Stories from Sunday, May 27, 2007

WICHITA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School senior Zak Al-Shawish advanced to Saturday's finals of the boys' 110- meter hurdles easily, recording a 15.43 in the second heat of Friday's preliminaries at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University Friday...

WICHITA, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn freshman Taylor Dawson's mark of 17 feet, 5 1/4 inches won the Class 3A long jump championship Friday, leading the way for the three Kansas area rural schools at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships. Dawson had just the eighth-best mark of all the qualifiers in regionals, a mark of 16 feet, 1/4 inch at Fredonia last weekend. She went 16-6 1/2 on her first attempt, then went 16-10 1/2 on her second to take the lead...

MULVANE, Kan. -- Topseeded Bishop Ward won its 37th consecutive game Friday afternoon and advanced in the Class 4A State Baseball Tournament with a 10- 0 win over Fort Scott High School in the first round. Ward, from Kansas City, Kan., improved to 24- 0. The Tigers ended their season at 8- 5...

PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Four-State youngsters who like technology will have two new summer workshops to stretch their minds and occupy their hands this summer. In addition to the two very popular Adventures in Robotics workshops, the Pittsburg State University College of Technology will also offer Construct Your Future, a workshop on building, and Plastic is Fantastic, a workshop on plastics. ...

NEVADA SPEEDWAY REPORT -- MAY 19 BY GAIL AGEE Track Reporter The Midwest Outlaw Lightning Sprints were here Saturday. The track was good, the weather cooperated and the racing was excellent with lots of close racing and a photo finish at the line in the Factory Stock Feature. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Many people agree that the last Monday in May is a day to remember America's fighting heroes; men and women who have died defending the United States and the freedoms it offers its citizens. But do many area non-veterans recognize the importance of Memorial Day, a day when millions of people across the country adorn gravesites with flowers or pay their respects in various other ways? Should the day be viewed as simply a three-day weekend where many people receive an extra day off from their jobs?. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Michaela Eileen Safford, age 4, granddaughter of Lester and Ruth Waring, Garland, will compete as a state finalist in the Miss Kansas Princess Pageant for girls 4- 6, a National American Miss Kansas Pageant, on Aug. 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Wichita...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Mercy Health Center has recently upgraded its capability to read mammograms by using digital technology. Last Thursday, the hospital's Breast Imaging Center implemented digital mammography, a relatively new way of taking pictures of the breast to determine if women don't have signs of breast cancer...

The Missouri legislative session ended with a flurry of activity that sent several bills to the governor's desk. Some measures were hotly contested; others passed with heavy majorities in both the House and the Senate. Among the measures that passed were an abortion bill, banning people affiliated with abortion clinics from teaching sex education classes and allows abstinence-only sex education courses. A $21.5 billion budget boosts education funding and Medicaid...

My grandmother and my father always called it "Decoration Day," but the rest of the family called it Memorial Day. Perhaps because they were born in the 19th century rather than the 20th. But Decoration or Memorial Day doesn't date to World War I but rather to the Civil War when in April 1866, four young Mississippi women went to the cemetery to decorate the graves of their loved ones with garlands of flowers. ...

NEVADA, Mo. -- Students of the Nevada Regional Technical Center Chapter of Missouri DECA: An Association of Marketing Students joined more than 15,000 high school marketing students at the annual international career development conference held April 28-May 2 at Orlando, Fla. ...

■ When veterans are laid to rest, honor guards bid farewell with a last salute. National cemeteries are set aside as the final resting place for an exclusive population -- those who have served in the military. It's a special place of honor for those who were willing to serve. ...

NEVADA, Mo. -- Everyone has heard of Murphy's Law, which states that whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. This law frequently haunts people starting new businesses, causing them many problems; but Rob Morris, president of Quick Vent Windows, which manufactures custom made windows for commercial and government buildings, said that since he opened his manufacturing company here about one year ago, Murphy's Law has never been a problem...

The following information is compiled from reports released by the Vernon County EMS. May 17 5: 34 a. m.: Medical transport to NRMC, Nevada 11: 36 a. m.: Medical transport to NRMC, Nevada 2: 54 p. m.: Transfer to Heartland Hospital, Nevada 4: 18 p. m.: Refusal of care 6: 13 p. m.: Medical transport to NRMC, Nevada...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- You may have heard the term "Got Milk?" but you've probably never been asked "Got Vitamin D?" Milk is a major source of calcium; the mineral that is the building block of bones. But, to absorb calcium into the body, people need another vital chemical; vitamin D. Though some may drink a lot of milk, their bodies may not properly absorb the calcium because they don't have enough vitamin D...

Emily Pentola Brett Dalton David and Cathy Pentola, Pittsburg, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily, to Brett Dalton, son of Loretta Dalton, Pittsburg, and Randy and Debbie Dalton, Mulberry, Kan. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Edna Brooks and Glenna and the late Benne Pentola. She is a 2002 Girard High School graduate and a 2007 Pittsburg State University graduate with a degree in commercial graphics...

Leslie Jeanne Arthur and Justin Adam Martens exchanged marriage vows on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Girard, Kan. The Rev. Donald Thissen officiated at the double- ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Dail and Loretta Bailey, Girard, and the granddaughter of Evelyn Sevart, Greenbush, Kan., and the late Alban Sevart, and Wes and Marjory Bailey, of Hiattville, Kan. ...

NEVADA, Mo. -- An annual Bushwhacker Days event that has become a favorite of old and young alike, Local Legends night, will be held this year on Thursday, June 14. This fourhour showcase of local talent began in 2005 as part of Nevada and Vernon County's Sesquicentennial celebration and has developed into a highlight of the Bushwhacker Days celebration...

Obituaries are paid death notices that include full obituary information as provided by funeral homes. Norma Louise Johnson Norma Louise Johnson, 75 of Webb City, Mo., formerly of Pittsburg, Kan., died at 9:15 a. m. on Thursday, May 24, 2007, at Webb City Health and Rehabilitation Center in Webb City, Mo...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A judge sentenced David E. Shockey, 37, Fort Scott, to 11 years in prison on Friday for sexually molesting a 9-year-old girl. The question was never about if Shockey would go to prison but for how long. Bourbon County District Court Judge Mark Ward had to decide if he would go away for five years or 11 years...