Stories from Saturday, January 21, 2012

Grace Maxine Nelson, 96, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born on March 10, 1915, in Nevada, to Frank Albert Taylor and Mamie Inez Seaver Taylor. She married R.B. Allen on Nov. 28, 1932, and he preceded her in death on April 8, 1988. She later married Paul Nelson on Dec. 13, 1996, in Arizona, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 8, 2001...

Lela Mae Witt, 95, a former resident of Cavalry Crossing Apartments and more recently of Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at Mercy Hospital. Funeral arrangements for Lela Mae Witt will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan...

Joy McKenzie, 75, Nevada, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a sudden illness. She was born April 4, 1936, in Rich Hill, Mo., to Aubrey Loren Reed and Nora Ruth Wheeler Reed. She was married Aug. 11, 1955, in Nevada, Mo., to Clinton McKenzie and he survives of the home...

Edna Mae Jordan, 92, former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., more recently of Wichita, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at the College Hill Nursing Home in Wichita, Kan. She was born Nov. 3, 1919, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Percy Salisbury and Hazel B. Jordan. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1938. She worked as a hotel maid in Fort Scott. Edna loved to read. She was a member of the Mt. Olive Church of God in Christ and greatly enjoyed teaching Sunday school...

Betty Lou Maffett, 74, Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Bronaugh, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Sept. 4, 1937, in Moundville, Mo., to John F. Saathoff and Ruth I. Carr Saathoff. She was married April 10, 1955, in Bronaugh, Mo., to Earl R. Maffett and he preceded her in death Aug. 2, 2006...

Katherine Kerbs didn't really know what she was getting into when she agreed to research and write a history of the Nevada Police Department as a directed study course at Cottey College. But she agreed to take on the semester-long project in spite of having hardly any information to start with...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. --The term "Ice Bowl" usually brings on visions of football on frozen Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., intoned by the "NFL Films" voice for extra gravitas. But in this instance, it refers to golf. The first annual Disc Golf Ice Bowl will be on Saturday, Jan. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The bidding is under way in Bourbon County. Bid It! Bourbon County, an online auction Web site similar to e-Bay, was created only two weeks ago and is growing rapidly. The site, which is found through Facebook and now boasts more than 1,100 members, allows Bourbon County residents to browse auctions and place bids for a variety of used items ranging from more common, everyday items such as clothes, toys and books, to more high-end items such as Louis Vuitton luggage, diamond jewelry and even vehicles.. ...

BASEHOR, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's girls played one of their best defensive games of the season in the seventh-place game of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational Friday afternoon. But the Tiger offense wasn't able to keep up the pace it needed to take a lead and Pembroke Hill (Mo.) held on for a 36-29 victory...

BASEHOR, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's boys never trailed -- although the score was tied about halfway through the third period -- in the fifth-place game of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational here Friday night, taking a 62-53 victory over Maryville, Mo...