Stories from Friday, April 20, 2007

Sara Viola Eshelbrenner, age 83, of Fort Scott, passed away early Thursday morning, April 19, 2007, in Aberdeen Village Nursing Home, Olathe. Sara was born February 17, 1924, in Nevada, Missouri the daughter of Oscar B. and Pearle Viola (Hooper) Handly. ...

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Mary Jo and Robbie Clements and Kyle, Willard, visited with her parents, Tony and Buena Karleskint, and attended the funeral of Robbie's brother. March 20, Dale and Betty Hixon attended the funeral of Jan Woods in Prescott, with other members of the G. W. R. R. A., chapter M Club. They all rode their bikes to the funeral and lead the way to the cemetery, as the family had requested it. They had lunch with the family after the services...

The first approval of a bird flu vaccine in the United States is major step in the fight against the potentially fatal disease, Bourbon County Public Health Director Alice Maffett said. On Tuesday, a vaccine to protect humans against the H5N1 influenza virus became the first to win Food and Drug Administration approval. ...

Clay Cuno hit three home runs for Fort Scott Community College in the first game of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Johnson County at Lions Field Thursday. But the Greyhounds managed just a split with the Cavaliers as Fort Scott won game one 8-4 but lost the nightcap 14-4...

UNIONTOWN -- Bright, sunny, blue skies and cool temperatures greeted students, faculty and staff at Uniontown Junior Senior High School on Thursday, a day that without a doubt, belonged to Norm Conard. While Conard will officially be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in June, USD 235 students, teachers, administrators, and a group of representatives who help sponsor the nomination program, assembled in the UJSHS gymnasium on Thursday morning to pay tribute to the 30-year educator...

A new charitable organization is hoping to open a thrift store inside the old Gene's IGA grocery store by June 1. Mahlon Stucky, pastor at First Southern Baptist Church, told Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday that Good Shepherd, a recently created charity organization has signed a contract to purchase the vacant grocery store at 301 S. Crawford St...

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