Stories from Friday, November 2, 2007

Rory D. Oliver, 51, resident of Pittsburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, at the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. He was born Sept. 5, 1956 in Fort Scott, the son of James Oliver, Sr., and Margaret Turk. He enjoyed painting, drawing, fishing, antiques and music...

NUSBAUM -- Reese Joseph Nusbaum, a boy, was born at 8:32 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Joseph Dennis Nusbaum and Paula Ann Nusbaum, Pittsburg. He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings, Rachel Ann and Ryan Joseph. Maternal grandparents are Paul W. and Judith Gerwert, Frontenac. Maternal great-grandmother is Mary Terlip, Frontenac. Paternal grandparents are Arline Nusbaum, Iola, and the late David E. Nusbaum...

LUNDBERG -- Lucas Blake Lundberg, a boy, was born at 2:06 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Blake Matthew Lundberg and Natasha Rachelle Crays, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings, Lindsay Noelle Lundberg and Lathan Brett Lundberg. ...

SHEPPARD -- Weston Scott Sheppard, a boy, was born at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Sabrina Jackson and Charles Sheppard, Mound City. He weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. He joins a brother, Jonathan Jackson. Maternal grandparents are John Jackson, Mound City, and Sherri Jackson, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandparents are Edna Atherton and Otto Atherton, Pleasanton...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The "Cow Puncher," a western melodrama, comes to the theatre Friday night. Seats are now on sale--lower floor 50 cents and 75 cents; balcony, 35 cents; gallery 25 cents. Scenery, light effects and casts are said to be among the best...

Local residents may think they are discarding trash when they throw away plastic lids, but they are actually tossing aside useful flower pots. The Fort Scott PRIDE program, in addition to several other local organizations, is collecting plastic lids to donate to Tri-Valley Developmental Services, 4305 Campbell Dr., to be recycled into flower pots...