Stories from Monday, July 9, 2007

Thomas Gregory knew he would enjoy attending Kansas Boys State, held recently at Kansas State University, Manhattan. But he didn't think it would go any further than that. Instead, he was elected as one of two delegates from Kansas to attend American Legion Boys ration in Washington, D.C...

Beulah I. "Alderman" Leadstrom, 91, resident of Prescott Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan. died July 7, 2007. She was born June 6, 1916, in Old Elsmore Community --Rural Allen County to John W. Alderman and Sophia Lulu (Silvester) Alderman. Beulah grew up in the Old Elsmore Community, attending the Old Elmore Grade School, graduating from Elsmore High School in 1934...

Ruby L. Sprigg, age 88. longtime resident of Bronson, Kansas, passed away July 4, 2007 at the Mountain Vista Retirement Village at Wheat Ridge, Colorado. She was born January 19, 1919. at El Dorado Springs, Mo., the daughter of Clarence and Ada Belle (Craven) Hovcy...

Sadie Beerbower, age 58, former resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, July 2, 2007, at Edwardsville Manor, Edwardsville, Kan. She was born May 19, 1949 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Cecil James Beerbower and Aileen Julian Beerbower. Sadie married Donald Dauben. They later divorced...

W.L. "Wib" Wood of Prescott, Kan. died Sunday July 8, 2007 at the Prescott Country View Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday July 11, 2007 at the Prescott United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Prescott Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home in Pleasanton, Kan...

Raymond Lloyd Banwart, 89, residents of 2222 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan., died early today, Monday, July 9, 2007, at Mercy Health Center. Funeral arrangements for Banwart will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

COFFEYVILLE (AP) -- Blaming God probably wouldn't do much to help flood victims in this southeast Kansas community, experts say, so many residents instead are turning their anger toward city officials. That anger is to be expected as people return to their homes, see the damage and start looking for answers, said Robert Butterworth, a Los Angeles psychologist who specializes in treating traumatic stress...

WICHITA, (AP) -- The first half of 2007 has been one to forget for many Kansans as blizzards, deadly tornadoes and now flooding have caused millions of dollars in damage, disrupted lives and put a dent in the state's economy. Of the state's 105 counties, only three -- Marion, Atchison and Jefferson -- have escaped being designated a disaster area by local, state or federal officials this year...

Tribune Staff Report _ A Fort Scott man was injured after his car was struck by a semi-truck at the corner of 12th Street and U.S. Highway 69 early Friday afternoon. A report from the Kansas Highway Patrol said that shortly before 1 p.m. Friday, a 2003 Ford Taurus, driven by 82-year old Maurice Fletcher, Fort Scott, was eastbound on 12th Street when he ran a stop light at that intersection and was struck by a 1980 Peterbilt semi headed south on U.S. 69...

NEVADA, Mo. (AP) -- A Liberal-based biofuel company has been given the go-ahead by federal regulators to begin soliciting investors for a new ethanol plant to be built near Nevada, Mo. Kerry Rose, president of Ozark Ethanol LLC, said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved construction of an ethanol plant with a capacity of more than 50 million gallons a year...