Stories from Saturday, January 15, 2011

Linda Louise Dobson Curtis, 60, Nevada, gave up her courageous battle with melanoma and ovarian cancer on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at her home. She was born in the elevator of the hospital in Parsons, Kan., to George E. Dobson and Bernice Rasa Dobson on Sept. 2, 1950. She and Monte J. Curtis were married on July 14, 1978, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...

Ella Mae V. "Nannie" Grant, 84, Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at her home. She was born April 19, 1926, at Clinton, Mo., the daughter of Henry Leroy Lindsay and Adell Johnson Lindsay. She married Orville Washington Grant on Dec. 8, 1945, at Warrensburg, Mo. ...

B.R. "Blackie" McFall, 86, resident of Presbyterian Village, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at his home. He was born Aug. 7, 1924, in Girard, Kan., the son of Bertie Reynolds McFall and Ollie Allison McFall. He married Lena Ruth Hewett on June 23, 1944. She preceded him in death on Dec. 22, 1998. He later married Lucy Pyle on July 9, 2001, in Fort Scott...

Josh and Lesha Franklin of Fort Scott, Kan., and big brothers Cameron, Courtland and Jayden, and big sister, Tanis, are proud to announce the birth of their baby daughter and sister, Henley Grace Franklin. Henley was born at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 18 and 1/4 inches...

Whendi and Bill Martin and John Embry, all of Fort Scott, Kan., and Debbie and Jim Laemmli, of Laurie, Mo., announce the engagement of their children, Cassandra Jane (Cassie) Embry and Paul Laemmli. Cassie graduated from Fort Scott High School in 2004, and Pittsburg State University in 2008, with a Bachelor of Science in Recreation with an emphasis in Community, Corporate and Hospital Wellness. ...

A Missouri State University professor will give those attending the Jan. 29 Fort Scott National Historic Site's Civil War commemoration a chance to get in-depth information about Union Army Officer Nathaniel Lyon. William Garrett Piston will give his presentation at 2 p.m. in the Grand Hall at the historic site...

The filing period for school board candidates in Missouri closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 and in the Nevada R-5 district the number of candidates had grown to five. As of late Friday afternoon, Nora Quitno, Denise Jenkins, Michael Freeze, Steve Cubbage and Nathan Forkner had filed as candidates...

Registration is now under way for a special class aimed at helping parents of young children to have more fun and fewer struggles with the kids. Presented by the Child Advocacy Council of Vernon County, this free program, titled "Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun," is a five-week program that helps provide parents with answers to a variety of parenting challenges and questions. ...

An investigation into illegal drug activity by the Nevada Police Department resulted in the arrest of three people at a home in the 1000 block of North Colorado Street in Nevada, July 13, according to an NPD press release. A fourth suspect later turned herself in...

FULTON, Kan. -- A chicken coop on a rural Bourbon County family's property was destroyed in a fire that occurred about 9 p.m. Thursday. Bourbon County Rural Fire District No. 3 Coordinator Delwin Mumbower said the call first came in as a house fire, but it was later reported that a small chicken coop on a local Amish family's property had caught fire and burned down...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College will host an all-day celebration of noted civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 17. This is the first time Fort Scott Community College has hosted a King celebration. "It seemed necessary that Fort Scott have some celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the college was happy to take on that project to provide that for the community," Public Relations Director Kathleen Hinrichs said...

The Missouri Department of Conservation will be conducting a free cable restraint device training seminar for interested trappers at the Four Rivers Conservation Area headquarters building on Sunday, Jan. 16. The seminar will begin at 1:30 and last for approximately four hours, according to Vernon County Conservation Agent Shawn Pennington...

Hope Chapel Assembly of God Church will have Community Gospel Singing at 6:30 p.m., Sunday Jan. 16. Anyone who sings and would like to sing at this special service may attend. Contact Pastor R.T. Yates at (620) 939-4828. The church is located at 1216 4600 St. between Bronson and Moran on U.S. Highway 54...

Nevada, Mo. -- Having been a good example for many things, Mother Teresa's approach to comforting the dying has been taken to heart at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Unveiling her No One Dies Alone program, NRMC Social Services Supervisor Susie Platt quotes the Catholic saint (1910-'97) to say, "No one should die alone. Each human should die with the sight of a loving face."...

Andy Taylor/Special to the Herald-Tribun e Katey Crane, Field Kindley High School senior, on Wednesday signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Cottey College in Nevada, Mo., for the 2011 season. Crane is a four-year letterman for the Field Kindley volleyball program and has been voted Most Valuable Player. ...

Pittsburg Colgan's teams swept Uniontown here Friday night with the Panther girls winning 48-33 and the Colgan boys taking a 63-30 decision. Colgan's girls were led by Brandee Main, who scored 22 points. Breanna Esslinger scored 13 points to pace the Eagles (4-4)...

GIRARD, Kan. -- Kenzie Dunlap's 3-point goal with three seconds remaining completed a Girard rally as the Trojans defeated Fort Scott High's girls, 39-38, at Ted Taylor Gymnasium Friday night. The Tigers (5-3) led 35-26 with five minutes remaining and were still ahead 37-31 with under a minute to go...

Nine days off didn't hurt Fort Scott High's boys any as the Tiger boys rolled by Girard, 63-36, in a non-league contest at the Ted Taylor Gymnasium here Friday night. Girard (1-7) scored first but the Tigers (5-3) scored the next 11 points unanswered...