Stories from Friday, November 6, 2009

LaDonna Maxine DeLaney, 63, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Sept. 13, 1946 in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Donald Bengerman and Nora Madeline (Ewing) DeLaney. Survivors include a daughter; Donna Jean Carson of Fort Scott, a son; Stephen Allen Foss of Fort Collins, Colorado, a sister; Jean Nicoles of Fort Scott, four brothers; Martin Claspill of Seattle, Washington, Larry DeLaney, of Nevada, Mo., Douglas DeLaney, of Louisburg, Kan., and Donald DeLaney of Fort Scott, and three grandchildren; Megan Smith, Malachi Foss, and Shanč Carson.. ...

Betty Lee Morrow, age 82, former resident of 601 Wilson, Fort Scott, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 26, 1927 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Charles W. Atha and Delpha Mae Porter Atha. Betty married Alfred Leon Morrow on June 5, 1992 at Chanute, Kan...

Two weeks ago Dave's coaching friends with the Toronto Blue Jays were fired. Even his boss, the head of minor league operations and another whom Dave really respects, was let go. Phone calls started early Wednesday afternoon, and when I got home from school, Dave was still talking to his buddies. Apparently the Jays were "cleaning house." I told Dave he was just one dust-bunny away from being wiped away...

By the beginning of October 1864, it was apparent to Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis, Commanding the Department of Kansas at Fort Leavenworth, that "Confederate" Major General Sterling Price and his "Army of Missouri" was heading west and was going to invade Kansas. ...