Stories from Friday, July 10, 2009

I attended my first symphony a few months ago. It was opening night at the new Ellis Performing Arts Center, and the event was wonderful. The musicians and conductor made it all look so simple. I knew otherwise. Years ago I substitute taught for a middle-school orchestra class in Houston, Texas. ...

Ammere Lattie, 74, of Mound City, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born October 22, 1934 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, the daughter of Otis and Lillie Morrow Perkins. She was married to John H. Lattie who preceded her in death on March 3, 1988...

He was a father, a grandfather, a U.S. Navy veteran, mayor of Schell City and assistant fire chief until the end, A crowd of about 300 packed into the Schell City Christian Church Friday morning to remember the life of Dale Haddix. 70, who died while assisting with firefighting operations during a July 4 fire sparked by the misuse of fireworks. ...

Herald - Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan.-- Fort Scott is the next stop on the list for new country music trio Chasing Dixie. All three band members -- Alaina Whitaker, Erin James, and Andrea Young -- spoke to The Fort Scott Tribune during a telephone interview on Thursday about their history, their musical influences, and their upcoming concert at the Bourbon County Fair...

Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Mary seems happy in her life now and has settled into a profession helping children and families but that is a long way from where she started, left at an Indiana hospital by her mother at the tender age of 2 months. A long string of circumstances stemming mostly from her mother's struggle with mental illness brought Mary -- now an adult, who asked that only her first name be used -- to Missouri, with a stopover in Okla-homa. ...

Kathy Ross, 56, of Mapleton, Kan., died unexpectedly on Friday, July 10, 2009, at her home. Funeral services will be announced by Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

POMMIER -- Chris and Summer Pommier, Arma, and sister Sophia Jean, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Olivia Michelle Pommier. Olivia was born at 9:22 p.m., Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at birth...