Stories from Saturday, October 2, 2010

Jordan and Casey Coleman, Schell City, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Skye Renee Coleman. Skye was born 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Paul Elvin Kasten, 93, resident of Bronaugh, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements for Paul Kasten will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Clara Alice Carlson, 90, Nevada, formerly of Walker, Mo., went to be with her Lord on Sept. 29, 2010, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. She was born July 20, 1920, in Edmond, Okla., to Walter C. Carlson and Amy Alice Spencer Carlson. The family moved to the Walker area in 1930, where she graduated from high school in 1938 as Valedictorian of her class. ...

Senior Action student Emma Chrisenbery is again doing a service project for the homeless. She will be collecting a variety of items over a span of two and a half months and donating the items to the Nevada Housing Authority. Chrisenbery is a student in the Nevada High School's gifted and talented program and will begin accepting items on Oct. ...

The NRTC DECA chapter announces their officers for the 2010-11 school year. Leading the chapter will be (left to right): president, Kelsey Caldwell; treasurer, Shannon Jones; advisor, Martha Cubbage; secretary, Morgan Turner; vice-president, Taylor Norcross; and historian, Holly Johnson...

Students attending Jan's Preschool enjoyed celebrating the 106th birthday of the ice cream cone. Children made party hats and were served treats of ice cream cones.

Gail Yarick, a professor in the Department of Accounting at Pittsburg State University, has been honored by the national Beta Alpha Psi organization for leading the student branch at PSU to a distinguished status. Yarick, the adviser for the Lambda Gamma Chapter, was recognized by the Beta Alpha Psi Board of Directors earlier this month. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Culinary skills will be on display when the Taste of Home Cooking School returns to Fort Scott on Tuesday, Oct. 26. During the interactive two-hour event, which is sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce and The Fort Scott Tribune, attendees will be able to watch Jamie Dunn, a top culinary expert and member of the Taste of Home Cooking School staff, will demonstrate 10 new recipes that can easily be recreated in the home, including sweet and zesty apricot beef stir fry, cookie dough truffles, and many others.. ...

Fort Scott Community College's homecoming activities will feature a new, healthy event. FSCC will be sponsoring it's first 5K Race and 2 Mile Fun Walk at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 16, as part of the college's homecoming activities. Event organizer Maria Bahr said, "It is really a multipurpose event," explaining that one purpose of the race is to give the community the opportunity to get involved with the college; another is to provide a healthy activity for the community and to provide a place for alumni to get together.. ...

Organizers say the excitement continues to build as more and more teachers, administrators and coaches commit to attend the Retired Teachers' Reception, a new feature of the 2010 Nevada High School All-School Reunion. This new experience is only a part of the scheduled programming during the two days of reunion festivities on Oct. 15-16...

Nevada, Mo., -- Ozark folk music sung by a native of Rogersville, Mo., is on tap for Sunday afternoon as a part of the Bushwhacker Museum's "New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music" exhibit on display this month. Judy Domeny Bowen will perform in concert at 2 p.m. at the Franklin P. Norman City-County Community Center...

Nevada senior Katlyn Short, escorted by fellow senior Trent Yarsulik, was crowned as the 2010 NHS Homecoming Queen before the start of Friday's game with the William Crisman Bears

BRANSON, Mo. -- The air was heavy -- both with anticipation of what more than 1,400 athletes were about to endure in a matter of hours and with hot humidity -- but the mood was light at the pre-race pasta party at the Chateau on the Lake in preparation for the Ironman 70.3 triathlon on Sept. 19...

Kristen Koester and Drew Williams were married at The Historic Lyons Twin Mansion in Fort Scott, Kan., on Nov. 9, 2009. The intimate ceremony was officiated by pastor Steve Williams, father of the groom. The bride is the daughter of Terry and Marla Koester, Fort Scott, and the granddaughter of Arlene Koester, Fort Scott, and Esther Stanbrough, Mound City, Kansas. ...

John and Carolyn Segebartt of Hepler, Kan., and Lisa Graham of Springfield, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter LaToyia Segebartt, to Ryan Forester, son of Ernie and Roberta Forester, Fort Scott, Kan. The couple will exchange vows on Oct. 9, 2010, at 5 p.m. at Ryan's farm on Birch Road. Reception will follow at the Liberty Theatre in Fort Scott...

Homecoming is a night many high school students look forward to every year for a number of reasons. Parades and pep rallies are among the festivities that students get to enjoy throughout the week, but what many look forward to most of all is a night at the football field to cap off the week's events...

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team completed a 10-2 regular season Thursday with a 7-2 victory over the Lady Bulldogs of Carl Junction. Katlyn Short, Katie Brauer, Regan Kimbrough and Alexa Cubbage won singles matches and the doubles teams of Short and Brauer, Leah Creasy and Kimbrough and Ashley McKinley and Cubbage won the three doubles matches...

The Nevada Tigers cross country runners competed Thursday at Pittsburg, Kan. Alex Bledsoe finished third in the varsity 5,000-meter run with a time of 16 minutes, 42 seconds. Dalton Shunkwiler was 49th at 19:32. In the boys' junior varsity race, Sam Eador placed 44th with a time of 22:02 and Kirain Cain was 78th in 29:30...

NEVADA -- The Nevada Middle School's seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams took on Joplin North Thursday night on Dig Pink Night at Nevada Middle School. Head coach Trudy Fleeman's eighth grade A team won in two games, 25-23 and 25-20, and the B team also won in two games, 25-6 and 25-6...

The Sheldon Panthers baseball team finished its fall season on a winning note by defeating Lakeland High School, 12-4, on Wednesday night. Junior Eric Leavell survived a shaky first inning on the mound for the Panthers in which Lakeland plated three of its four runs and went on to finish the complete game. Leavell finished the day with 12 strikeouts...