Stories from Friday, May 4, 2007

Violet O. Humphrey, age 90, of Hume, Missouri, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born April 21, 1917 in Linn County, the daughter of George and Leona Graham Henne. She graduated from Hume High School. On December 26, 1936, she married Edward Humphrey at Butler, Missouri. He preceded her in death on March 20, 1986. She and Edward owned the Humphrey Grocery, and later owned Humphrey TV in Hume, Missouri...

In the late 1970s, Rod Peterson made a career decision that not only changed his life, but the lives of hundreds of college students and area residents. The longtime Fort Scott resident became a director and instructor in the theatre and drama program at Fort Scott Community College...

This summer, Fort Scott Middle School is merging two of its extracurricular programs to give students an often-needed boost into the next school year. From July 16 to Aug. 10, the FSMS Jump Start summer program will operate in conjunction with the school's after school program, which is funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer some safety tips for those who are anxious to get outdoors and enjoy the sunshine this time of year. May is Skin Detection and Prevention Month, and the CDC, along with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, are urging Kansas residents to use caution before stepping outside to help prevent skin cancer...

The Girard Medical Center will have a representative present at the Autumn Leaves Senior Citizens meeting on May 14 from 11 a.m. until noon for free blood pressure screenings and osteoporosis information. Bone density screening is available for $10. For information call (620) 724-0293...

A 43-year-old man on Thursday pleaded guilty in Bourbon County District Court to molesting a then 14 year-old girl in April 2005. George A. Woodward pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, a severity level four person felony...

Fort Scott High athletic director Larry Fink really, really wanted to get Thursday's baseball and softball games in. But Mother Nature, the ultimate AD, was equally determined not to let that happen. And not only did those events get called off once again, but also the Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament at Independence was postponed...

ARMA -- Waverly's boys and girls won both sides of the Northeast Invitational here Thursday while Jayhawk-Linn's teams did not enjoy a typical performance. Jayhawk boys scored 18 points while the girls scored 13. The boys placed ninth out of 11 schools while the girls finished 10th...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's softball "C" team played a doubleheader here Wednesday with Girard winning both games by 4-3 scores. Game one went nine innings before Girard broke a 3-3 tie. Sammi Therwanger pitched every inning, allowing two earned runs on six hits, walking four and striking out 16...

Tribune News Brief A Fort Scott woman was injured in a single vehicle accident shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday when her vehicle went through a pond off of Kansas Highway 31. At 9:45 p.m., Heather C. McDaniel,30, of Fort Scott, was driving west on K31 at Mapleton when her 1998 Mercury vehicle went off the road, hit a fence and skidded through a pond. The vehicle came to a rest in a nearby pasture, according to Kansas Highway Patrol. She was the only occupant in the vehicle...