Stories from Monday, January 31, 2011

James Glenn Ferguson, age 91, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 at Lonoke, Ark. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the funeral home...

BLOESSER -- Melanie L. Bloesser and Seth A. Bloesser, Uniontown, and siblings Madelynn and Kendyl, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Makinlee Grace Bloesser. Makinlee was born at 11:45 a.m., Jan. 31, 2011, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

Last week I shared some ideas for adding variety to meals with new foods, or foods that maybe are not common ones for you and your family. Going for a variety of kinds, colors and textures assures that our bodies get all the nutrients we need. Because no single food has everything a body needs to function properly, choosing lots of different foods to include in our diets not only provides nutrients, but provides a variety of tastes and textures to enjoy...

Tom and Phyllis Watt of Lee's Summit, Mo., recently attended the International Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, Calif. This was a business trip for Retail Services Inc. to meet with current manufacturers that represent their Specialty Foods Department and to meet with new manufacturers. ...

Years ago before Hap Howard died, we were e-mail buddies and wrote back and forth on a regular basis. I wrote him an e-mail letter one day and I mentioned going to Eugene Ware School in Fort Scott. Following is an e-mail letter that he wrote in response...

Fort Scott High School's basketball games versus Coffeyville, scheduled for Tuesday, have been postponed until Monday. This is the third postponement for Tiger basketball this season. The games against Iola which were played Feb. 25 were make-ups from Feb. 11. And Feb. 19 consolation games at the Basehor-Linwood Tournament were postponed until the next day...

The city of Fort Scott Water Department would like to remind residents of a few tips that will help prevent frozen water pipes in their home. The typical symptom of a frozen water line is that one or more of the water fixtures in a building or a residence will not provide water. ...

The Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross is taking precautions for the upcoming storm and has announced the rescheduling of the upcoming Health and Safety classes which were scheduled to take place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The classes have been changed to the following:...

A local woman remains in the hospital following a fire in her home in January. Nancy Miller, 62, was transferred out of the intensive care unit at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Monday morning after suffering from smoke inhalation during the Jan. 19 fire at her home on the 400 block of Eddy Street, according to Fort Scott Fire Chief Paul Ballou...

Facing a curious crowd of reporters and members of the public, Capt. Nathaniel Lyon described his background and where he thought he was headed on the eve of the Civil War. The appearance of Lyon, portrayed by Dannon Scott of Eldora, Iowa, was part of Fort Scott National Historic Site's commemoration of Kansas '150th birthday and the start of the Civil War Jan. ...

Agencies from the local to the federal level are preparing for what is believed to be a major winter storm. Bourbon County Emergency Manager Keith Jeffers has alerted those with generators available for emergencies and other emergency equipment to have them ready, in preparation for a storm which is expected to dump about 18 inches of snow on the area, along with bitterly cold temperatures...

"Happy birthday, Kansas!" That exclamation by local veteran Jim Scott kicked off local events celebrating Kansas' 150th birthday and a small ceremony associated with the raising of the Patriot Flag -- a 30-by-58 foot, 60-pound United States flag -- on Saturday at Skubitz Plaza near the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The flag flew in front of the historic site this weekend and was part of a similar ceremony in Nevada, Mo., Monday afternoon...