Stories from Tuesday, November 6, 2007

BARNETT -- Brianna Jane Barnett, a girl, was born at 5:17 Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007, at Neosho Memorial Hospital to parents Curtis and Mary Barnett, Iola. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Les and Anna Miles, Fort Scott. ...

Kevin Endicott of Washington state was a welcome visitor at worship Oct. 7. The congregation was also happy to welcome Sue and Jonathan Wheeler back after a long absence. Pastor Andy Smith's sermon was titled "Do We Experience Christ?" Scripture was read from Lamentations 1: 1-6 and 2 Timothy 1:1-14. Joe Ludlum had the children time and talked to them about planting seeds and what to expect to reap when they grow...

Descendants of Wesley and Hulda Jane Anderson Hartman met at the Community Christian Church in Fort Scott on Sunday, Oct. 14. Seventy-five members were present for the celebration. The children of Wes and Hulda were: Alice Tippie, Albert, Leonard, Edwin, John, Arthur, Alva, Crete, and Mary...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The government today paid to the railroads of the country the money they have earned over several months by carrying the mails. This payment runs into the millions of dollars and will put a considerable amount of currency into circulation...

For Winfred Jent, turning 90 years old does not mean that life slows down. Jent keeps himself busy by participating in the Mercy Hospital Auxiliary, which offers many services at the hospital. In the past, Jent has driven the Mercy Courtesy Shuttle, which provides transportation to and from parked vehicles for those visiting the health care center...

The Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday will decide on approving a contract with UMB bank to provide purchasing cards for city expenditures. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. and will take place at City Hall, 1 E. Third St. City staff is developing a purchasing policy for city employees to follow when using the cards along with expectations of the cardholder. ...

A Fort Scott teenager appeared in Bourbon County District Court Monday to face charges stemming from a high-speed chase with a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper last week. Curtis D. Moreland,18, has been charged by the Bourbon County Attorney's Office with one count each of felony fleeing to elude, possession of depressants, stimulants or hallucinogenic drugs or other substances, and driving while canceled, suspended or revoked license. ...

Noted television host and producer Bill Kurtis will present "Bringing History to Life on Film" at the ninth annual Blue and Gray Banquet, 6:30 p.m. Friday, at the Liberty Theatre. Kurtis produced the "Lost Battle of the Civil War," about the Battle of Mine Creek, which was shown on the History Channel in November 2004. ...

Local residents who have had their lives invaded by cancer now have a place to go for support. When Teresa Davenport was recovering from stage three melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, she said that she wished that Fort Scott had a cancer support group for her to become a part of. Four years later, she is finally feeling well enough to take on the challenge of starting the group herself...

The Blue and Gray Brass Brigade Band will perform an historical medley of mid-1800s music during a Veterans Day event this weekend at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The seven-piece music ensemble, which is based in Kansas City, Kan., and performs traditional Civil War-era music, will provide musical entertainment for visitors who stop by the fort on Sunday afternoon for the site's annual Veterans Day program. The program is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m...

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