Stories from Friday, December 22, 2006

More than 300 area children in close to 130 families will receive the food and gifts they need this Christmas thanks to the Adopt-A-Child program conducted in a collaborative effort between The Beacon, The Elks Lodge and the Southeast Kansas Community Action Program (SEK-CAP)...

Fort Scott Community College is keeping up with the latest in today's technological advances. During their Monday board meeting, members of the FSCC Board of Trustees approved $18,600 in equipment purchases through a technology grant designed to enhance the use, safety and efficiency of computer equipment by staff and students at the two-year college. The rest of the total approved cost came from money set aside at FSCC for the purchase of technology equipment, an FSCC statement said...

Marilyn B. Grier, age 80, died December 18, 2006. No public visitation. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 S.E. Louis Blvd., Mulvane. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde H. and Carrie B. (Seelye) McCreedy; sons, Chris and Jimmy Grier; sister, Jackie Todd; brother, Buddy McCreedy. ...

ARMSTRONG -- Brooks Alan Armstrong, a boy, was born at 8:33 A.M. on Monday Nov. 20, 2006, at Scott and White Medical Center in Temple, Texas to parents Chris and Kam Armstrong of Temple, Texas. He weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce at birth. He joins sister Evan age 3 1/2 and brother Ty age 2. Maternal grandparents are Rickie and Jody Jenkins, Sachse, Texas. Paternal grandparents are Steve and Janet Armstrong, Fort Scott...