Stories from Saturday, October 27, 2012

John Joseph, 71, Nevada, died as a result of an accident on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Nevada. He was born Nov. 4, 1940, in Princeton, Ill., to William Joseph Becker and Gloria Jean Goodale. There are no local services planned. Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, was in charge of cremation arrangements...

Retired Colonel Robert Wayne Bennett, 79, St. Joseph, Missouri died Oct. 24, 2012 at Heartland Regional Medical Center. He was born in Garnett, Kan., the son of Thomas and Lorene Tucker Bennett. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory. ...

Pearl Spurlock, 80, Nevada, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. She was born Dec. 9, 1931, in Tribbey, Ky., to William Robinson and Mary Ellen Combs Robinson. She was married April 30, 1949, in Bulan, Ky., to Albert Spurlock and he preceded her in death Oct. 5, 1994...

Thomas Winton Bewley, passed away Oct. 22, 2012, at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Tom was born March 14, 1928, in Oklahoma City, the son of Winton and Jane C. Bewley who preceded him in death, as did his favorite brother-in-law, Joe Kraft. He leaves his sister, Dorothy Kraft, Springdale, Ark.; his nephews and nieces, Clint Kraft and wife, Janet, Sally Kraft, Sandy and husband, Frank, and Paula Kraft Neal; along with nine grandnieces and nephews...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott Community College and Cottey College faced each other at Arnold Arena Friday night in the final match of the regular season for both schools. The Greyhounds swept the visiting Comets, 25-16, 25-21, 25-17. For Fort Scott, it was the final home match for four sophomores who made history at the college. They've won 48 matches over their two seasons and are part of the first teams to win 20 matches in consecutive years in Greyhound history...

Fort Scott High School will be going west for the Class 4-3-2-1A Quarterfinal round Tuesday. There was some thought at first that the Tigers (13-5) would be going north for the quarterfinals. A review of KSHSAA documents Friday night found that there was different wording on different sheets explaining the process...

By Laurie Sisk Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT -- During a special board meeting, Friday, USD 234 selected a familiar name in Susan Brown as its new business manager/board clerk, to replace Tiffany Forester, who will leave at semester's end to work as board treasurer at Northeast USD 246, Arma...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. --Local voters who want to know where candidates for various local, state and federal offices stand on important issues as Election Day nears will get a chance to hear from those candidates firsthand during a General Election Candidate Forum Monday evening at Fort Scott Community College...

By Laurie Sisk Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT -- Bour-bon County Commissioners opened four bids for a backhoe loader and two for a big-screen television during its regular meeting on Friday. R&R Equipment offered a bid of $86,140, less a $12,000 trade-in for a net bid of $74,140 for a New Holland backhoe/loader, Foley Implement offered bids for two different backhoe/loaders, a Tier 4 emissions Caterpillar for $89,733, less $7,500 trade-in, for a net bid of $82,233 and an unused 2011 Tier 3 emissions Caterpillar for $81,083.75, less a $7,000 trade-in for a net bid of $74,083.75. ...

Herald-Tribune Bourbon Countians will soon have easier access to some of the county's records, like meeting minutes In a meeting Friday at the Bourbon County Court-house, county commissioners took time to commend Shane Walker, information and technology, on his revamping of the county's Web site, allowsing visitors to download minutes of commission meetings from the past. ...

Gary and Betty Reed will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 18, 2012. They were married in Lamar, Mo., in 1952 and moved to Fort Scott in 1964. They have three children: David Reed, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Doug and wife Kathy, Panama City, Fla.; and Susan and husband Dean Brown, Inman, Kan. They have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The Reeds will celebrate with a family reunion in Florida...

Keith and Joycelyn (Norris) Malone, Fort Scott, Kan., will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 2, 2012, having married Nov. 2, 1952, in Fort Scott. The couple's three children, Brent and wife Connie, Brandon and wife Kathy, and Gaynor Crane and husband Stephen will host a private family dinner for the couple...

Mark and Donna Gerke of Pilot Grove, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Gerke, to Spencer Thompson, son of Bob and Cindy Thompson; grandson of Charles and Barbara Thompson and great-grandson of Bertha Moseley, all of Nevada, Mo. Lauren received her bachelor's degree in AgriBusiness Management from the University of Missouri in 2011 and is a credit analyst for FCS Financial. ...

Jerry and Linn Heath provided birthday cake and helped his mother, Bonnie Harms, celebrate her 80th birthday at the First Baptist Church in Schell City Sunday, Oct. 21.