Stories from Saturday, December 15, 2012

David Lee Alkire, formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away Dec. 10, 2012, after a lengthy illness. He was born May 18, 1957, in Ansbauch, Germany. He graduated from Walker High School and served in the Merchant Marines. His profession was restoring antique cars...

Timothy Strevens, 36, Liberal, Mo., died Dec. 7, 2012. Service will be Dec. 18, at the Konantz-Warden Funeral Home Chapel, Lamar, Mo., at 11 a.m. Visitation will be 10 -11 a.m., prior to service. Burial will be at Liberal City Cemetery, Liberal, Mo...

Syvhara Guffin's name was misspelled in Friday's Fort Scott Tribune in a photo for Mercy Hospital's $6 Auxiliary Sale. The Tribune regrets the error.

Business was brisk this week at Mercy Hospital Auxiliary's $6 sale, which offered a variety of Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers. Held in the lobby of the Fort Scott facility, it raised funds for nursing scholarships and equipment that department budgets won't allow, Auxiliary President Cliff Patterson said. HCI, a nationwide fundraising group, brings in the merchandise and awards the auxiliary a commission on sales. Jim Ahrens owns HCI in Kansas and Oklahoma...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Bourbon County Commissioners approved a $23,336 bid from Welborn Sales of Topeka for 82 culverts of varied sizes during Friday's regular commission meeting. Two bids were opened during the meeting, including one for $26,549 bid from Judy's Iron and Metal in Fort Scott. Commissioners checked to see if the local bid was within the 5 percent bid difference needed to purchase locally, but the bid fell well short of that mark...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Early figures show that more than 1,000 people helped make the Fort Scott Kiwanis Club's 91st annual Pancake Feed a success. Proceeds from the club's biggest fundraiser of the year benefit youth-related programs and organizations in the community. Organizers said changes made for this year's feed worked out for the better. About 1,200 tickets were sold for the popular community occasion...

Cottey College's dance program is on the move, developing more and more opportunities for students to explore and experience dance. Dance classes have been available for quite some time, but students may now earn an associate of fine arts degree in dance at Cottey. "We graduated our first four dance AFAs last spring; we will have five dance grads in spring of 2013," said Jo Byrnes, assistant professor of dance...

The approval of right-to-work laws in Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana has raised the likelihood that a raft of such bills will be filed next month in the 97th Missouri Assembly, which now has veto-proof Republican "super majorities" in both houses, area lawmakers say...

Missouri has only an outside chance of becoming a right-to-work state and ending the payment of union dues as a condition of employment, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce's president and CEO says. Dan Mehan said Republicans' super-majorities in the state House and Senate do not make approval automatic because some urban Republicans might not support the plan...

Herald-Tribune CLINTON, Mo. -- Nevada High School seniors Silas Smith and Jamin Brandt teamed up to score 32 points and lead the Tigers to a strong second-half performance and a 58-42 victory over the Clinton Cardinals Thursday night, snapping a two-game losing skid...

Herald-Tribune JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Panthers of Sheldon High School improved to 6-0 on the season with a strong performance on the road against Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School. The Panthers weren't able to put up any kind of dazzling offensive numbers on the night, but didn't really need an overwhelming onslaught as Thomas Jefferson couldn't seem to find the basket. By the time all was said and done, the Panthers took the victory by a final score of 40-33...

Herald-Tribune HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada High School wrestling team had a productive opening night in the Harrisonville Holiday Tournament Friday night. This year's tournament features 35 teams from 24 schools. Three different states are represented in the tournament with schools coming in from across the state of Missouri, as well as Deer Creek, Okla., and Sparta, Wisc...

Herald-Tribune SHELDON, Mo. -- The Sheldon Lady Panthers suffered their second consecutive defeat at the hands of Fair Play Friday night at Sheldon High School. Neither squad was really able to get much going early in the contest as the Lady Panthers scored just three points in the opening quarter, but found themselves down by just one. ...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune NEVADA -- Mikayla Bartlett was the Nevada Lady Tigers varsity basketball squad's leading scorer and one of its primary ball-handlers. She finished last season with a team-high 331 points and averaged 12 per game. A 5-foot-6-inch guard, Bartlett had 23 3-pointers last season, while averaging five rebounds and two assists per game. ...