Stories from Saturday, September 1, 2007

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Public Works Department is quite often an unseen presence moving about Fort Scott, working long hours with little recognition. According to Public Works Director Eric Bailey, this city department, made up of six separate divisions, performs a vast array of tasks from water distribution to street maintenance...

Nevada, Mo. -- The local fledgling chapter of Quail Forever will be conducting its first fund-raising event on Saturday, Sept. 22, in Cedar County at the Silverline Ranch, located about five miles east of El Dorado Springs on U.S. Highway 54, beginning at 5:30 p.m...

Nevada, Mo. -- Since 1962 the Missouri Elks have been helping get handicapped and developmentally disabled children get dental care they might not receive otherwise. Three specially equipped mobile units travel around Missouri providing the service to all areas. Starting Sept. 10 one of the mobile units will be in Nevada at the Elks Lodge until Sept. 27...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. --The Fort Scott City Commission, fresh off the Labor Day weekend on Tuesday, will consider a proposal for the Kansas Small Business Development Center to conduct a survey asking residents how they feel about a future aquatic center...

Nevada, Mo. -- The fifth annual Kaysinger Business Conference will be held on Sept, 27, at Cottey College in Nevada, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar, "Pursuit of Profits" will feature a full day of exciting and informative speakers that will allow business owners and entrepreneurs to invest in themselves. ...

Much evidence of Hurricane Katrina's devastating visit remains, but residents of Pass Christian, Miss., continue to persevere, reclaiming their community bit by bit. It has been two years since Hurricane Katrina roared ashore at the crack of dawn on Aug. 29, 2005, its 120 mph winds and 29-foot storm surge destroying or severely damaging everything that happened to be in its path along the Louisiana and Mississippi coast...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's season-opening 34-0 whitewash of Parsons in Southeast Kansas League play at Marvel Park Friday night says a lot about the Tigers' offense on just the face of it. But it was the defense that made things possible with big stands early in the game...

ERIE, Kan. -- Uniontown High School failed to take advantage of at least a couple of scoring opportunities here Friday night and had to settle for a 14-8 loss to Erie in a non-league, season-opening football contest. The Eagles scored first on Shawn Pritchett's one-yard run in the first quarter with his two-point conversion catch from Travis Aikins, making it 8-0...

The first major bird hunting season kicked off with a bang on Sept.1 as thousands of Missouri dove hunters took to the fields. Last year, there were more than 40,000 mourning dove hunters who harvested 759,829 doves statewide, according to a post-season harvest survey...

George Alan Case is the vice president/general manager of Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. He's the consummate motorsports executive, although his tough, street-style New York City demeanor might lead others to think differently. Case began his motorsports tenure as a Maple Grove tech inspector back in 1983...

A little extra excitement gave the fans a scare as a Factory Stock race car lost a wheel last Saturday night, which bounced into the grandstand area at Nevada Speedway. Saturday night, the Pro 4s visited the track, along with the Labor Day Special races...

It's been 35 years since I first met John Osborne, but the memory is as clear as if it happened yesterday. I had only recently returned from a trip to Dallas in the summer of 1972 where Jerry Haggard and I were visiting friends before heading back to school. It was a particularly hot late August afternoon when I popped into the front door at home. There, sitting on the davenport, one arm draped over the back was Osborne, talking to my dad after an afternoon practice...

BOLIVAR -- The Shannon Jolley era at Nevada High School started off with a bang. When it came to big plays, both Nevada and Bolivar had numerous ones Friday night before an overflowing crowd at Plaster Stadium on the Southwest Baptist University campus...

By Robin Hixson Herald-Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- Most people know that Labor Day was established to honor the contributions made to this nation's strength and prosperity by its workers. What they may not know, however, is that there is some contention about who first conceived the idea of a Labor Day holiday...