Stories from Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Ever since Henry and Doris Ericson moved to what they now call Cloverdale Farms, 1090 Eagle Road, in the early 1960s, they have done whatever they can to practice good conservation efforts and preserve the land they call home. For their efforts over the years, they have gained notable recognition from the Bourbon County Conservation District (BCCD), and this year they are being recognized again. ...

UNIONTOWN -- West Bourbon Elementary School is one of 127 schools in 80 Kansas school districts that will receive a special academic award later this month in Salina. During the 2005-06 school year, WBE third and fourth graders earned state Standard of Excellence honors in reading and math, WBE Principal Marianna Daugherty said. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The regular examinations for teachers' county certificates will be held at the courthouse January 25 and 26, 1907, beginning at 8 a.m. The new order concerning comic and souvenir postal cards of all descriptions will take effect on March 1, a new rule governing the mailing of these cards having been formulated and approved by the postal department. ...

Lloyd Ervin Janssen, age 81, of Pleasanton, died Friday evening, January 19, 2007 at his home. He was born June 5, 1925 in Rudd, Iowa the son of Herman Gordon and Mamie Holtz Janssen. He served in the U.S. Army, First Battalion, from September 11, 1943 to January 12, 1946 during WWII. He was decorated for his service in the European Theater of Operations, having landed in England on D-Day, and on the continent in France, Germany, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia...

John Wells Schassar, age 64, resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday, January 21, 2007 at Mercy Health Center. He was born March 30, 1942, in Lackawanna, New York, the son of George W. Schassar and Mary A. Wells Schassar. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barry University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Psychology...

Roy Earl Fultz, age 88, resident of Calvary Crossing Apartments, Fort Scott, died Saturday, January 20, 2007 at Fort Scott Manor. He was born September 25, 1918 in Leon, the son of Russell Fultz and Jessie Easley Fultz. Roy married Velda Stewart Richardson on November 8, 1984 in Miami, Oklahoma...

BOLDRA -- Landon Tyler Boldra, a boy, was born at 8:04 a.m., Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center to parents Bryna and Jeremy Boldra, Overland Park. He weighed 8 pounds at birth. Maternal grandparents are Debbie and Richie Clarkson, Fort Scott. ...