Stories from Saturday, July 19, 2008

Hi neighbors. What a busy week! We all have plenty to do to keep us busy, but I hope you plan on going to see the musical "Meet Me in Missouri." The first showing is tonight, Saturday the 19, at 7 p.m. and tomorrow, Sunday, is the last showing at 2 p.m. The performance is at the Fox Playhouse located at 110 South Main St., just off the Nevada Square...

Early afternoon a few days ago, as I was slogging past the half-way mark in the 500-page 1939 novel, "Verdun, " by the French writer Jules Romains, I stopped and asked myself, "Why am I reading this book?" Well, for one thing, I thought, I remembered seeing it in my parents' living room bookcases, so they must've thought it worth keeping. ...

The following story, demonstrating the impact an act of kindness can have, was sent to me by a friend: His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death...

Rusty and Toni Felt, of Fort Scott, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jordan Felt, to Kory Harding, of Chanute, Kan., son of Craig and Anna Musselman. Grandparents of the bride-to-be include Gary and Randi Clements, C.H. Felt, and Lenita Pulliam, all of Fort Scott, and Waneta Girardier of Fairplay, Mo. The prospective groom's grandparents include Roy Colston and Rosemary Vallierer, of Chanute, and Dick and Sue Harding, of Thayer, Kan...

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Tucker, of Fort Scott, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Mariam Ann, to Levi Nathaniel Self, son of Dr. and Mrs. Max Self, Fort Scott. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Fort Scott Community College with an Associate of Science and is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in early childhood development, at Pittsburg State University...

Sidney and Helen Colwell, of Fort Scott, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alissa Anne Colwell, to James Bradley Thompson, son of Brad and Paula Thompson, Jackson, Mo. The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of Fort Scott High School. She attended Fort Scott Community College and is employed by Anthem BCBS of MO...

Jessica Ann French and Zackary William Marsh, Fort Scott, announce their upcoming marriage on Aug. 8, 2008. Jessica and Zackary are both 2003 graduates of Fort Scott High School. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Sharon and Jeff Daly, Fort Scott, and Tony and Patsey French, Fort Scott. She is currently employed by Eugene Ware Elementary School...

William "Billy" John Rudderham and Morgan Lorene Morain announce their marriage on June 14, 2008, at 4:30 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, in Lamar, Mo. The church was decorated with their colors of green, white and silver. The bride was accompanied by her matron of honor, Krista Rader. ...

Kayla Marie (Newman) Loyd and Cody Allen Loyd were married May 31, 2008, at El Dorado Springs City Park. Clarence Newman, uncle of the bride, officiated. Attendants were Lauren Patterson, Lauren Monte, and junior bridesmaids Payton and Haley Hays. Groomsmen were Ryan Gray and Caleb McLaughlin. A reception followed at El Dorado Springs City Hall Banquet room. The couple traveled to Arkansas for their honeymoon...

Nevada, Mo. -- The Nevada-Vernon County Chamber of Commerce is in the market for a new executive director. Jeremy Fast, chamber of commerce president, announced Friday that long-time chamber of commerce executive director Kathi Wysong had presented her resignation, effective July 30, to the chamber of commerce board of directors on Wednesday, during their monthly meeting...

Maybe you have seen the television advertisements for special "green bags." The advertisement shows how customers place their produce in these special bags when they get home from the store and the produce miraculously stays fresh for longer periods of time...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- War is sometimes a necessary evil, according to local resident and World War II veteran Lewis Williams. "War is hell, but sometimes, we have to have it," Williams said Wednesday at Fort Scott Community College after presenting FSCC officials with a special gift that contains some of his memories from the turbulent conflict...

PRESCOTT, Kan. -- At 96 years of age, one Prescott Country View Nursing Home resident had her simple, but lifelong wish granted. Margaret Wood, a Pleasanton native, surprised several staff members when she interrupted a discussion they were having about a motorcycle accident one of the staff had several years prior. Wood told the staff members that she had always wanted to take a ride on a motorcycle, but in her 96 years of life, had never come across the opportunity...

Nevada, Mo. -- Dick Shorten was 12 years old when he watched history being made, but all he was concerned with was the hamburger he was eating. The White Grill, one of Nevada's landmarks was being created and Shorten was in at the birth. The 70-year-old restaurant has generated a lot of memories for a lot of people during its time...

Uniontown, Kan. -- From the moment a child is born, he or she begins developing cognitive skills. According to the Bush Administration's Early Child-hood Initiative, found at www.whitehouse.gov, developmental scientists have found that the brain obtains a great amount of information in the first year of life. Long before babies can talk, they are learning about language...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan.-- Fort Scott's team defeated Ottawa by run rule, 11-1, in five innings Friday night and advanced in the winner's bracket of the Cal Ripken Baseball 10-year-old State Tournament at Don Hewett Field here...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune The tenure of Nevada Griffons head coach John Hill III is officially over. Hill has been head coach of the Griffons for the past four years and holds an overall record of 115-95, but has recently accepted a position as head coach at Fort Scott Community College. This will be his first head coaching job at the college level, and he holds high hopes for his future and the future of the team...

By Mary Smith Special to the Herald-Tribune Road cyclists gathered in Colorado last month for the annual 'Ride the Rockies' bicycle tour. Jennifer Hope, 25, Nevada, Mo., was one of the few solo team entrants on the tour. Hope, a board-certified massage and neuromuscular therapist and runs a practice in Nevada, carries an extensive cycling background since taking up the sport in 2001. She has ridden coast to coast twice and has pedaled through much of the United States...

High fuel prices are cramping some fishing trips this summer. The record high fuel prices are causing anglers to cut back on their fishing plans and the impact of fuel prices among fishermen appears to have escalated sharply since last summer. Tom Moore, Blue Springs, is one of the many anglers who always look forward to a fishing trip to Canada each summer, but not this year...