Stories from Sunday, April 8, 2007

Andrea Fellows helps community learn about commerce, grow a healthy society.

By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- A Fort Scott High School alumnus will return to Fort Scott next week, but his homecoming will not be a typical one. Scott Tucker, a 1993 FSHS graduate, will set the beat for the Kansas City-based country and variety music dance band Adam Dean and Chrome when they take the stage for a concert at 8 p.m. ...

by Michael Glover Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- A 26-year-old Fort Scott man pleaded guilty on Thursday to two felony counts of conspiracy to commit robbery stemming from a robbery against two men last July. Moses L. Burton faces a maximum sentence of five years and three months on the two charges in which he pleaded guilty. The minimum punishment is one year and eight months in jail, according to court documents. The fine on both counts will not exceed $100,000...

By Nancy Malcom Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Amanda Brodie is a certified nurse's aide at the Barone Alzheimer's Care Center. Before she worked there, she worked at the parent facility, the Nevada Regional Medical Center, for several years. When her husband, Justin Brodie, the youth minister for The First Christian Church located at Washington and Austin and other sponsors went to Juarez, Mexico, last year as missionaries, she couldn't go as she had no vacation time. ...

Thelma Mae Pullin, age 83, passed away at her home in Compton Junction following a short illness. She was born on July 19, 1923 in Huntsville, Ark., to Frank A. and Rebecca E. Stewart Murphy. She was married to Leonard Pullin in 1947 and he preceded her in death in 1995...

Hi neighbors. I guess American grown wheat isn't good enough to make dog biscuits out of. Now we buy wheat from China. I'm sure this was an oversight and not intentional. But how did it happen? Where were the safeguards to prevent this mistake? If you want to know which dog food treats to buy and which to avoid, check out the FDA recall web page: http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html...

According to Mr. Webster, a loose definition of mayhem is any "deliberate destruction or violence." Therefore, because of the excessive amount of "deliberate destruction and violence" in the Show-Me State during the Civil War, Missouri could be considered to be in a constant state of mayhem...

A couple of weeks ago, my aunt and her granddaughter came to visit. As part of that visitation, we made a trip to Bolivar to see my youngest son and his children, all girls, ranging in age from 12 to almost three. Since we arrived in the middle of the afternoon during their spring break, we had a good time visiting with my son while waiting for mom to return from work. ...

Herald-Tribune NEVADA, Mo. -- Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley was chosen as the Missouri Southwest District Athletic Director of the Year during a convention earlier this week. McKinley, a 20-year veteran of the Nevada R-5 School District, was picked by the Missouri Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association...

Herald-Tribune Cottey College sophomore Lacy Leonard was named NJCAA Division II All-American for the second consecutive year, while Fort Scott Community College's Keisha Walker made the Division I second team. The teams were announced Friday. Leonard, a 2005 Nevada High School graduate, averaged 18.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game for the Comets, leading them to a best ever 14-8 record and consecutive second place finishes in Region 16...

Herald-Tribune NEVADA, Mo. -- Nevada High School senior Erica Klinksick signed a letter of intent Thursday to play softball at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, Iowa. Klinksick, a two-time all-district selection with the Lady Tigers, has played varsity since she was a freshman...

Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The last two times Fort Scott High School's tennis team has tried to play a tournament, they've been able to start but not finish. The Tigers' season began extra early, March 13, this year after the Kansas State High School Activities Association moved the state tennis tournament ahead one week, but no schools wanted to play during spring break. The Tigers then had 15 days between scheduled outings before they tried to play at Independence March 29...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's varsity baseball and softball doubleheaders at Pittsburg, originally scheduled for Thursday, have both been rescheduled for Wednesday. Fort Scott High's baseball team hasn't played since opening the season March 26 at Nevada. ...

I guess it has been more years than I care to remember, but it doesn't seem all that long ago that we used to have a postseason basketball competition at Kemper Arena known as the Big Eight tournament. This year, they had the Big 12 tourney in Oklahoma City. ...

The annual Spring Youth Turkey Season was held last weekend, which was much earlier this year to avoid a conflict with Easter weekend. Instead of opening nine days before the regular season as usual, this year's opening of the Youth Hunt started on the last weekend in March. This was the first of only two weekends during the next 20 years that the season will open in March...