Stories from Saturday, May 3, 2008

In the spring of 1863, Majored Charles W. Blair was the commanding officer at Fort Scott and he was vexed with a number of "Bushwhacker" problems. The bushwhackers and guerrillas from the "Land of Misery" (Union nickname for Missouri) were a constant and consistent deadly nuisance that was never eliminated along the entire Kansas / Missouri border throughout the entire Civil War. ...

The Little Book of Olympic Inspiration is a collection of quotes and little know facts and stories of Olympic glory that offer encouragement and motivation. The following is titled "Determination:" If an Olympic medal was awarded for personal determination and ingenuity, It would have to go to Felix Carvajal, an athlete in the 1904 Games, Felix was a Cuban postman who decided that running his daily rounds had prepared him for the Olympic marathon race. ...

Eugene Ray Baldwin, 70, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2008, at Kindred Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born March 4, 1938, in Nevada, to Roy William Baldwin and Rachel Allen Baldwin. He married Frances N. Shutters on July 20, 1970, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Pat Farr, 69, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born Feb. 16, 1939, in Fredonia, Kan., the daughter of Byron and Dorsalena (Shobert) Burnett. She married William Richard Farr Feb. 11, 1972, in Vermillion, S.D. He survives of the home...

Jimmie Lee Simpson, 74, of Nevada, passed away on Friday, May 4, 2008, at Moore-Few Care Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 21, 1934, in Nevada, to Charlie Floyd Simpson and Minnie Elmira Brown Simpson. He married Valma M. Harper, on Oct. 12, 1956, in El Dorado Springs, and she preceded him in death on Nov. 20, 2006. He devoted six year of his life taking care of Valma until her time of death...

May 1 There was a report of a medical call in the Sheldon area, a skunk in the Sheldon area, a calf out in the Dedrick area, hazardous material in the Lawrence County area, recovered items in the Schell City area, a medical call in the Nevada area, a juvenile call in the Moundville area, a drunk driver in the Sheldon area, a suspicious person in the Nevada area, trespassing in the Schell City area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Nevada area, a drunk driver in the Metz area, and a property damage in the Schell City area.. ...

Leonard and Marylyn Ernsbarger will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, May 10, 2008. Leonard Ernsbarger and Marylyn McKinley were married Saturday, May 10, 1958, at the First Christian Church in Butler, Mo. They have lived in Nevada since April 1961...

Rebecca Betterton, daughter of Mrs. Betty Wolsey, and Ryan Ramsey, son of Ken and Pat Ramsey, all of Joplin, Mo., were married on April 10, 2008, at the Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Minister Sheldon Anderson performed the ceremony...

Mr. and Mrs. Carlton W. Seaver Jr. observed their 60th wedding anniversary on April 26, 2008. Carlton W. Seaver Jr. and Sara Joanne (Joan) Ericson were married April 26, 1948. Their children -- Linda and John Hart, of Springfield Mo., Bill and Sheila Seaver, of Kansas City, Kan., Carl and June Seaver, of Fort Scott, Kan., Donna and Dale Snyder, of Fulton, Kan., eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren -- held a family get-together on the couple's anniversary, Saturday, April 26, in Joplin, Mo., at Ryan's restaurant.. ...

Linda Rush and Benny Petersen of McPherson, Kan., and Ronda and Danny Peterson, Fort Scott, Kan., announce the engagement of their children, Misty Petersen and Dusty Peterson. The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of McPherson High School, McPherson. She graduated from Butler Community College, El Dorado, Kan., in 2006, with an Applied Associates of Science in Engineering Technology. She is currently attending Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan., pursuing a degree in commercial graphics...

Local residents remember the effect their former basketball coach had on their lives. By Chris Patch Herald Tribune The name Greg Gregory probably doesn't ring a bell for most Nevadans, at least those not familiar with World War II-era basketball at Nevada High School. Gregory passed away in April and left a coaching legacy from a time vastly different from the fast-paced world of high school athletics as we know today...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's softball team wanted to hit the ball better after getting only seven hits all day while they were being swept by Southeast Kansas League leader Columbus by scores of 1-0 and 3-0, Thursday night...

Herald-Tribune ALTOONA, Kan. -- Uniontown split games in a triangular here Thursday night with the second game called just as lightning began to come through the area. "The storm that stopped the game followed us from Altoona to Uniontown," Eagle head coach Alan Shinn said. "When we got back to Uniontown, a tornado alert sent us to a storm shelter in the building for 45 minutes before the girls could go home."...

Herald-Tribune Nevada tennis dropped its final home match of the season 4-5 to Clinton Thursday. The Tigers won the No's 1 and 2 doubles points but were only able to salvage 2 more singles points and came out on the losing end. Taylor Chapman and Ethan Holmes began the day with a comfortable 8-5 win at No.1 doubles and James Smith and Dominic Habjan won at No. 2 8-6. Chris Claypool and Will Andrews-Weiss dropped the No. 3 singles point 6-8...

By Chris Patch Herald Tribune Hunters bagged 22,308 turkeys in the first week of the 2008 season, slightly behind last year's 22,764, one of the smallest harvests in a decade. The good news is this year's total didn't fall drastically hehind 2007, when a deep freeze in the first week of April changed turkey mating behavior, resulting in a small harvest. ...

Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. --The Fort Scott Community College rodeo team has a lot to celebrate. After finishing runner-up in the Central Plains Region, the team has automatically qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo, which will be held June 14-21 in Casper, Wyo...

Herald Tribune Hume baseball won its third game in four days Thursday 3-0 at Adrian. Junior Ryan Austin pitched a complete game for the Hornets, allowing two hits, two walks and 15 strikeouts. It was Austin's third shutout of the season, the other two were no-hitters. Austin's season numbers are mind-boggling: he has 76 strikouts over 37 innings with four earned runs and an ERA of 0.97...

By Chris Patch Herald Tribune The Missouri Conservation Commission has added Vernon County to the "four-point rule," a regulation that limits hunters to only taking bucks with antlers less than three inches long or with at least four points one inch or longer on at least one side...

By Rayma Silvers Herald-Tribune Itchy, watery eyes; sinus drainage and frequent sneezing, can leave some people feeling miserable during the springtime. According to WebMD, www.webmd.com, more than 50 million people in the United States suffer the effects of allergies. For some of these people, the allergies cause them to become teary-eyed only during a certain season...

Ralph Pokorny Herald Tribune Even though city ordinances prohibit the sale or consumption of beer at the city golf course, many golfers are believed to be drinking alcohol at the course regularly. It is also believed that this offense is often ignored. So, Wednesday evening the Nevada Parks Board decided to address the issue head-on. The board voted 5-1 to recommend that the city council amend the city code and permit the sale and consumption of beer at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course...

Nevada Mayor Mike Hutchens recently presented a proclamation to Nevada Housing Authority Board members Lois Crowe, Robin Fisher and Carol Branham, Housing Authority director, recognizing April as Fair Housing Month in Nevada. Ralph Pokorny/Herald-Tribune...

.By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune UNIONTOWN -- USD 235 will receive a boost in funding next year due to proposed state legislation that is once again under review by the Kansas Senate. Last month, the Kansas House of Representatives approved a bill that will increase state funding for public schools by $37 million during the 2009-'10 school year -- a bill aimed at boosting teacher salaries. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The last meeting of the Nevada R-5 Safe and Drug-Free Schools committee chaired by Ranea Schulze started off with tears, but then turned cheerful. Schulze has taken a new position in the library and ceded the responsibility for the drug-free program to new hands...

By Michael Glover Herald-Tribune Starr Marshall wore an oval-shaped picture of Karl "Rex" Schenker on her jacket. So did Kay Werling and Chad Schenker. And so did about a dozen relatives of Rex Schenker, the victim of a 2004 murder. Kohlby Freeze pleaded guilty to the murder last year...