Stories from Saturday, October 13, 2007

Hi neighbors. I hope you are out taking advantage of the autumn weather. The leaves haven't started to fall much yet and the temperatures are nice. There is always lots of work to do. Get the patio furniture into storage, roll up the garden hoses, touch up the exterior of the house with a dab of paint here and there. Don't forget to cover those attic fans, throw in some more insulation, put some grout around the windows and some weather stripping around the doors...

Early in October of 1864, along the Kansas-Missouri Border, there was worry and concern about the movements of Confederate Major General Sterling Price and his "Army of Missouri." Where was this Confederate force going? That was the big question! By Oct. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- On Monday, the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees is expected to receive an update on the impending construction of the $7.5 million Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. A date for which construction on the 33,000-square-foot facility will begin has not been set as officials are still working to finalize construction costs on the building. ...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- The ability to create does not stop with the onset of retirement. In fact, retirement allows senior citizens the extra time needed to pursue and develop their artistic abilities. Local residents 65 and older were given the opportunity to participate in the 27th annual "Art is Ageless" calendar competition which took place in July of this year. ...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- A third co-defendant charged with sexually assaulting a Fort Scott teenager in January was sentenced Thursday to 48 hours in jail and placed on 24 months probation. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward sentenced 18-year-old Jared R. Cosens to two days of jail time at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center. He must report to the jail Oct. 19...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- Edward E. Thomas, already faced with spending the next five years in prison, will have to serve an additional 15 months, a judge ruled Thursday. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward sentenced Thomas, 44, with 15 months of prison time after pleading guilty to fleeing to elude law enforcement...

Nevada, Mo. -- Missouri and Vernon County's own Camp Clark are on the cutting edge of new pre-mobilization training concepts being implemented across the United States. The nation is watching while Missouri takes the lead in revamping the mobilization and deployment time frame for the country's National Guard...

The Sunday Herald-Tribune's Your Newspaper, Start Here photo contest has been extended. Readers now have until 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 19, to submit original photographs for the contest. First prize for the contest is a $50 gas card, plus a gift certificate good for the purchase of Nevada Daily Mail, Fort Scott Tribune or Sunday Herald-Tribune photographs on www.fstribune.com or www.nevadadailymail.com. ...

Carl McCulley, 82, of Chanute, went to be with the Lord ON Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. Carl was born in Pleasanton, Kan. on April 16, 1925. He was united in marriage to Dolly Atha on September 27, 1947. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946. Carl worked for Sears, Nu-Wa and the National Park Service in Fort Scott, Kan. He attended Faith Bible Church in Chanute...

Chet Hume, 77, of Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, at Christian Health Care, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 5, 1930, in Tunas, Mo., to Herbert Hiram Hume and Alma Lee Piper Hume. On May 18, 1954, he and Barbara Lee Pike were married in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Virginia Maxine DeMott, 87, of Fort Scott, died Thursday evening, Oct. 11, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born Feb. 3, 1920, in Blue Mound, Kan., the daughter of Palmer and Sylvia (Parnell) Russell. She married Ray Everett DeMott Dec.17, 1938 in Iola, Kan. He preceded her in death March 13, 2003...

Several years ago, I received a fishing leson from Roscoe Campbell. He volunteered to take me to Lake Fort Scott, where we would fish for crappie. Roscoe had an old metal boat that showed the wear and tear of a real fisherman. We launched the boat, and he proceeded to drive the boat with one hand and fish with the other. By the time the lesson was over, I had managed to catch only a couple of fish while he had a dozen...