Stories from Saturday, August 25, 2007

By Rayma Silvers Herald - Tribune Fort Scott, Kan. -- The objective of every school bus driver, according to USD 234 Director of Transportation Mike Wunderly, is to get each child to school and then back home safely. Since bus drivers handle precious cargo, USD 234 school officials have taken extra steps to keep the children who are transported on the school buses out of harm's way, Wunderly said...

Nevada, Mo. -- His passion for art evolved at the bottom of the ocean. Well, maybe not all the way at the bottom, but certainly under its surface. Mike Morris, Fort Scott, began drawing an painting in earnest as a way to pass the time aboard a submarine on which he served while in the U.S. Navy...

By Robin Hixson Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT --The Phoenix Committee's Streetscape Subcom-mittee is on the road to creation of a prospective plan for effective integration of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, downtown Fort Scott, and the Riverfront area...

Nevada, Mo. -- David Hope a 2000 graduate of Nevada High School works in the family business, Nevada Auto Mall and races motorcycles in his spare time. He has been racing in the All Harley Drag Racing Association since 2004 but has now switched to the National Hot Rod Association. Motorcycles have been a part of his life since early childhood -- his father used to race them himself...

NEVADA, Mo. -- It began as a way to deal with post traumatic stress disorder for Vietnam nurse Helen White. Expressions on canvas communicated impressions still strong in her mind from her days as a nurse during a war. Now White's paintings, combined with "Lipstick and a Smile," a book that compiles some of her works with explanations on the inspiration and underlying messages they're meant to convey, as well as some information on PTSD are part of a special series of programs taking place at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C.. ...