Stories from Saturday, February 27, 2010

Jo Ann Bennett Ida, 85, of Fort Scott, passed away on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at home after suffering a stroke in November 2009. Jo Ann was born on Oct. 22, 1924, in Magnolia, Ark., the daughter of Thomas Leslie and Ruth Roper Bennett. Jo Ann lived her early life in Magnolia and graduated from Magnolia Senior High School. ...

Carolyn Maurine Wallace, 64, Walker, Mo., passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin following an illness of several weeks. She was born Oct. 12, 1945, in Nevada, to Earl Eugene Dennis and Feba Maurine Daily Dennis. She married Jack Wallace on Nov. 5, 1965, in Anchorage, Alaska, and he survives of the home...

Seth and Laura Tucker, of Fort Scott, and big brothers Gregg and Gabe, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Garren Louis Tucker. Garren was born at 2:25 p.m., on Feb. 23, 2010, at Mount Carmel Regional Medical Center, in Pittsburg, Kan. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19 3/4 inches...

Anna Jeans, 74, of Fort Scott, formerly of Deerfield, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

A fire destroyed the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lamar last February and the parish has struggled since then, but there were dozens of happy faces present on Thursday Feb. 25 as a large group of parishioners, clergy, police and fire department personnel gathered to witness the ground breaking ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Quilting as a form of creative expression and record of history will be the theme of several Women's History Month activities slated for the month of March at Fort Scott National Historic Site and throughout the community. Opening Monday and continuing throughout the month is the traveling exhibit titled "Reflections on the War: Women and their Civil War Quilts." Turbulent times in Kansas are captured in this intriguing exhibition of Civil War-era quilts and textiles, according to a news release.. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- One downtown business was looking out for another when vandals attempted to deface a local restaurant. On the night of Feb. 10, two men were seen spray painting obscene symbols and messages on the window of NuGrille by Logan McGear, an employee of a nearby business. McGear saw the car pull up but did not notice anything odd at first glance...

"Kiss the pig! Kiss the pig!" the students chanted, as the song, "Old McDonald's Farm" wafted through the cafeteria at Bryan School and Principal Debbie Spaur puckered up in anticipation as the moment of reckoning came closer Friday afternoon. Spaur, who had pledged to kiss a pig if all of the students at Bryan Elementary met reading goals set for the first three weeks of February, had the day all planned. ...

It's nearly here. March 1 marks opening day at the trout parks. This year has a special meaning for the trout hatchery at Roaring River. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the hatchery that started out as a privately-owned venture back in 1910 by Roland Bruner...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Youth Recreational Baseball program is set to hold registrations for the 2010 season. Registration will be held at Bryan Elementary from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, March 5, and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 6. For more information, contact Amy Teems at (417) 667-4851...

FORT SCOTT -- Fans of Fort Scott High School basketball who are unable to attend games of the Osawatomie Class 4A Sub-State Basketball Tournament have another option to see the Tigers in action next week. In conjunction with KOFO-AM in Ottawa, KCTeams.com will deliver live video webcasts of games from the Sub-State tournament beginning with two Monday doubleheaders. ...

Fort Scott High School senior Denzell Davis will be wrestling for the Class 4A State title at 119 pounds tonight as he won three matches by decision Friday at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament in Salina. Davis is one of five wrestlers from two area schools who are competing in State Wrestling Tournaments this weekend. ...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada High School Athletic Wall of Fame Committee has announced its newest class of inductees. The 2010-'11 class of inductees includes three teams, as well as three individual athletes. The 1975 Nevada Tigers football team went undefeated in conference play and throughout the regular season and suffered just one loss in a very close contest in which Columbia Rock Bridge defeated Nevada 10-0 for the state championship. ...

Hi neighbors. Another month is coming to a close. How are you doing with those New Year's resolutions? How often have you written the "0" for the year (as in 2009) then remembered it is 2010 and had to stop yourself and slip the "1" in before the 0?...

My 6-year-old grandson from Garnett was here for Christmas and spent a lot of time playing with a toy John Deere tractor at the house. His family was getting ready to leave and he said to me, "Grandpa, if that tractor was at my house, I would play with it all the time." I replied, "Well I guess you're going to have to keep coming down here because I'm going to keep it." His 7th birthday came in the middle of February and the more I thought about it, he is the only one that plays with the tractor. ...