Stories from Saturday, April 21, 2012

Women's Health Services clinics will be held May 15 and May 29 for all clients at the Vernon County Health Department, 301 N. Washington St., Nevada. Other clinic locations are also available in surrounding counties. Participants must call for an appointment and cancellations should be made at least 24 hours in advance...

Gertrude Mavis Roof, 105, Nevada, passed away Wednesday afternoon April 18, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born Nov. 17, 1906, in Regan, Okla., to William H. DeHart and Rosa Ann Cobb DeHart. She married James Elmer Perrin in 1940 and he preceded her in death in 1962. She later married Fred Roof in 1970 and he preceded her in death in 1976...

Virginia Louise Finley, 89, of Hume, Mo., died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Willow Lane Nursing Home, Butler, Mo. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday at the Hume Christian Church, Hume. Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Hume Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to the City Park Bench Fund (Hume) c/o the funeral home...

Bradley and Ashley Gash, and Peyton and Melanah, Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Tinley Nicole Gash. Tinley was born as 12:23 p.m., April 17, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 inches...

Herald-Tribune NEVADA -- April 22-28 is National Crime Victims' Rights Week. The year's theme, "Extending the Vision, Reaching Every Victim," provides an opportunity for the nation to advance victims' rights and urges vigilance to foster future gains for crime victims...

Although the Bourbon County Division of Motor Vehicles Office will be closed for a week in May, the Bourbon County Treasurer's Office will remain open, County Treasurer Susan Quick said. The vehicle office will be closed May 1-7 and the driver's license office will be closed May 1-4...

Herald-Tribune As a community nudge of sorts, Fort Scott's VFW Post 1165 is striving to remember the men and women who have -- and are -- serving the United States with a profusion of flowers of patriotic hues around the post. On Thursday, Kathleen Horttor of Redbud Nurseries put red, white and blue flowers in the three flower boxes around the 1745 S. National Ave. building...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- City officials are making preliminary plans to address streets in the 2012 Street Program. Roads scheduled to see work this year include Horton from Lakin to 18th streets, and Margrave from Jayhawk Road to East National Avenue. The city is in the fourth year of its five-year street and sidewalk improvement program...

By James R. Campbell Herald-Tribune Fifty-four weeks after a controversy over the alleged provision of alcohol to Nevada High School students at their junior-senior prom in Fort Scott, the case remains a point of contention between Bourbon County, Kan., authorities and Nevada R-5 School District administrators...

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office sent notice it is "declining to proceed" in the matter regarding Bourbon County Treasurer Susan Quick and the investigation into allegations of tax interest manipulation and questionable tax practices, Bourbon County Attorney Terri Johnson told commissioners Friday...

An ambitious Nevada-Vernon County Chamber of Commerce project will accept volunteers through Monday, April 23, for "Operation Clean Sweep Nevada," which is linked to U.S. 71's conversion into Interstate 49 and other imperatives. The work will begin with a free biscuit and gravy breakfast for the volunteers at 8 a.m. ...

Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation will host the ninth annual Caring with Pride Golf Classic May 11th at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. This year's players and sponsors are working to help the foundation purchase a new ultrasound machine for the NRMC radiology department that will include 4-D technology. The machine will provide pictures for moms-to-be and clearer images for a better diagnosis...

The 2012 Missouri State Baton Twirling Championships were held Saturday April in Parkville, MO. Emma Rodriguez of Nevada competed with her teammates from Ovation Studios of Carthage, Mo. Emma's Senior twirling team placed first in all of their events and qualified to compete in the National Championships to be held at the University of Notre Dame in July. ...