Stories from Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Tears streamed down Lenn Bruce's face as she greeted police officers and firefighters who were standing on her porch, holding boxes filled with food for Thanksgiving. She snapped a picture to capture the moment as they walked in with the supplies she says will help her provide a home-cooked meal for her family this Thanksgiving...

Curves fitness center of Fort Scott participated in an unusual fundraising event during October in order to raise money for breast cancer research. Because breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States, Curves has joined with the American Cancer Society in its efforts to help eliminate breast cancer...

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Olivia Nicole Leighty, a girl, was born at 2:47 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Danielle Fischer and Nicholas Leighty, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. She joins two siblings; Alexis Leighty and Isabella Marsh. ...

With more than 65 percent of the toys bought in the United States between the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas, parents and caregivers are heading into the country's busiest toy-buying season, according to a statement from the Safe Kids Kansas organization...

Visitors at worship Nov. 11 were Jennifer and Stephanie Eastwood and Mike and Colby Page. Mike gave a birthday offering. Pastor Andy Smith's sermon was titled "Take Courage." Scripture was read from Haggai 1:15b- 2:9 and Luke 20: 27-28. Mr. and Mrs. ...

Most outdoor faucets now are the frost-proof kind, but that doesn't mean they never break in cold weather. Because water expands as it freezes, it can split open metal or plastic pipes, as well as capped garden hoses. The resulting damage can emerge both inside and outside of the house, but may not show until spring. The impacts can range from a slow leak inside the wall to a room-flooding geyser...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Sunday dinner 20 cents: vegetable soup, roast beef, boiled tongue, roast pork, apple sauce, stewed chicken and dumplings, veal croquettes, tomato sauce, mashed potatoes, lima beans, macaroni and cheese, corn bread, blackberry roll, tea, coffee, milk, assorted pies.--Perkins & Smith, No. 4 South Main Street...

Kansas Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Bill R. Fuller recently issued a statement reminding Kansas farmers and ranchers that the deadline for eligible voters to return ballots to their local FSA offices is Dec. 3, 2007, for the election of local county FSA committee members...

Kansas Rep. Shirley Palmer said she learned much from her first year serving in the Kansas House of Representatives. One important fact that she learned is that legislators, especially those lawmakers serving their first terms, need to begin re-election fund raising efforts early...

When you look at the stat sheet from Fort Scott Community College's 86-53 victory over the Ottawa University junior varsity at Arnold Arena Tuesday night, it might be hard to believe head coach Stasha Richards when she says that the Greyhounds need to get better...