Stories from Wednesday, April 14, 2010

STITES -- Alesha Truden and Nathan Stites, Mound City, and siblings Mason and Ashton, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Justice Arianna Suzette Stites. Justice was born at 3:06 p.m., Monday, April 5, 2010, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

Joyce Elaine Farmer, 55, Nevada, Mo., passed away Friday, April 9, 2010 at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Sept. 1, 1954 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Verlin Simmons and Barbara Baysinger Simmons. She was married Sept. 3, 2004 in Nevada, Mo., to Jack Farmer and he survives of the home...

Alice E. Hansen, age 87, of Bronson, Kan., died Saturday, April 10, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. She was born Oct. 6, 1922, in Clarion, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph E. Morris and Mary Showers Morris. She married Herbert Hansen on Dec. 19, 1942, in Princeton, Mo. He preceded her in death on July 7, 1989...

Kyle Delphus Brillhart, age 98, former resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, April 9, 2010, at the Seven Acres Senior Care in Houston, Texas. He was born Nov. 5, 1911, in Redfield, Kan., the son of Valentine D. Brillhart and Elizabeth Bettes Brillhart...

The following story for our series was written by Bill Shaw class of '49. Dear Marilyn, It's really great to see and read all the writings and things remembered from all the old high school gang. The ones you have printed jogged the old memory and brought back some memories long filed away but not forgotten...

LAWRENCE -- The School of Education at the University of Kansas is honoring 684 Kansas teachers from 122 school districts with 25 or more years of service to education, mostly in Kansas schools. "The importance of good teaching is emerging once again as the key for strengthening America's schools," said Rick Ginsberg, dean of the School of Education. ...

Flo Maxine Masoner, age 90, of Mound City, Kansas died Tuesday April 13, 2010 at Prescott Country View in Prescott, Kan. Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday April 15, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Mound City. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery, Mound City. Friends may greet the family from 10 a.m., until service at the church...

Donald Eugene Kramer "Dog Hair", 79 years young, lived in Bothell, Wash. Don passed away last Thursday, April 1, 2010 in Seattle from complications during an aneurism surgery. Don was born on Oct. 25, 1930 in Fort Scott, Kan., to John Franklin Kramer and Elsie Golden Kramer, having two older sisters, Rosalie and Madeline...

Frances Snow Robinson, age 92, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of the Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kan., died early Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 22, 1917, in Crawford County, Kan., the daughter of William D. Snow and Glenna Herndon Snow...

Nutrients in fruits and vegetables start to break down after harvest. This loss of nutrients can be minimized by proper storage and cooking. Frozen, canned, dried, and 100% juice products are processed just after harvesting to "lock in" the freshness of just-picked produce. ...

The Ladies Retreat held in Arcadia Christian Church on March 17 was a very special treat for the 27 ladies who attended. This number incuded Pastor Chas Cable who was in and out during the day in order to hear his daughter, Cherri Walrod from Eudora, Kan., give the two lessons...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's tennis team won its second consecutive tournament Tuesday as the Tigers swept through the Labette County Invitational winning all but one dual. "I was really proud of the way we played yesterday," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott's Nolan Stark won his first medal of the season, finishing in seventh place at the Pittsburg Invitational here Tuesday. Tiger golfers were sixth as a team with a four-man score of 350. Pittsburg Colgan won the tournament at 332 with Southeast Kansas League leader Coffeyville four strokes behind. Pittsburg High finished third...

For the first time since last Friday, Fort Scott Community College's softball team won the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex. Unfortunately, the Greyhounds couldn't follow up a 14-1 thrashing of visiting Coffeyville in the opener with another victory and ended up with their fourth consecutive split after dropping the second game 10-8...

GIRARD -- Crawford County Emergency Personnel were dispatched to 119 S. 160th St. in rural Girard Tuesday evening in regards to a lawnmower accident. According to a statement released by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office, 60-year-old Greg Evans was found trapped beneath his John Deere Zero Turn mower. Reports said Evans was mowing along a creek bank on the property when the mower overturned into the creek, pinning him underwater. Evans was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency personnel...

USD 235 in Uniontown is accepting applications for the free 4-year-old preschool program for the 2010-11 school year. This free preschool provides fun-filled, hands-on learning opportunities and experiences to enhance a child's cognitive, language, social, emotional and physical development in preparation for kindergarten, according to a statement from the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in Girard...

NEVADA -- The Comedy Tonight Family Theater is in its second week of the family show, "Charlotte's Web," which will continue each night through Sunday at the theater, 114 N. Cedar. Tickets for each dinner show cost $15 for adults and $7.50 for children 12 years of age and younger. Sugarfoot and Peaches, a Fort Scott restaurant, is providing the food for the dinner portion of the show...

WASHINGTON, DC -- A University of Missouri study shows that Kansas would suffer significant job losses and a severe decline in economic activity if the tariff on foreign-subsidized ethanol is allowed to lapse at the end of the year. The University of Missouri analysis found that Kansas would see job losses of 1,845 in the first year after the tariff lapses, 4,776 in the second year, and 6,126 in the third year. ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- A new report released Wednesday by the Council of Economic Advisers found that the Recovery Act was responsible for 2.2 to 2.8 million jobs through the first quarter of 2010 -- half of which a result of the more than $200 billion in Recovery Act tax relief and financial assistance that has gone directly to mostly lower and middle-income families...

Local Curves members stepped up in March to double their donation of food to The Beacon. The local Curves club participated in the corporation's competition held during the month of March in which members donate food to their local food banks. According to Angie Kemmerer, co-owner of the local Curves, the Curves club collected 1,621 pounds of food which amounts to about 16 pounds donated per member...

Emotions and concerns came to the forefront during a public forum Wednesday evening at Fort Scott Middle School. About 125 community members turned out to voice opinions and concerns regarding a proposal by USD 234 to reconfigure Winfield Scott and Eugene Ware elementary schools into attendance centers. The forum also served as an official meeting of the USD 234 Board of Education. Several members of a review committee that is researching the proposal were also present during the forum...