Stories from Thursday, January 17, 2008

Bourbon County Relay for Life members are planning to go back to school next month. A planning committee for the organization, which works to raise money for the American Cancer Society and its services, recently announced that the 2008 Relay for Life group plans to conduct its first-ever Bourbon County Relay University -- a four-hour training seminar -- next month in Fort Scott. ...

Government officials Wednesday removed two headstones that mysteriously appeared on the banks of Kenneth Davis's pond over a month ago. Officials with the Leavenworth National Cemetery Complex and the Fort Scott National Cemetery carefully loaded up a World War I headstone that bore the name Frank J. Majefski...

A local rancher, who spends some of his spare time competing in ranching events, excelled in a recent competition. Travis Duncan, Devon, has been competing in Ranch Rodeos for more than eight years. This past fall Duncan competed on a four-man team at Mac and Pat Scott's annual ranch rodeo. According to written information provided by Pat, the Scott's Ranch Rodeo is a competition that was designed to highlight everyday cowboy and cow horse skills...

Gary Duane Tebbets, age 59, resident of 1701 E. First Street, Fort Scott, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 15, 2008, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas following a brief illness. He was born April 2, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Dean and Bernice Belks Tebbets...

Brandon Dougherty's career-high 20 points wasn't enough to overcome Neosho County's game-opening 14-0 run as the visiting Panthers took an 81-68 win in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. Neosho County (3-1 in the East, 8-8 overall) started the contest by hitting four three-point goals in its opening run. Adrian Sims hit three of them for the Panthers...

Coffeyville resident Elizabeth Lillian Stewart died on Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 in Coffeyville. She was 93. Elizabeth was born on August 14, 1914 in Xenia, Kansas to Jesse Fidelis Robb and Geneva Jean (Stevenson) Robb. She grew up and attended school in Xenia and graduated from high school in Bronson, Kansas in 1932...

After Saturday's game -- a 72-47 loss to Independence in which Fort Scott Community College's women scored its lowest point total of the season -- Greyhound head coach Stasha Richards was looking forward to getting her team back to full strength after several games when the 'Hounds could only dress six or seven players...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Perkins & Smith, the enterprising restaurateurs are sporting a new gold and bronze cash register of the latest pattern. The old register had seen lots of service and the boys simply had to have a new one. This one fills the bill in all respects...

I mentioned in last week's column that the Livestock Compensation Program (LCP) would be my topic this week, and some LCP information will follow. However, a change in the scope of the disaster programs (of which I was not aware when writing last week) needs to be announced first...

Before the hustle and bustle of the spring calving season, now is a good time to put together the supplies and equipment that will be needed to assist heifers and cows that need help at calving time. Dave Sparks, DVM, Area Extension Food animal Health and Quality Specialist, and Glenn Selk, OSU Extension Animal Reproduction Specialist, have offered the following tips and recommendations to make your calving season a little smoother...