Stories from Wednesday, July 7, 2010

William E. Buchanan, age 87, of Liberty, Mo., died Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the Ashton Court Nursing Home in Liberty, Mo. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday July 7, 2010 at the Hume Cemetery Hume, Mo. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to service at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton, Kan...

SUMMERS -- Joe and Tara Summers, Centerville, and siblings Liam and Atticus, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Tierza Renee Summers. Tierza was born at 3:18 a.m., Friday, July 2, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

EISENBRANDT -- Teresa and David Eisenbrandt, Fort Scott, and siblings Damon, Morgan, Natalie, Daniel, Davyon and Jacob, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Cora Rachelle Eisenbrandt. Cora was born at 8:41 a.m., July 1, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

VAUGHN -- Sam and Christa Kay Chaplin Vaughn, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Addison Kay Vaughn. Addison was born at 4:09 p.m., Sunday, July 4, 2010 at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. Maternal grandparents are Missy and Geoff Clark, and Chris and Stephanie Chaplin...

Flag Day this year, June 14, happened to be on the Monday that Autumn Leaves Senior Citizens met in their Arcadia Cottage with two out of town special men as guests for dinner. They asked the members to take a survey that interests SEK-CAP that they represented. ...

In the Extension office we're finishing up preparations for the 4-H portion of the Bourbon County Fair, which will be July 18-24. The county fair is organized by a fair board, a group of volunteers from the community. They have also been busy scheduling activities and getting the fairgrounds ready for fair week. The Extension office is involved with the 4-H youth development activities of the fair...

Bourbon County was well represented at the 2010 Southeast Kansas Area Judging Contests on June 24 at the Woodson County Fairgrounds in Yates Center, Kan. Seven 4-H members attended and competed in the meats, livestock and skillathon portions. The team of Drew George (1st individual), Katelyn Vincent (2nd), and Torrie Hathaway made up the 1st place meats team in the senior division. John Emerson placed 9th in the junior division...

The regular monthly meeting of the Hiattville 4-H club was held on June 2. The meeting was called to order by acting President David Ericson by having the club stand and say the 4-H Pledge. Ten members and three leaders answered the roll call by saying what their favorite sport was...

Curtis Alan Kastl, 58, Berryton, died at his home on Saturday, July 3, 2010, of heart failure. He was born June 19, 1952, in Colony, the son of Calvin Curtis and LaVaughn Williams Kastl. He graduated from Ruskin High School in 1970 and shortly thereafter served in the National Guard. He earned a pilot's license and was a master plumber and contractor...

Robert Bruce "Bob" Foster, 61, of Olathe, Kan., died peacefully on the morning of Sunday, July 4, with family at his side. A Fort Scott, Kan., native, Bob was born on March 20, 1949 to Bruce and Augusta Foster. He graduated from Fort Scott High School and then graduated from Pittsburg State University with a degree in automotive technology...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- With the goals of "advocacy, philanthropy and service," a group of approximately 25 people, ranging in age from their early 20s to early 40s, are part of a new Young Professionals Alliance, established to provide a wide range of support for The University of Kansas Hospital...

TOPEKA -- Attorney General Steve Six announced Wednesday that in a case that brought attention to Kansas' safe haven law, Marysville resident Lauren Holle, age 20, was convicted of second degree intentional murder, aggravated abandonment of a child, and abuse of a child, following her pleas of guilty to all three charges. Sentencing was scheduled for 10:30 a.m., August 24, in Marshall County...

TOPEKA -- USDA Rural Development State Director Patty Clark congratulated H & B Communications, Inc. of Holyrood, J.B.N. Telephone Company, Inc. of Holton, and South Central Wireless, Inc. of Medicine Lodge as recipients who may receive funding recently announced by President Obama, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Commerce Secretary Locke. ...

After 28 years of maintaining a local empty lot, the owners can now officially call it theirs. Wesly and Kathleen Miles purchased a lot on North Little Street in March 1982, they were told by the previous owner that the property went all the way to Elm Street, which according the City of Fort Scott, was not true. However, during the Fort Scott City Commission meeting Tuesday evening, the commissioners decided to deed the lot to the Miles'...

SAVONBURG -- The cake artistry of Rebecca Sutterby continues to pay off for the local baker. Sutterby, the owner of Sugar Creations in Savonburg, recently learned that she is the recipient of a $5,000 prize in the Love a Local Business Grant Competition that is being sponsored by the software company, Intuit...