Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Fort Scott Christian Heights fifth and sixth grade teacher Vickie Shead took learning to the extreme last Thursday. At 6 a.m. Thursday morning, Shead and her class loaded up in her van and headed out to a location of which the students were not informed in advance. This trip contained many surprises for the students. All that Shead told her class was that they were having the trip and that it would be a day packed full of learning and fun...

Tri-Valley Developmental Services has been awarded the John Walker Community Service Award by the American Horticultural Therapy Association, according to a recent TVDS statement. Only one program is chosen worldwide to receive the award each year, the statement said...

Tyler Thomas Parks, a boy, was born Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Justin and Gale Parks, Nevada, Mo. He joins a sister, Abigale Reese Parks. Maternal grandparents are Larry and Helen Pyle, Stockton, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Ron and Delphine Parks, Fort Scott...

Robert Lee Rains, a boy, was born at 7:51 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Shannon and Jessica Rains, Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces at birth. He joins three siblings; Kendra Ham, Jacob Ham, and Kylie Rains. Maternal grandmother is Connie Broyles, Blue Mound. Maternal great-grandmother is Mildred Bolin, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Ron and Sharry Rains, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandparents are Edgar Rains, Chanute, and Loren Martin, LaHarpe...

Daetyn Ryder Joseph Pearson, a boy, was born at 3:29 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to Samantha Dawn Fowler, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Braxtyn Thomas Lee Fowler.

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The day Delton Watt Jr. drove his car home from Texas, he stopped to visit his mother, Mae Watt, before heading for his new home in Fayette, Mo. John Parrish celebrated his recent birthday with a family dinner at Chicken Annie's in Girard. Those present were Wayne and Christie Parrish; Jenny, Ryan, Kaden, Karter and Allyson Dugan; Janet, Mark and Tara VanLeeuwen. At a later time, pictures of Janet and Mark, dressed for a masquerade party as Miss Kitty and Wyatt Earp, were viewed by friends...

It was a busy Saturday, Oct. 21, for many Tiger students as band, orchestra and choir were competing for districts, football was at Columbus and the Fort Scott debate team was hosting a 16-school tournament while also competing at Southeast Cherokee. With so many students involved in more than one activity it was a cooperative effort. "We have over 60 kids on our team but with them being so involved, I was actually down to only 20 left to run our own tournament." Coach Weilert said...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) C.E. Cory, who has the happy faculty of digging down and unearthing old things, and who was delegated by the Masonic Lodge some time ago to secure a picture cabinet of all past masters of the order here, expects to have his work completed soon. ...

The holidays can be a very stressful and emotional time of year, especially for people who are dealing with the death of a friend or loved one. For this reason, one local funeral home is sponsoring a free bereavement workshop designed to help people who are going through a grieving process to plan for the upcoming holiday season without feeling nervous or scared...

Fort Scott physician Jay Allen is hosting Ross Kimball, a medical student from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, for four weeks as part of a community-based educational experience, a statement from the KU Medical Center said. Allen is a volunteer mentor, or preceptor, with the KU School of Medicine's Kansas Rural Preceptor Program. ...

The USD 234 Board of Education applauded the accomplishments of students and teachers in the district Monday night. During the 2002-03 school year, the only Standard of Excellence awarded to the local school district was to the fourth grade class at Winfield Scott Elementary in mathematics. ...

Instead of accepting a plea offer by the county attorney, defendant Kerri Cassett has decided to move forward with a preliminary hearing. On Monday, Mark Fern, Cassett's attorney in the sexual abuse case, announced over the phone in Bourbon County District Court that he's decided to go through with a preliminary hearing set for 10 a.m on Dec. 19...

2007-08 FSCC men's basketball preview. Revised at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 with updated information from the KJCCC web site.