Stories from Sunday, March 25, 2007

Local man remembers MIA who's coming home at last; remains to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

By Crystal D. Hancock Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Larry Goldberg of GS&M Architects and Planners Inc., an architect working on the proposed new jail for Vernon County, spoke to local citizens gathered at the Vernon County fairgrounds on Wednesday night. His goal, he said, was to explain the structure of the new jail and the level of needs that regulations require such a facility to meet...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- On Monday, the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees will look at raising certain student fees for the 2007-'08 school year. During their regular monthly meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in the FSCC Heritage Room, 2108 S. Horton St., trustees will consider the approval of proposed increases in designated fees, including tuition, program fees, dormitory fees, and other miscellaneous fees, according to an FSCC document...

Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Cottey College alumnae will gather on campus and in Nevada for their annual Founder's Day weekend celebration, March 30-April 1. As part of the annual festivities, the alumnae association will provide a public fireworks display on the south athletics field behind Robertson Hall. The fireworks will begin at 9 p.m., on Friday, March 30, and are for the enjoyment of Cottey alumnae, students and neighbors around the campus...

By Brett Dalton Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- The Fort Scott National Historic Site will wrap up its Women's History Month celebrations with a bonnet-making program next weekend. At 3 p.m., Saturday, March 31, Fort Scott resident and long-term FSNHS volunteer Joyce Gobl will present the program titled, "Bonnet Construction, from the Hat Form to the Dressed Bonnet," in the site's library...

Harold John Roufs, age 90, a former resident of Fulton, Kan., more recently of Walnut Grove, Mo., died Friday, March 23, 2007, at the Ash Grove Health Care Center in Ash Grove, Mo. He was born Oct. 20, 1916, in Anamoose, N.D., the son of William Cornelius Roufs and Josephine Regina Hanenburg Roufs...

Delia Ann Lowe, 87, former Fort Scott resident, died Friday, March 23, 2007, at the Blue River Care Center in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Eric Braxton Pryor, 24, died Friday, March 23, 2007, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday evening between 7-8...

Robert and Allison Willson, Walker, and Kelsey, Emily and Breanne are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Claire Eleanor Willson. Claire was born at 6:13 p.m., March 8, 2007, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Hi neighbors. Last year when my computer had a major breakdown, I lost my copy of "Sophie's Journal." Written in 1936 by my father's great-aunt, the journal has been passed around the family for years and enjoyed by all. Sophie was born in Indiana in 1856 and in 1879 migrated with 13 others to Missouri where they settled in Polk County. Her writing style is unique and her tone and phrasing are endearing. I'd like to share some of her journal with you...

This past week, I received from Daedalus, my favorite discount book dealer, a volume entitled "Growing Up: A Classic American Childhood" and subtitled "What Kids should Know Before they Leave Home." Neither of my New York parents drew up lists of what my little sister Beverly and I ought to know before leaving the confines of "The Empire State." In retrospect, I think it would've been a very good idea, not only drawing up such a list but actually showing six-year-younger sister Bev and me such intricate techniques as balancing my new check book; taking my dirty clothes into town and stuffing them all into the nearest washing machine; (this was long before each and every home had its own washing machine plugged into a wall in the basement); elementary manners when escorting a young woman to a restaurant and a movie, then back to her dorm. ...

Make Vernon County a better place to live Dear editor: I can think of no one more opposed to taxes than I am opposed to them. As I prepare to submit my state and federal income taxes, I am working hard at not being cranky. As the 125th District State Representative, I am very proud that the 93rd General Assembly did not raise taxes and that the 94th General Assembly is on the verge of actually eliminating Missouri State income tax on retirement pensions...

Dear editor: It isn't often, if ever, it seems, that the concerns of feminists and Confederates converge, or come any closer to each other than heckling distance. Surely most will agree, feminists are to be found largely on the leftward side of the political spectrum. Being out to "liberate" us from traditional shackles, they're liberals...

Here are good thoughts from "Seeds of Greatness" by Denis Waitley: Words to forget: I can't I have to. Impossible, worried, yes, but, difficult, problem; I, me, my, hate Words to remember: I can. I will. I want to. You, your. Possible, interested, I understand. Challenging. Opportunity,...

By Joe Warren Herald-Tribune NEVADA, Mo. -- Losing 10 seniors off a squad that finished 8-12 a year ago usually lends itself to a trying season. That may not be the case for the 2007 Nevada Tiger baseball team. The Tigers return their top two pitchers and have a good crop of young talent ready to step in as head coach Jared Brown hopes Nevada can actually take a step forward this year...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team may have its toughest tests of the season in its first five games. The Tigers open the season Monday with a single game at Nevada's Lyons Stadium followed by a junior varsity contest. Then they will face Girard in a home doubleheader at Fort Scott's Lions Field Friday before going to Pittsburg for a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader April 5...

By Joe Warren Herald-Tribune NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tiger tennis team is looking to take some big strides forward this season, and coach Dennis Pendrak said that's already begun in practice. "We look immeasurably better than we were last year," Pendrak said. "Now how good is that...?"...

The amazing success achieved by the New Orleans Saints this season set me to thinking once again about old Clyde. Now, let me tell you who Clyde was. His name wasn't really Clyde, but everyone at the Nevada Daily Mail used to be called something other than what they were actually named. Clyde was a muscular, red-headed pressman who smiled a lot, enjoyed a good joke and knew exactly nothing about the game of football. Didn't pretend to. Didn't care...

Two Raytown spoonbill anglers, Jeff Moss and Kirk Stephens, were up early last Wednesday night joining many other snaggers on the Osage River near Osceola to open the 2007 start of the spoonbill snagging season. When the clock hit midnight, the splash of heavy sinkers hitting the water could be heard up and down the river. After making many casts, Stephens hooked a fish around 3 a.m. while nearby other snaggers were pulling in some of the monster paddlefish...