Stories from Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The hectic shopping season is almost here. For some it will start on Friday, early in the morning before the sun rises and then continue through December 24. For others, the shopping season will start and end on the same day, and hopefully that is before Christmas Eve! This is the continuation of gift ideas for the farmer or rancher on your list...

The Farm Bill passed last year had a number of new disaster programs included. Some aspects of these programs were quite different than in the past requiring a considerable amount of time for development of the new program operating procedures. Consequently, implementation is just now occurring for most aspects of these mandated efforts...

CVS Caremark announced earlier this month the appointment of David Denton, a Fort Scott native, to the new role of executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Denton will succeed David Rickard who announced in February this year his intention to retire as CFO, a company statement said...

On Saturday, Nov. 21, about 30 were in and out for the evening of Family Night held in the Arcadia Community Building. Bill Bridgewater made a large vat of chili that was served by some of the ladies who attended. Crackers and crunchies were served with cookies and brownies for dessert with punch and tea for the drink...

Students at Fort Scott Community College had an opportunity to meet and thank those that have given them an opportunity for higher education at the 26th Annual Endowment Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 12. Donors to the Endowment Fund were invited to celebrate the contributions given by members of the community and alumni of FSCC. The college hosted close to 350 students, donors, and FSCC supporters during their annual event, one of the largest attendances ever for this dinner...

It was a much better evening for the dance at Buck Run Community Center. We have had some rainy evenings and sometimes the gym is so crowded that the parking lot is full before I arrive at 5 p.m. We always manage somehow though. Joe Willis from Nevada was at the dance Monday night. ...

The American Meat Science Association names eight All-Americans each year for their efforts in both the classroom and judging. The eight are picked after their cumulative GPA and their best three places in the six contests are entered into an equation. The grade point average is weighted at 25 percent and their judging performance is 75 percent...

Flora Elizabeth White, 90, passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the Cashmere Convalescent Center. For the past four years, she had been living at the Epledalen Assisted Living Facility in Cashmere. Prior to living in Cashmere, she resided in the Columbia Basin with her husband, Russell, in Quincy and Soap Lake...

PARSONS -- Jeanette A. Parsons, Fort Scott, and big sister Taylor, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Isabel Nicole Parsons. Isabel was born at 3:59 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 5 pounds, 9.5 ounces and was 18 1/4 inches in length at birth...

Lila Lorene Lewis, age 74, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Greenfield, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at her home in Greenfield. She was born Dec. 22, 1934, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Clarence Hayes and Gladys McAlexander Hayes...

LeaAnn LeBeau, 51, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Nov. 21, 2009. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 27, at McGilley & Frye Funeral Home, 105 E. Loula, Olathe, with burial following at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., prior to the service...