Stories from Friday, January 4, 2008

Starring Andrew Francis, Kathleen Barr, Doron Bell, Michael Benyaer, Michael Donovan, Brian Drummond, Kaj Eriksen, Cusse Mankuma, Scott McNeil, Kirby Morrow, Kevan Ohtsji, John Payne, Will Sandersen and Venus Terzo. Directed by Andrew Duncan and William Lau...

Local residents who are in need of medical attention are finding it easier to access professional care. Mercy Health Center has taken steps to make health care more convenient for local residents with the addition of both an Urgent Care @ Mercy, which is located at Mercy Health Center, 410 Woodland Hills Blvd., and Mercy Quick Care, which is located at Woods Supermarket, 2322 S. Main St...

August Rasmussen Jr., 88, Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Moundville, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, following a brief illness. he was born Feb. 25, 1919, in Arthur County, Neb., to August Rasmussen Sr. and Nanna Marie Christiansen Rasmussen. he married Avis E. Morrell on Sept. 27, 1941, in Alameda, Calif. She preceded him in death on May 19, 1998...

Sadie Anne Claypool, a girl, was born at 7:31 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Travis and Tammy Claypool, Richards, Mo. She weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. She joins three siblings; Zane, Cole and Kaitlyn. Maternal grandparents are Jack and Marcia Eagleson, Nevada, Mo. ...

Beverly Davis and Lynda Foster were in Topeka Thursday and Friday of last week. Lynda had a meeting to attend and Beverly went shopping. On their way home, they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thomas. Kelli and Beth Ludlum of Washington, D.C. were home for the holidays. On Dec. 23, Joe, Ann, Beth and Kelli attended a Christmas dinner at the home of Joe's sister in Topeka...

The Starlite F.C.E. met at the Community Christian Church on Dec. 20 for their Christmas lunch and meeting. After lunch, president Sandy Rylander opened the meeting by leading the group in the flag salute and the club collect. Secretary Betty Johnson read the minutes of the last business meeting. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Some of the crosswalks on the East Side are reported to be covered with mud and almost impassable to pedestrians. The walk on East Wall Street, leading from Brown's Restaurant to the Frisco Depot platform, is always covered with a sea of mud after each rain and is impassable. Some of the walks in the residence part of the East Side are also in an impassable condition and should be looked after at once...

Tilk Jaymeson Long, a boy, was born to Kristen E. Long at 11:19 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces at birth and was 19 1/2 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Michael and Michelle Cox of Fort Scott and Hayden Long of Nevada, Mo. Maternal great-grandparents are Richard Hall and the late Helen Hall...