Stories from Tuesday, January 2, 2007

A local construction company temporarily fixed a portion of the burned-out Nelson Block Building on Saturday that was leaning outward and considered dangerous to the public. Fort Scott Assistant Codes Officer Jana Farrington late Friday morning noticed the top of the front facade of the Nelson Block Building, conjoined to the eastern wall of the Miller Building, leaning outward about two feet toward Wall street, Fort Scott Codes and Zoning Administrator Brent Crays said...

Lorena Jane Brooker, age 73, resident of 601 S. Ransom, Fort Scott, Kansas, died on her birthday, Monday, January 01, 2007, at Mercy Health Center following a lengthy cancer illness. She was born January 1, 1934 in Fort Scott the daughter of Irah Carver and Iva Lorena Phipps Carver. Lorena was a 1951 graduate of Fort Scott High School. She married Richard A. Brooker on August 5, 1951 at Fort Scott...

Lois Vivian Clary, age 87, a resident of Deerfield, Mo., died Saturday, December 30, 2006, at her home. She was born May 26, 1919, in Vernon County, Missouri, the daughter of George and Mary Silvers Thurman. Lois graduated from the Fort Scott High School Class of 1937...

William Kenneth "Kenny" DuVall, 45, of Parsons, died at 12:50 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006, at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo., from complications of Marfan Syndrome. He had been in failing health, but death was unexpected. He was born Sept. 2, 1961, in Parsons to William Thomas "Tommy" DuVall and Mary Ann (Woodrum) DuVall. He attended Parsons schools...

SPEARS -- Aliziegh Marie Spears, a girl, was born at 8:17 a.m. Jan. 2, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents J.J. Spears and Candice Wyatt. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 3/4 ounces at birth. Paternal grandparents are Johnny and Kathy Spears, Fort Scott. Maternal grandparents are David and Jeanine Wyatt, Fort Scott...

CHILDERS -- Katelynn Renee Childers, a girl, was born at 3:15 p.m. Dec. 27, 2006, at Mercy Health Center to parents Sheril Weber and Chris Childers, Girard. She weighed 4 pounds, 11.5 ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Matthew Childers. Paternal grandparents are Steve and LeeAnn Childers, Weir. ...

COLVIN -- Christian Tyler Colvin, a boy, was born at 10:50 a.m. Dec. 6, 2006, at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Mo., to parents Tom and Anne Colvin, Bolivar, Mo. He weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces at birth, and measured 19 inches in length. Maternal grandmother is Beverly Larsen, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandmother is Wanda Larsen, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Kay and the late Joe Colvin, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandparents are Marge and Winnie Halverson, Lansing, Iowa...

The cold and flu season is upon us. One of the easiest ways to prevent the common cold and flu is by washing hands thoroughly and often. One of the most frequent ways people catch colds is by rubbing or touching their nose, mouth, or eyes after their hands have been contaminated with the cold virus. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Jake Conine will leave on the Frisco Meteor tonight for the Wyandotte Indian Territory, where he will organize a lodge for the Triple. Jake has been notified that there are 107 candidates there for charter membership. J.W. Huffman arrived home from Pittsburgh this afternoon. Mr. Huffman brought with him two children, a girl age 12 and a baby less than two years old. He will try to find them homes here in the county...