Stories from Friday, April 2, 2010

Pleasanton's track and field teams opened the season Tuesday with a varsity meet at Archie, Mo., and a junior varsity meet at Southeast. Results from Archie: At Southeast, Pleasanton's teams swept the meet. The boys scored 111 points to finish 20 ahead of Colgan. The girls edged Baxter Springs by 3 points (103-100). Southeast was the third-place team on both sides...

LOGAN -- David Ray Logan and Ashlay Nicole Jackson, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jaiden Ray Logan. Jaiden was born at 2:48 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces at birth...

DYAL -- Kansas M. Dyal, Fort Scott, is proud to announce the birth of her son, Eithan Jasper Bryce Dyal. Eithan was born at 6:41 p.m., Monday, March 29, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 1/2 ounces at birth. He joins a sister, Allison Barnett, Fort Scott...

WILSON -- Kimberly Martin and James Wilson, Mulberry, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Teela Leann Faith Wilson. Teela was born at 2:01 p.m., Monday, March 29, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 1/2 ounces at birth...

This Sunday many of us will celebrate with colored eggs, Easter bonnets, an obligatory church service, and a family feast of ham and scalloped potatoes. For the majority, however, the true meaning of the holiday will be lost, and we will forget the miracle responsible for the event:...

With spring weather finally here to stay, many of us have things we want to do besides spending too much time in the kitchen preparing meals. "We're having leftovers tonight" may not be what a family wants to hear. But, with some planning, those same leftovers can become an entirely different meal about which no one can complain. Planned-overs can make meal preparation a lot less hectic...

In the study of the Civil War, one of the most common questions is how many soldiers died in the war? The answer is more than 600,000 Americans (soldiers, sailors and marines) in both the Blue and the Gray died in battle, of wounds received in combat or disease in the Civil War. ...

A special Easter Service will be held by the Fort Scott Scottish Rite, 110 S. Main, at 2 p.m. Sunday. The service will include presentation of The Last Supper ,with members dressed in-full period costumes, and The Ascension. These presentations will include colorful and beautiful breath-taking backdrops. The Easter Service is open to the public at no charge...

Plans are being made for the 29th Annual Good Ol' Days celebration which will take place June 5-6. Organizers said the "big event" for this year's celebration will be the All-American Lumberjack Show. Building on the popularity of the Dock Dogs that entertained crowds last year during the celebration and the Budweiser Clydesdales that visited Fort Scott in 2008, the Good Ol' Days Special Events Committee is bringing the lumberjack show to the plaza area in front of the Fort Scott National Historic Site all day Saturday and Sunday during the annual street festival.. ...

The students of Eugene Ware Elementary School learned the power of "please" and "thank you" with the help of a unique children's author. Award winning children's author John Hall stopped at Eugene Ware Elementary School Thursday to share his message with the students. ...

Local heroes step up to help the American Red Cross during American Red Cross month. The Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross participated in the nation-wide fundraising effort called the Heroes Campaign in which local residents or organizations raise money and donate the funds to the local chapter...