Stories from Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Halloween costumes seem to have become more sophisticated since my childhood. I remember being a scarecrow in a pair of Dad's old overalls and one of his worn-out plaid shirts. Years ago it was fun to dress up in one of Grandma's cotton print dresses and a pair of too-large high heeled shoes. Costumes were old clothes we found in the closet or something made at home...

Twenty seven members of the Hurl Kalm family celebrated his 98th birthday with a wiener-roast at the Kalm Farm on Sunday, Oct. 17. Among the many friends of Arcadia area who attended the funeral of Mabel Plum on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Cheney Witt Chapel were Brandy and Chyenne Mellon, Terry Gartner, Patty and Gary Peterson, Vera and John Parrish, Ava Mae Adams, Bob and Linda Roweth, Mr. ...

Here are more "tidbits and happenings." You all remember when the scare came out about the brown recluse spiders? Well ... a couple of months ago I received an e-mail from a friend telling about this new poisonous spider called the Two-Striped Telamonia. ...

Harold Earl Michaels, age 85, a former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Kansas City, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at the NorthCare Hospice House. He was born April 23, 1925, in rural Bourbon County, Kan., the son of Earl F. Michaels and Audrey May Parrish Michaels...

Raymond Peter "Bud" Hartman, age 89, a resident of Oelrichs, South Dakota, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, at the Fort Scott Manor in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Nov. 6, 1920, in Defiance, Iowa, the son of Johann W. Hartmann and Kate Hulsebus Hartmann...

Kathryn Maxine Deer, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Oct., 24, 2010, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 10, 1921, in Bronson, Kan., the daughter of Arthur Glenn Jackson and Martha Ester Reynolds Jackson. She graduated from Mildred, Kansas High School...

A pair of goals in the final 10 minutes lifted fifth-seeded Baldwin to a 3-1 win over Fort Scott High in a Class 4-3-2-1A Southeast Regional playoff game at Ellis Field Tuesday afternoon. Duncan Murray broke a 1-1 tie when he was able to draw Tiger goalkeeper Brett Allen out of the goal, putting him where he couldn't recover once Murray shot the ball. The insurance goal came almost 7 minutes later when Caleb Michels scored for the Bulldogs (9-7-1)...

After concerns were raised by citizens and city staff, the Fort Scott City Commission will have a new home in the new City Hall building. According to Fort Scott Assistant City Manager Susan Brown, the commission approved a change order during a special meeting Oct. 22 which changed the layout of the new City Hall location, 123 S. Main St., to include a City Commission Room which will double as the city court room...

Spurring the crowd to kick things off with a shout of "Let's get cooking," culinary specialist Jamie Dunn chipped, pureed, blended, snipped -- and even microwaved -- her way through nine recipes during Tuesday evening's Taste of Home Cooking School...

The parents of Brylynn Koppa face an uphill struggle as they cope with their newborn daughter's rare condition. Koppa was born to parents Derek Koppa and Randi Shaw, of Fort Scott, at 36-weeks gestation on Sept. 10 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. She was transferred to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City on Sept. 12 for further stabilization and treatment of polycystic kidney disease, or PKD...

On April 16, 1930 born Maxine Corrine Brown, in Kansas City, Kan., she was the first child born to Essick Brown and Berneda Lucille Brown. Her parents preceded her in death. She was the eldest sister of Olene M. Brown - Singleton and both sisters spent a majority of their childhood with Grandmother Corrine Finley and relatives...