Inc., will be presenting a plan to help local entities with the challenges of preventing teen suicide. Although the event is by invitation only due to limited seating, interested parties can call for free ticket information at (417) 667-2666 and ask for Rob Sewell...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- An engineering firm hired by Westar Energy to evaluate several pieces of land in Bourbon County has determined that the sites were unsuitable for building a multi-million dollar power plant. Bourbon County was among several that had been courting the energy manufacturing company...

Nevada, Mo. -- Take the best of New Zealand and American dairy farming, carefully put those pieces together and you have Kitten Creek Dairy. "We are taking the best parts of dairy farming in New Zealand and putting it with the best of American dairies and hoping in three years or so to prove that our method will work," Kevin vanderPoel, owner, said, explaining that one cannot bring the New Zealand system to Missouri and expect it to work without some changes...

The Bronaugh R-7 School District was recognized for receiving Accreditation with Distinction in Performance by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education during a banquet, March 9, at Central Missouri State University. Receiving the award on behalf of the district was Patricia Phillips, center, superintendent of schools. ...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- When their bows, strings, and fingers connect, magic happens. The magic is coming to Fort Scott this week when the Fairmount String Quartet from Wichita State University performs at 7:30 p.m., Monday, at the Fort Scott High School auditorium...

Ralph L. Spencer, 88, Walker, Mo., died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Christian Health Care in Nevada, Mo., following a sudden illness. He was born May 20, 1917, in Illinois to Carl Spencer and Minnie May Florey Spencer. He married Ella Mae Milligan on April 12,1942, in Nevada, and she preceded him in death on March 27, 1997...

Last week, overcome with good weather and global warming, I decided to risk planting some of my garden early. Garden planning has never been a priority in my life, so I ended up with two rows of onions and some leftovers. I set them on the toolbox of the truck as I finished up the effort...

One of the most unknown aspects of the Civil War is the participation of American Indians as soldiers in the Union & Confederate armies. In recent years a number of books have been published about the Confederate Indian soldiers, but very little has been written about the Union Indian soldiers who are the "Forgotten Warriors" of the Civil War. ...

Hi neighbors. Did you remember your green on Friday? If not, I hope you didn't get pinched. Monday is the first day of spring. Funny, last week felt more like spring. It always amazes me to see the trees all bare one day and by the next day there are budding and the third day green leaves are everywhere. Spring flowers are blooming. Some of the trees and shrubs are producing white and yellow blooms. I'm ready for spring...

Editorials from newspapers around the world --- The last few decades, as well as featuring many natural disasters, will be remembered for the accelerated proliferation of previously unknown deadly viruses and bacteria. First Ebola, HIV, BSE, SARS. Now the deadly strain H5N1, carrier of the avian flu...

Bob and Pam Wingate will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in March. The couple's children and grandchildren, Doug, Lillie and E.J. Wingate, Danny, Kim and Hannah White, will be hosting an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. March 26, 2006, at the Kern Center, Rich Hill, Mo...

Megan Dianne Lewis and Perry Patrick Sewell were married on Aug.13, 2005, at the First Baptist Church in Nevada, Mo. The bride is the daughter of Chuck and Lisa Lewis of Lee's Summit, Mo., and Dan and Cheryl Mutch of Nevada, Mo. The groom is the son of Rob and Twila Sewell of Nevada, Mo...

Wendy LeeAnn Wilson and Brandon Lee Conley were married Dec. 4, 2005, at the First Baptist Church at Pleasanton, Kan., with the Rev. Gene Gray, pastor of the Schell City, Missouri, Baptist Church, officiating. Wilson is the daughter of Chet Foreman, Walker, Mo., and Judi Foreman, Nevada, Mo. Conley is the son of Linda and Charles Conley, Pleasanton, Kan...

Amelia Babasa and Bryan Wood were married on Nov. 5, 2005, in Historic Ybor City in Tampa, Fla. The ceremony was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church and the reception was held in the Grand Ballroom of L'Unione Italiana. The Rev. Thomas Stokes officiated the ceremony...

Samantha E. Oberst and Christopher J. Wilson were married on Sept. 17, 2005, by the Rev. Jamie Stark. The bride is the daughter of Glenn and Lynne Oberst, Fort Scott, Kan. The groom is the son of Senta and Eric Napoletano, Port Charlotte, Fla., and the late Robert Wilson Sr., Mansfield, Mass...