Stories from Sunday, July 1, 2007

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Thanks to hard work and generosity from a funding company, a landlord and a government loan program, Tom and Edith Bowerman are now proud owners of a home. The Bowermans on Thursday closed on the house, located at 829 S. National Ave. They haven't moved in yet but are planning to do so in the coming weeks...

Randy and Brenda Roy, Stockton, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Alyssa Deneé, to Jason Deshane Maus, son of Marcia Maus and the late John Maus, of Schell City. Alyssa, a graduate of Stockton High School, is employed by Drs. Swearingen and Burton, Optometrists, Stockton/Lamar, Mo...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The Vernon County Youth Task Force met Wednesday at the Nevada Community Center. The mission of the group is to identify the needs of children in Vernon County, and to improve the academic and social success of our children through the cooperative efforts of all agencies that provide services to children within our community. ...

James and Roseanna Newberry, of Fort Scott, and granddaughter Caitlin Parker, announce the marriage of her mother, Rosalea Newberry, to Robert A. Maslan, son of Thomas and Carol Maslan, of Pittsburg. The couple exchanged wedding vows April 21, 2007, at the Church of the Nazarene, Pittsburg, Kan...

Bill and Joyce Denman, Nevada, Mo., and Emma and Lucas Denman are proud to announce the birth of their brother and son, Jacob Riley Denman. Jacob was born at 4:36 p.m., June 14, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Zella Jane "Janie" Dickey, 66, Nevada, Mo., passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at her son's home in Moundville, Mo. She was born Jan. 29, 1941, in Kansas City, Mo., to Henry Ross Crowe and Edna Pearl Smith Crowe. She married Daniel D. "Blue" Dickey on Oct. 25, 1959, in Arcadia, Kan...

Brian Lancaster, son of Tom and Kay Lancaster of Fort Scott, to wed Amanda Stephan, daughter of Dennis and Leesa Stephan of Fort Scott. The bride-elect is a 2000 graduate of Fort Scott High School, a student at Pittsburg State University and received a Bachelors of Business Administration, with a major in Accounting, in 2004, and a Masters in Business Administration, in 2005...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A large tour bus carrying 42 members of the McAdams Golden Age Group from Wichita, Kan., parked in front of Mercy Health Center last Friday, while the group toured the Gordon Parks Collection. The tour group spent the day in Fort Scott touring the Fort, the cemetery where Gordon Parks is buried and riding the trolley. ...

The Fourth of July is the day we celebrate our country's birth. It's one of the few holidays that hasn't been changed to a Monday, and so it hops around the calendar. Although we do relish when it IS a threeday weekend, we also enjoy the one-day holiday when it falls midweek...

NEVADA, Mo. -- Medicalodges, Nevada, recently gave an American flag to the Vernon County Ambulance District to honor the service the district performed for the local citizens. It wasn't the first flag the company hass donated in recent years. Last year the recipient was Andy Anderson, West Side Barber Shop...

Lee and Missy Hardman, Nevada, Mo., and Tyler Hardman are proud to announce the birth of their sister and daughter, Kallie Lyn Hardman. Kallie was born at 5: 57 p.m., June 19, 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 20 inches...