Stories from Saturday, November 1, 2008

Oct. 10 Rebecca L. Hornbostel, Nevada, expired license plates. Oct. 14 Alika M. Chun, Rockaway Beach, Mo., expired license plates. Kimberly A. Maus, Nevada, expired license plates. Justin D. Messner, Nevada, expired license plates. Lynsey R. Perry, Joplin, speeding 28/15...

Edith Elizabeth Heathman, age 99, of Nevada, passed away Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 at her home. Edith was born May 26, 1909, in Granis, Ark., the fifth child of Joseph Wesley and Millie Bell. Edith moved with her family to Richards, Mo., by wagon. Edith remembered the first automobile in Richards, owned by the town doctor. Edith remarked that she was born before women were allowed to vote...

Wallace Lyndon Darling, 84, of Fort Scott, died Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Edward C. Call, 74, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Rosary will be held at 7 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 2, at DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Chapel, in Wichita, Kan. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m., on Monday, Nov. 3, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wichita. Memorials with Harry Hynes Hospice and St. Joseph Catholic Church. Arrangements by DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mourtuary...

Hi neighbors. We can all rest better tonight knowing all the ghouls and ghosties are back to their normal lives and won't come knocking on our doors. Halloween is a great holiday in my opinion. We all get to be actors for a while and put on roles and wardrobes of anyone we want to be for a few hours...

There's a minor, incidental character in one of Tennessee Williams's early plays who each day pays particular attention to the obituaries in all the New York City newspapers. By scanning the daily death notices, he hopes he'll someday soon discover the name of a person in his neighborhood who's suddenly conked out, in a "rent-controlled" apartment building. ...

Opening day of the 2008 duck season in Missouri's north zone couldn't come fast enough for many waterfowl hunters, including Fred Fields and Tom Kennedy, Chillicothe, especially after seeing flights of migrating waterfowl heading south the week before the opener last Saturday...

Fall leaves swirl around the steps leading up to the front of the old schoolhouse. Sunlight glints off its new windows. The historic Cato School has never looked better as it awaits visitors for the annual Cato Fall Tour. The Cato Historical Preservation Association has organized its upcoming fall tour, which will include living history presentations at the old stone one-room schoolhouse, depictions of frontier life in the mid-1800s, interpretations of music from the time period, and historical re-enactments of the town's early settlers by area volunteers. ...

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 4,963 Missouri taxpayers who are missing refunds and stimulus payments worth more than $3 million. In Missouri, 1,350 regular refund checks, averaging $723, and 3,761 economic stimulus checks averaging $550, were returned by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors...

At age 85, Frank Hereford is recovering from his injuries at a remarkable speed. According to Hereford's daughter, Becky Canaday, after doctors were able to take Hereford off the ventilator last Thursday, his health has continued to steadily improve. Canaday said her father has been up moving around and going for short walks through the hospital. In fact, his recovery has progressed to such a state doctors are talking about transferring Hereford to the Mercy Health Center Rehab Centre on Friday...

A familiar face will be missed on the streets of Fort Scott, Kan., as mail carrier Ron Parker hangs up his delivery bag. Friday morning at the Fort Scott post office a small ceremony was held to honor the retirement of Parker. Parker has been working with the Fort Scott post office for 29 years spending 27 of those years walking the streets delivering the mail...

Robert and Janice Sue (Packett) Robb, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. The Robbs were married on Nov. 3, 1968, in Toronto, Kan. They have two daughters and 10 grandchildren. Their family also includes their two sons-in-law...

Don and Gracie Wolf, of Liberal, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jayna Re'Nae to Walter David Beebe Jr. of Nevada, Mo. Jayna Is a 1998 graduate of Liberal High School and a graduate of Heritage College of Massage, in Kansas City. She is self employed in Nevada, Mo...

Lonnie Joe and Joyce Engle, Liberal, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Lindsey Ann Engle, to Caleb Michael Tidball, son of Mark and Tracy Tidball, Jasper. A November wedding is planned. The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Liberal High School and a May 2008 graduate of Missouri Southern State University with a degree in dental hygiene. She is currently employed by Dr. Jay Joseph's Dental Office in Joplin...

Shane Allan Langford and Jennifer Kay Webb exchanged wedding vows on July 23, 2008, in Clearwater, Fla. The ceremony took place at sunset on Sand Key Beach, and was officiated by the Rev. Jennifer Loveland, of Clearwater. The bride wore a tea-length sundress of white gauze and carried a bouquet of tropical tiger lilies, orchids and bird of paradise with greenery...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Michael Cook was hoping to become a head coach somewhere, someday. But he didn't expect to be in charge of a program so soon. When John Burns abruptly resigned in late August after four seasons, no one associated with Fort Scott Community College's men's basketball program saw it coming -- not the players and not even Cook himself...

CARLA KEOUGH ------------ "I'm a mother, I'm a farmer's daughter, I'm a wife and I am a big community leader who is very concerned with the needs of all individuals," Carla Keough, who is running on the Democratic ticket for the Missouri 125th District seat, said...