Stories from Sunday, April 22, 2007

Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- The scene is serene. A family was out to dinner. Casual conversation began and a waitress spilled coffee on a man. The man explodes with anger and physically attacks the woman, crushing her against a table. Choking her, he pours the pot of coffee all over her and slaps her with the back of her hand. Shocked and hurt, the sobbing woman sinks to the ground...

Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- Despite the abundant sunshine and clear skies, the tornado sirens blared over and over again. People gathered outside their homes, looking up at the sky. "Where is the twister?" they asked. That scenario played out last April in Fort Scott. As it turned out, there was no tornado, only a funnel cloud reported by a storm spotter near Uniontown -- nowhere near Fort Scott...

Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- Interest is on the rise for the 2007 Corporate Olympics, as the number of businesses involved in the charitable event has tripled in size from last year, Buck Run Community Center officials said Friday. There are 18 local businesses signed up for the annual spring competition this year, up from six businesses last year, BRCC Director Kirk Sharp said...

Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- "This is such an honor, to be recognized as a military writer," said local author and artist Helen White, on hearing the news that she was to be presented with the Presidential Award of outstanding contribution from the Military Writers Society of America for April 2007...

O. Earlene Ewing, 82, Sheldon, Mo., passed away Friday, April 20, 2007, at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo., following a short illness. She was born Sept. 23, 1924, in Sarcoxie, Mo., to Thomas Andrew Moore and Zelpha Mae Pryor Moore. She was married Feb. 13, 1953, in Joplin, Mo., to George R. Ewing and he survives of the home...

Lawrence Robert Lyness, 86, Schell City, Mo., was born March 4, 1921, in Monte Vista, Colo., to Fred Daniel and Inez Leota (Davisson) Lyness. He passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at his home. In February 1942, Lawrence was united in marriage to Bessie Dingess. To this union two children were born, Donna and Sherry. Bessie preceded Lawrence in death in 1945...

Jack E. Dade, 77, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, April 20, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Topeka, Kan., to Wilbur Lawrence Dade and Viola Mable Deckwa Dade on Oct. 17, 1929. The family moved to the Schell City area during the Depression and Jack graduated from high school in El Dorado Springs, Mo. He married Lois Ann Reedy on Dec. 24, 1951, in Nevada...

Irwin Frank "Butch" Zoglmann, 81, Milo, Mo., passed away on Friday, April 20, 2007, at his home in Milo. He was born December 20, 1925, in Mt. Vernon, Kan., to Leonard Henry Zoglmann and Josephine Anna Struck Zoglmann. He married Wanda Lee Wright on Oct. 11, 1948, in Kansas. She preceded him in death in 1993...

Sharon Ann Coyan, 65, of Uniontown, Kan., died Thursday evening, April 19, 2007, at her home. She was born Aug. 5, 1941, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Glen Lavoyn and Mabel Maxine (Chamberlain) Dickey. She married Thomas Elwood Coyan Dec. 20, 1959, in Fort Scott. They later divorced after 19 years of marriage...

Hi neighbors. When the weather turns a bit more welcoming, you might want to sit on your front porch a while and see what all the busy folk are up to. Sherlock Holmes always stated he had a limited amount of room in his brain and didn‚t want to clutter it up with un-necessary knowledge. I realize my body has a set amount of energy and I don‚t like to waste it...

When last I took a course in American History, in the late 1960s at the University of Minnesota, one of the timeless truths that had been passed unrevised from generation to generation of students was this: thanks to the genius of the American system of government, it can survive even the most dangerously dim and corrupt fool or demon elected to the White House...

The following excerpt is from "Chicken Soup for the Grandparent's Soul." It was written by Susan Amerikaner and is titled, "Grandma and the Chicken Pox." "What children don't understand, they fill in the blanks." -- Shirley Muck My twin boys were only seven years old when their paternal grandmother announced she was getting remarried. ...

Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Nevada's girls won 23 medals as they took home the team title at the Fort Scott Relays, held at Frary Field Friday evening. In a competitive seven-team meet, Nevada scored 141 points to beat out Pittsburg by eight. Fort Scott's girls scored 103 points to finish third as they earned 17 medals...

Herald-Tribune NEVADA, Mo. -- In a season where Nevada's tennis team has taken its lumps, senior Ryan Kimbrough has been a bright spot. Kimbrough, the Tigers' No. 1 singles player for the second year, has seen his game take off in 2007. The fourth-year varsity veteran dominated Neosho's top player Thursday, beating Justin Fox 8-1 in a match the Wildcats controlled the rest of the way...

Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Jayci McKenney, daughter of Tim and Deb McKenney of Fort Scott, is going to compete in Division I athletics when she goes to college. Kansas State University coaches discovered McKenney through an individual that had seen her play basketball and thought she would fit in well with the Wildcats' rowing program. K-State is one of three Big 12 Conference schools that have a varsity-level team while other conference schools have club-level teams...

Herald-Tribune JOPLIN, Mo. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished in fourth place at a nine-team tournament hosted by Thomas Jefferson School Friday. The host school won the tournament followed by Joplin, Springfield Catholic, then and the Tigers...

Make no mistake about it, the world was a vastly different place in 1979. In some ways we have a better Earth today, while in others we seem to have lost our way. Apart from the geo-political affairs of 2007, there is one vast difference I'd like to discuss today. And to my way of viewing things, the world I'm going to discuss, at least the baseball world, was much better back in 1979. So much better...

The day that spring turkey hunters have waited for has finally arrived with some of the best weather in weeks much to the delight of opening day hunters. As the sun started to make it's appearance Monday morning, the sound of gobblers sounding off could be heard statewide...

Very often deceptions and disguises played an important part in the success or failure of "Guerrilla Operations" or clandestine missions during the Civil War or for that matter any war. In the Civil War both Union and Confederate forces often used the uniform of the enemy or civilian clothes as a disguise when conducting missions behind enemy lines as a spy or to use as an element of surprise when attacking, capturing or destroying an enemy force. ...