Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2007

NEVADA, Mo. -- In response to the loss of large regional employers, local and regional organizations are teaming up to provide Nevada, Lamar, Fort Scott and other surrounding communities with the 2007 Job Fair. The Nevada Daily Mail/Nevada News, KNEM/KNMO Radio, The Lamar Democrat, First Christian Church of Nevada, and Sauder Woodworking have joined together to create a job fair for O'Sullivan Industries (in Lamar, Mo.) employees and others in the surrounding area looking for employment...

On this Flag Day, Americans all across the country are displaying and giving special honor to the flag, which represents the freedom they enjoy and the sacrifices that American military personnel have made throughout U.S. history to ensure that freedom...

Kathryn J. "Kathy" Bishop, 63, long-time Erie elementary teacher, died at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at her home. Death followed a one-year battle with cancer. She was born August 28, 1943, at Fort Scott, to Wayne "Jers" and Jenny (Shipley) Bayless. ...

Mary E. Houk Chalker, age 74, died June 11, 2007, in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born June 16, 1932, in Iola, the daughter of Earl F. Houk and Opal G. Sullivan Houk. Mary grew up in the Moran area, attending Allen County country schools before graduating from Moran Rural High School in 1950. ...

WALKER -- Calvin James Walker, a boy, was born at 10:44 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2007, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., to parents Charity Walker of Mapleton, and David Rhodes of Birmingham, Ala. He weighed 2 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 14 1/2 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Clinton and Rachel Walker, Mapleton. Maternal great-grandparents are Clarence and Fannie Walker, Uniontown, and Ruth Weishaar, Douglas, Kan...

There will be a Disaster Team meeting at at 7 p.m. Monday, June 18, the Red Cross office, 116 S. Main St. This meeting is for all volunteers who have been trained in Red Cross disaster services and also for anyone who might want to join this group of people to help the residents of Bourbon County to prepare, prevent and respond to disasters...

Mercy Health Center, AARP, and the Fort Scott Police Department will co-sponsor a 55 Alive Defensive Driving Class. The class is designed to meet the needs of adults over 50 years old, and it will cover age-related physical changes, declining perceptual skills, rules of the road, and license renewal requirements. ...

Organizers of the 2007 Gunn Park Freedom Fest have a variety of new events lined up that could create quite a bang for people of all ages. The Fort Scott Park Event Committee and the City of Fort Scott coordinate the annual Independence Day festival, which features a full day of activities and games, food and refreshments, fun competitions, and children's rides. The third annual event is set to take place from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 4, at Gunn Park, 1010 Park Ave...

CASPER, Wyo. -- Fort Scott Community College's Jared Keylon is tied for third place after three gos in bareback riding at the College National Finals Rodeo here. Keylon is in fifth place with a composite score of 226 points. The leader is Joe Gunderson of South Dakota State University, who had the best scores in the first two gos. He has 234 points...

By Scott Nuzum Tribune Sports Editor As it has since 2003, Fort Scott will once again serve as a time station for riders participating in the annual Race Across America (RAAM) bicycle race. This year's race started Sunday when 34 solo riders departed from Oceanside, Calif., on their 3,043-mile trek to Atlantic City, N.J...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Mrs. Amella DeBerzy, wife of the ex-manager of Bridal Veil Park, has filed a bill for $106 against the estate of the late Mrs. Lucinda Spurgeon, who conducted a little store just over the Second Street bridge and whose property will go to the school fund if no heirs are found. ...

To the Editor, It has been a week now since the election for the new pool....feelings are still raging.... And I personally am appalled at the low voter turnout.   I had heard often as an argument against the pool is that Fort Scott needs better paying jobs and not improvement in the amenities in town. Also said was that our property taxes would go up and that someone is trying to scam us...

The calendar confirms that we are indeed nearing the heart of the month of June - generally a good month for a wedding; for planting soybeans; for baling fescue or alfalfa; or for planting the rest of your garden. And, yes, it is also a good time for treating noxious weed problems on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields...

I know several individuals who are cool, calm and collected… that is until they see a snake. And I, like them, are terrified of snakes. In Kansas we have 33 species of nonpoisonous snakes and four poisonous species. We have a number of non-poisonous snake species that will bite humans -- but no more often and for no other reasons than a raccoon or fox would bite. Kansas has only two kinds of poisonous snakes, both of which are fairly easy to recognize:...