Stories from Friday, June 4, 2010

CHANUTE -- How do you create life-long memories for youth while hunting in the great outdoors? Win a World Class NYHA Youth Spring Turkey Hunt at the Lil Toledo Lodge. The National Youth Hunting Association, in coordination with sponsors, Lil Toledo Lodge and Mossy Oak Properties of the Heartland, Outdoor Ventures LLC, of Fort Scott, held a Youth Spring Turkey Roundup hunt on Saturday and Sunday, May 22-23, out at the Lil Toledo Lodge here and it was a huge success...

Jorge is intimidating. This past week was my second encounter with him, but it helped me see that God can use all kinds of people for His Kingdom's work. My five college friends and I were on our annual vacation, this time in Mazatlan, Mexico, and we were participating in the dump ministry, the same one about which I wrote last January. ...

The Mine Creek Missionary Baptist Church, 1003 Main St., Pleasanton will be having their Third Anniversary Homecoming special service with gospel singing beginning at 7 p.m., June 5. The Spurgeon Family Singers from Indianapolis, Ind. will be guest singers...

During the Civil War, death riding a pale horse claimed the lives of soldiers and civilians in many ways. However, disease accounted for most of the deaths that were the result of infections or an illness in which the patient suffered and lingered while waiting for the pale horse to arrive. Others, the lucky ones in any war, died instantly in combat by receiving a mortal messenger in the form of a bullet or artillery fragment and were "SHOT DEAD!"...

It was a nice evening for the Senior Swinger dance Monday. Jim, our main office guy, who does all the book work and helps us, told us he would be down to unlock the main gym for the dance. Mary Sue didn't have the key to unlock the outside doors and we had to contact Jim for that. He carried in the amplifier in and what I needed. He stayed and helped put up the tables and chairs first. Since it was a holiday, we have to cater it all...

McPherson College conferred 108 degrees at the 122nd commencement ceremony held May 23 in Brown Auditorium on the McPherson College campus with over 1200 people in attendance. Graduates received either a bachelor of arts (B.A.) or a bachelor of science (B.S)...

Clifton L. Kirby, age 87, died early Monday, May 31, 2010 at his home in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 11, 1922 in Bushong, Kan., the son of Irwin & Ora (Lininger) Kirby. The family then moved to Bucyrus, Kan., where he attended grade school and graduated from Bucyrus High School...

HAEHN -- Leesa and Jhon Haehn, Leavenworth, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Brooke Katherine Haehn. Brooke was born at 6:16 a.m., May 24, 2010, at KU Medical Center. She weighed 2 pounds and was 14 1/4 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Brandon and Kathy Malone, Fort Scott, and David and Kelly Hite, Corinna, Maine...

Tommy Calvin Roark, Sr., age 63, a resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, June 3, 2010, at his home. Funeral services for Tommy Calvin Roark, Sr., will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday about five miles south of Fort Scott on U.S. Highway 69. According to a report by the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2007 Ford F-150 truck driven by Chad Michael Lockey, 24, Gardner, was traveling south on U.S. ...